15th C. African Bura Terracotta Head

Africa, Nigeria, ca. 15th century CE. Schematic modeled head of elongated form with slender nose, protruding ears and small eyes and mouth. Custom mount. Size: 6.25" H (15.9 cm). Provenance: Ex-Priva

**Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Niger River Valley, Bura Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 11th century CE. A terracotta head with a diamond shaped visage comprised of coffee bean shaped eyes, a pronoun

Lot of 4 Ancient Africa Bura Terracotta Heads c.3rd - 11th century AD. Size 5 1/4 - 6 3/4 inches high. Fine collection of 4 heads fragments from full statues. From a private New York City estate 1980'

Ca. 11th-15th. Age appropriate wear on what is a fragment of a larger figurine, see photos. Ex-Nooter

Niger. C. 15th-16th Century. With incised and raised decoration. In museum mount. 6 3/4" tall in base.

A rare ancient terracotta clay shrine offering with elongated and exaggerated head of an ancestral spirit. Bura peoples, Niger river delta, Nigeria, likely dating from the 11th to the 15th century. Th

A rare ancient terracotta clay shrine sculpture exaggerated head, likely representing an ancestral spirit. Bura peoples, Niger river delta, Nigeria, likely dating from the 11th to the 15th century. Th

**Originally Listed At $1000** Inland West Africa, southern Niger and eastern Mali, Bankoni culture, ca. 15th century CE. A rare hand-built terracotta vessel of a large, spherical form with a protrudi

A rare ancient terracotta clay shrine offering with stylized form, a exaggerated head of an ancestral spirit. Bura peoples, Niger river delta, Nigeria, likely dating from the 11th to the 15th century.

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with incised slit eyes and mouth, small modeled ears, a

Lot 86 African Bura Terracotta Head terracotta With incised and raised decoration overall: 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 inches Provenance: Property from the Estate of Rosa and Aaron Esman

Ancient West Africa, Nigeria, Komoland, ca. 4th century CE. A finely-detailed head, hand-built from grog-rich clay with a light-orange color. The object has a long insertion tang as a neck, and the to

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura Asinda-Sikka, ca. 3rd to 13th century CE. A schematic terracotta head of a rounded form with a bulbous nose, incised circular eyes, an ovo

Africa, Niger, Bura Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th century CE. A memorial head made of baked terracotta, modelled in a characteristically oval form with a pronounced vertical nose, applied ears

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Mali, Djenne culture, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-built terracotta head of a male based on the elongated skull, prominent chin, puffy lips,

An Ancient Bura Culture Terracotta Head, Niger, Africa. Dating from Circa 3rd to 11th century. Provenance: The Dr. Brian Healy estate, New York. Size: 6'' x 3.5'' x 3.25'' (15 x 9 x 8 cm).

3 African Bura Terracotta Funerary Heads, Niger. Property of a New York Collector. Height ranging from 5" (13 cm) to 9" (23 cm). Height on base ranging from: 6.5" (17 cm) to 11.5" (29 cm).

An antique circa 14th century Ghana, Africa, Komaland archaeological site terracotta piece, medium size. Double faced warrior head, fragment. There is little known about the people who made these crud

Italy, 15th century A.D. A terracotta head, likely representing Saint Anne, modelled as an older woman wearing a wimple which covers her head and neck; executed with a semi-naturalistic, oval-shaped f

**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Niger, Bura Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th century CE. A memorial head made of baked terracotta, modelled in a characteristically phallic form with a prono

Ancient Roman North African Terracotta Head Flask c.2nd century AD. Size 8 1/2 inches high. Attractive Hollow terracotta head flask of a female figure with loop type handle on the back. old chip at th

Ife Culture, rare terracotta head, Possibly 11th-15th c., Nigeria, fragmentary, mounted on black wood stand, 5"h (head only) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Philip Gould, NYC Notes/Liter

**First Time At Auction** South East Asia, Indonesia, Java, Majapahit Dynasty, ca. 15th century CE. An attractive hand-modeled, terracotta, hollow head presenting an expression of deep thought. A peti

Katsina Culture, terracotta Janus head, Possibly 15th c. or earlier, fragmentary two-faced head mounted on custom stand, 7"h (head), 9.75"h (with stand) Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor P