A Colima Ceremonial Dish, Ex-Sotheby’s

Ancient Greece, Cycladic, ca. 2600 to 2100 BCE, Syros Group. A skillfully carved marble palette / dish of a rectangular shape with a shallow depression framed by a slightly raised border, perforations

Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A cast bronze vessel in the form of a naturalistic scallop or cockle shell, its body textured with undulating ridges that flow outward from the

Ancient Greece, Cyprus, ca. 750 BCE. A fine collection of 5 pottery dishes all presenting traditional Cypriot characteristics with circular feet and sloped walls that rise to broad, annular rims. Four

A rare and quite old Ifugao three cavity carved wooden serving bowl from Luzon, Philippines. Such bowls are often referred to as a Chiefs dish, used for high ranking members of the tribe. This example

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An impressive burnished redware depiction of a shaman warrior child - seated in a striking pose. One hand is raised high behind his head secu

Ex-Sotheby’s shallow dish decorated with two recumbent deer beneath a poem and a pine tree near a rock, four-character mark in under- glaze-blue. Large chip to rim as photographed. 5.5” diamet

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel is in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine ve

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A fascinating redware dwarf effigy vessel, the seated figure presenting with out-turned legs, relatively large feet with

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fabulous example of a kris (also keris), a type of personal ceremonial sword used throughout Indonesia. The high-grade (93%) silver hilt

Fine antique porcelains group, ex Sotheby's, 18th/19th c., (5) pieces, incl. a Royal Worcester 'Dr. Wall' scalloped edge dish, decorated in Kakiemon style, with old Sotheby's sticker label to undersid

Market' Famille Rose Dish. (1) Chinese Export Famille Rose 'Indian Market' porcelain dish with a central depiction of an elephant and rider with sword, and a scalloped edge displaying a bianco-sopra-b

India, Pala Dynasty, ca. 11th-12th century. Fine depiction of Parvati with attendants. Ex: Sotheby's New York City: "Indian & Southeast Asian Art," September 1999, Lot 121 (therein described as Lalita

DESCRIPTION: Ex Sotheby's Louis Majorelle Art Nouveau vanity desk, features a wood foundation with upper shaped mirror back, two curved shelves above pull-out drawers at each side. Includes original m

India, Pala Dynasty, ca. 11th century. Large and fine figure of Vishnu flanked by two Devis. Custom stand. Ex: Sothebys NYC, "Indian + S.E. Asian Art", September, 1998, lot 520. From a lifetime Massac

DESCRIPTION: Ex-Sotheby's Carlo Bugatti attributed Egyptian revival breakfront cabinet. Features a lacquered wood foundation with three hinged glass panel doors, supported by animalistic paw and knob

A very old Bakota Reliquary guardian sculpture with openwork diamond shape body, slender neck, large flattened head with projections adorned with brass wire. There is a primitive face incised into the

Chippendale bonnet-top mahogany chest on chest, attributed to Massachusetts, 18th century, white pine secondary. Upper section with bonnet top having carved rosettes and three carved urn and flame fin

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Pacific Slope region, Teotihuacan culture, Escuintla type, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A stunning incensario used to burn copal incense, presented in the form of a Teotih

A carved wood mask with incised designs and painted with kaolin clay pigments, Bwa / Bobo peoples, Burkina faso, West Africa. The mask measures 15 x 10 inches ( 18 inches tall on professional custom d

Egypt, Late Dynastic Period. 26th Dynasty, ca. 672 to 525 BCE. Tall turquoise ushabti for a man called Ankh-em-maat, who was a sa-mery-ef ("his beloved son") priest of the god Herishef at Herakleopoli

Possible tang dynasty house, with a sotheby receipt in 70s. 11 inches width, tall 10.75 inches. It comes with original invoice and It was on the cover of the sale. Important item.

Ex-Sotheby's Chinese Qing Dynasty zitan three tiered picnic box. Rectangular form picnic box is comprised of a cover, a shallow upper tray above three stacked trays. The arched handle rises from a ste

Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A stunning cast-bronze depiction of Hermanubis, a hybridized deity composed of qualities of the Greek deity Hermes and the Egyptian deity A

Ancient Near East, Assyria, ca. late 2nd millennium BCE. A fabulous example of a chariot wheel rim comprised of six large sections and two petite sections cast from copper, each with double-riveted, U