Huastec Openwork Shell Pectoral w/ Deity, ex Sotheby's

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A lovely shell pendant or gorget that is intricately carved to depict an openwork deity figure with a rabbit.

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, Daunian, early Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A beautiful vessel comprised of conjoined twin chambers, of globular forms with flared rims and pl

Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A beautiful, mold-formed faience amulet featuring a trio of highly symbolic deities facing towards the right. The openwork rectan

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Proto-Maya to Maya culture, ca. 300 BCE to 900 CE. An exceedingly rare and endearing bird pendant or pectoral carved from thick slab of giant clam shell ad

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

A very fine and rare old Shango staff with cowrie shell adornment and signs of field use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure has an old label on the side as well as an old Sotheby's Park Bern

Ancient Egyptian Of Falcon Headed Deity 26/30Dynasty,644-342 BC., carved in a hard white crystalline stone, the god wearing abroad collar carved in relief and finely -striated tripartite wigProvenance

Monumental 18th c. Epitaphios icon, ex Sotheby's, c. 1790s, Greece or Russia, paint on canvas, depicting the Lamentation of Christ, slat wood frame, 61"h x 87"w (canvas) Provenance: The Collection of

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

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

Flemish Baroque walnut settee, ex-Sotheby's, Possibly 17th c., baluster turned frame, reupholstered in carved chevron fabric, 38.5"h x 49.5"w x 20.75"d Provenance: A Private Collection: 33 East 70th S

Pair, 20th C. Italian Giltwood Mirrors. Rococo style with openwork shell and rocaille frames and distressed glasses. 34" x 18.5" W

Ca. AD 1100-1300. Approx. fabric size H: 16 1/2" W: 30 1/2". Framed without glass, mounted on fabric on a stretcher. Condition is as shown and as found. Please enlarge all pictures. Ex-Sotheby's 1992

DESCRIPTION: Ex-Sotheby's rabbit-form polychromatic jade coupe featuring a delicately carved face and a hole in its back. CIRCA: 20th Century ORIGIN: China DIMENSIONS: H: 1.75" W: 1.5" L: 2.5" Have a

A sui dynasty stone figure, Ex Sotheby's - Parke Benet, 13-3/4" H (w/o base) Provenance: Ex private collection, Brooklyn, NY

Small Pre-Columbian Flute Player Figure, Ex-Sotheby's, Highly burnished polish., Measurements: 6" L x 4" W

Mayan Jade Pectoral Bead w/ Quetzalcoatl (200-600 AD) This fabulous green Jade bead shows Quetzalcoatl being ‘born’ from a shell as the wind god, later known as Ehecatl. In his hands is the ho

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A lovely cast-copper dagger with an elongated body, a pointed tip, and a curved openwork finial depicting an abstract jaguar deity. The fel

Unusual Victorian Leather-Mounted Mirror, late 19th c. and later, octagonal surround with applied shell and sea creature decoration, h. 23 in., w. 18 1/2 in. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, The Bill B

Pre-Columbian Mayan Jade Pectoral, Depicting the rain God Chaac, Deep relief, Apple green Jade, Ex-Palm Beach Collection. Measurements: 4" L x 1 3/4" W

(3) Italian painted wall brackets, ex Rosselli, Mid-20th c., Italy, the demilune shelf with an icicle-drip frieze, above an openwork chrysanthemum, bellflower and acorn bracket support, 15"h x 9"w x 7

Kwakwaka'wakw wood carved mask, ex-Roy G. Cole, likely 19th/20th c., Northwest Coast, polychrome painted carved wood, shell and fur, abalone eyes and cheek pieces and fur, 9.75"h x 8.75"w x 4.5"d Prov

Ancient Kusara Marble Abstract Schemtic Idol, Anatolia, Turkey, h. 5 1/4 in., w. 2 1/8 in., d. 1/2 in. Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 426, lot 1035, NY, June, 1979; ex-collection Benjamin Sour

2-tier high back, shell carved knee, needlework slip seat. Provenance: Ex Collection B.F. Edwards, Purchased from Hyde Park Antiques, 836 Broadway, NY NY in 2014 Dimensions: 44" H x 28" W Property T