GOV: CA LAND, NEAR KLAMATH RIVER-FISH-CAMP-REC

"The Camp Fire", figure and horses near a river Oil on canvas Signed lower left: Nicholas S. Firfires and with the copyright symbol, titled and numbered on an artist's label affixed to the stretcher:

**First Time At Auction** Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A fabulous ensemble of five pottery vessels from the ancient Holy Land. The largest presents with an annular, concave foot, a cy

Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A fabulous ensemble of four pottery vessels from the ancient Holy Land. Formed from red clay, the largest jar exhibits a voluminous body, a slender, cylin

**Originally Listed At $7500** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Byzantium, ca. 5th to 6th century CE. An extremely rare belt or collar formed from 9 cast-copper crucifixes linked together with riveted lo

**Originally Listed At $7500** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Byzantium, ca. 5th to 6th century CE. An extremely rare belt or collar formed from 9 cast-copper crucifixes linked together with riveted lo

Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A tall, handsome mosaic depicting a young man holding an armful of food - possibly cuts of meat, possibly large fruit - in a white

Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. A gorgeous cast-bronze processional cross with flaring arms that terminate in pairs of circular knobs engraved with roundel

Near East/Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 14th century CE. A large, beautiful iron processional cross of the pommee style, with flaring arms that terminate in small balls made of 95% silver.

Ancient Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 12th to 14th century CE. An exquisite cast copper-iron processional cross composed of two flared sections pinned together in the center with a cast

Near East, Holy Land, Byzantine empire, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. A dazzling and wearable gold necklace consisting of a figure-8 loop-in-loop chain with an orb-shaped pendant at the center and a pair

Near East/Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A large, very slightly convex, thin bronze plaque or medallion depicting scenes from the life of St. Paul the Apostle (Saul). There ar

**Originally Listed At $6000** Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A pair of bronze repousse panels from the upper and lower arms of a large processional cross. These

Near East, Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 11th to 12th century CE. A splendid gold pendant adorned with 5 large garnet cabochons - 3 ovoid, 1 circular, and 1 teardrop-shaped. Each of the convex ston

**First Time At Auction** Near East, Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 11th to 13th century CE. A fine processional iron cross with leaded-bronze details. The cross has 4 thick arms presented atop a sl

**Originally Listed At $2800** Near East/Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. A repousse brass sheet, shaped to wrap around the upper arm of a large cross, that was likely once pa

Near East / Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. Wow! A stunning, naturalistic limestone head of a priest wearing a characteristically tubular headdress, known as a modius, enc

Near East/Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman period, ca. 1st century CE. A fascinating limestone figure, depicting a standing man draped in heavily textured himation. His face stares straight ahead at the view

Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Iron Age II, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. A large hand-built terracotta offering vessel with two main components. First is an openwork conical pedestal with a slight concave base

Near East / Holy Land, Judaea, Jewish War, ca. 66 to 70 CE. AR silver shekel. First revolt, year 3, 68-69 CE. 'Shekel of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), ritual chalice with pearled rim, the base raised by pro

Near East / Holy Land, early Byzantine culture, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A wonderful leaded bronze oil lamp presenting a slipper-form body that tapers to an annular wick hole. A wide fill hole with

Near East, Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, Constans II, with Constantine IV, ca. 641 to 668 CE. Struck in Constantinople, ca. 651 to 654 CE. Gold solidus. Obverse: dn CONStANtINUS PP AVG. Crowned and dra

Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, possibly near Antioch, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. An impressive section of a dado from a Roman mosaic depicting a semi-recumbent river god propped up on

North America, Wyoming, Green River Formation, Eocene Period, ca. 53.5 to 48.5 million years ago. A stone matrix containing fossilized palm fronds inlaid with a prehistoric fish, Priscacara. The place

**Originally Listed At $2500** North America, Wyoming, Green River Formation, Eocene Period, ca. 53.5 to 48.5 million years ago. An extraordinary shoal of approximately 317 Knightia fish that fossiliz