Achaemenid Pottery Anamorphic Rhyton - TL Tested

Near East, Iran, Achaemenid Empire, ca. 550 to 330 BCE. A terracotta rhyton (ceremonial drinking or libation vessel) in the form of a boot with curved toe in the form of a skillfully delineated mythol

Northern Qi Painted Pottery Horse, TL tested Shown standing on a rectangular base and richly arrayed in finely detailed trappings including a wrapped plume between the pricked ears, a double fringe-hu

Ca. 618-907 AD. An elegant pair of terracotta statues, each depicting an oxen lying down, with its tail flicked over its haunches and one foreleg extended as though about to rise. The animals are care

Circa 202 BC-220 ADAn elegant and large grey earthenware Han Dynasty figure of a dancer. The clothing is typical, comprising a flowing, long-sleeved robe, and shoes just visible under the folds of the

Circa 202 BC-220 ADAn elegant and large grey earthenware Han Dynasty figure of a dancer. The clothing is typical, comprising a flowing, long-sleeved robe, and shoes just visible under the folds of the

Circa 202 BC-220 ADAn elegant and large grey earthenware Han Dynasty figure of a dancer. The clothing is typical, comprising a flowing, long-sleeved robe, and shoes just visible under the folds of the

Size: L34cm,H32cm;

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a tall, sizable form with a flat base, a cylindrical body, and a flared shoulder. The body is adorned

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A large, deep, conical urn made using the coil method, the clay mixed by the woman who made it (women produced all ceramics in this culture

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A large hand-built pottery vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base and flared rim. The cylindrical exterior walls are textured

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A beautiful mold-made ceramic camel, standing on an integral rectangular base, the surface glazed in the characteristic brown, green, and ochre yello

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery pitcher of sizable form with an apple-shaped body, a loop handle, a sq

Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 700 to 330 BCE. An elegant rhyton whose thin walls and exquisite form suggest a high level of artistic skill for its maker. The mouth of the rhyton is

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A large and skillfully mold-made pottery horse standing upon an integral plinth, with back legs slightly bent, head turned ever so slightly to the le

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2100 BCE. A lovely example of a hand-built pottery vessel of a flat-bottomed form with a slender body, gradually widening shoulders, and a thick rim su

Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 980 to 1380 CE. A stunning handmade pottery jar in mottled hues of grey and brown with spots of creamy white pigment. Sitting on a round yet s

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A large redware pottery horse on an integral plinth, standing with back legs slightly bent, head turned ever so slightly to the left, mouth open with

Far East, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A fine terracotta mold-made horse covered in original white slip from the Tang Dynasty, most likely a funerary object of strong symbolic import, as th

East Asia, China, Western Han Dynasty, ca. 200 BCE. A remarkably realistic pottery figure of a bull standing atop a rectangular plinth presenting a prominent humped back. Head projecting forwards, the

Han Dynasty female pottery figure, TL tested, Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE), unglazed earthenware, modeled as a woman wearing a cowl-like hood and flared robes, 19.5"h x 14"w x 9"d Provenance: The Coll

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th century CE. A hand-built pottery dish of sizable form with a ringed foot, squat walls, and a thick rim surrounding the broad and shallow basin. The exterior su

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A remarkable, hand-built pottery figure known as a mother goddess shown in a seated position with

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. A handsome ceramic jar decorated with a dense profusion of abstract zoomorphic/saurian forms o

West Africa, Niger Delta, Mali, Djenne peoples, Middle Niger Civilization, ca. 15th century CE. A charming pottery feline of a unique, stylized form, standing upon 4 elongated feet as its smiling face