9th C. Islamic Painted Pottery Jar w/ Oxford TL

Near East, Islamic, post-Sasanian to Abbasid period, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A marvelous and quite massive pottery jar of rare form, intricately hand-painted in scrolling, floral, and geometric patterns a

A Large & Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Jar with Oxford TL Test. This wide-bodied jar has been expertly decorated in a variety of cold-painted pigments. Geometric and swirling cloud pattern

China, circa 206 B.C. - 8 A.D. An extremely rare western Han painted pottery Chimera, the crouching animal showing great dynamism. Socket on back indicates this and another figure once formed pole sup

An Exceptionally Large Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar with Oxford TL test. Made from a reddish pottery, the upper body elaborately painted in various geometric patterns. It has a wide flared mouth and

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely olla displaying a bulbous body with a rounded base, a sloped shoulder, and a narrow mouth, skillfully hand-painted in hues of burnt

Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A gorgeous pottery jar elaborately incised and hand-painted with a pair of massive zebu bulls

Central Asia, likely Iran / Persia, Islamic culture, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A pretty pottery bowl painted with an abstract patterning on a white ground in brown, black, pale turquoise, and cobal

Native American, Southwest United States, Acoma, ca. early 20th century CE. A gorgeous pottery vessel presenting an attractive polychrome decorative program of characteristically stylized geometric an

**Originally Listed At $600** Near East, Persia (Iran), Nishapur area, ca. 12th century CE. A beautiful pottery bowl meticulously hand-painted with elaborate, blue-on-white decoration of floral and sc

Near East, Islamic culture, ca. 8th to 9th century CE. A marvelous glass vessel boasting a mesmerizing relief decoration adorned with a lustrous gilding comprised of 44% gold. The gorgeous jar present

ITALIAN POTTERY PITCHER AND COVERED JAR C. 1950 H 5" Pitcher H 5" x 8', hand painted cherries motif. Jar with fired gold edges H 6" W 6".

(2) Chinese Neolithic pottery storage vessels, Possibly 3rd Millenium B.C.E. (c. 2500 BCE - 2001 BCE), each jar painted in repeating design, one example with double handles, 8.75"h x 8.5"w (larger), 7

(2) Chinese Neolithic pottery storage vessels, Possibly 3rd Millenium B.C.E. (c. 2500 BCE - 2001 BCE), each jar decorated in banding of painted repeating geometric design, 12"h x 11.5"w (larger), 8"h

Ancient Egypt, Predynastic period, late Naqada II to Naqada III, ca. 3200 to 3000 BCE. An enormous hand-built marl clay jar with a russet-hued surface made with a thin iron-oxide slip. The burnished v

Native American, American Southeast, Nodena Phase, Mississippian Culture, “Walls Engraved” type ca. 1350 CE. A fine example of a rare ceramic type, most likely from the Missouri/ Arkansas border a

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and slender form exhibiting fine patterning and ancient charm. The vessel presents with a planar base, a c

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE, most likely about 4,500 years old. A sizeable, hand-built terracotta vessel of an elegant form with a flat base, a gently tapering body

Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1300 CE. A gorgeous coil-formed Bell Plain pottery jar boasting a tiered and rounded base, a globular body, and a broad neck that stret

Southeast Asia, Northeastern Thailand, late Ban Chiang culture, ca. 200 CE. An elegant pottery jar of minimalist form comprised of a bulbous body, a corseted neck, and a flared spout. The red clay ext

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle, Macaracas type, ca. 850 to 1000 CE. A gorgeous hand-built pottery jar of a round-bottomed form decorated with repeating pa

Ancient Near East / Western Asia, Persia (Iran), Islamic Period, ca. 9th to 12th century CE. A wonderful pottery lantern for an oil lamp featuring an openwork triangular motif and enveloped in creamy

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A tall orange-hued terracotta vessel with a large flared body resting upon a solid rin

Shantung Province, China, Longshan Culture, ca. 2600-2000 BC. An elegant tripod ewer with mammiform legs and an upraised beak spout, rope decoration encircling the body. Oxford TL test (documentation

Southeast Asia, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 15th century CE. A massive and marvelous pottery jar presenting a voluminous body, a rounded shoulder, a corseted neck, and a flared rim, all sitting upo