NORMA MINKOWITZ Linen vessel w/ spheres

Norma Minkowitz (American, b. 1937), "Guardian of the Temple," 1990, fiber, metal, and paint sculpture, initialed beneath, overall: 17.75"h x 11"w x 8.5"d. Provenance: Purchased from Bellas Artes (San

Mediterranean world (Greek sphere of influence), Cypriot, ca. 850 to 750 BCE. A Cypro-Geometric III polychrome footed vessel with twin upturned handles, the exterior ornamented with thin bands of blac

Vessel intended to be filled with hot water and placed under sheets to warm the mattress and bed linens. Doulton Lambeth stamp on screw top. Issued: 19th c. Dimensions: 5"L x 9"W x 9.25"H Manufacturer

Shantung Province, China, Longshan Culture, ca. 2600-2000 BC. An elegant tripod ewer with mammiform legs and an upraised beak spout, rope decoration encircling the body. Oxford TL test (documentation

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a pottery stirrup vessel depicting the head of a fierce jaguar. Presented in hues of citrine, burnt sienna, c

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A most unusual Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash form body supported by three shaman figures, each one wearing a horned hea

East Asia, Japan, Jomon Period, ca. 14,000 to 300 BCE, coming with a TL Report showing it was fired/ produced around 4,000 years ago. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form wi

Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fascinating and incredibly rare figural ceramic vessel in the form of a shaman holding serpents. The figure wears a dramatic, conical

Northern Italy, Villanovan culture, ca. 10th to 8th century BCE. Stunning pottery vessel with deep brown slip bulbous base thin neck with flared rim and most strikingly twin spiked (cornuta) handles a

Pre-Columbian, central/north coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 200 to 300 CE. A finely constructed pottery vessel with a large standing owl with long talons in high relief, feathers in low relief body

Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Rio Chixoy region, Maya, Chama type, Late Classic Period, ca. 7th to 9th century CE. An incredibly rare example of a Maya Chama cylinder vase due to its extremely narrow prod

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, 450 to 600 CE. A fierce portrait vessel depicting a warrior with veristic facial detailing including a protruding nose, bulging cheeks, wide eyes,

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas, San Pedro culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A charming blackware pottery stirrup vessel adorned with the highly stylized form of a falcon. Exhibiting a voluminous

**Originally Listed At $2500** East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, 206 BCE to 220 CE. An elegant, pear shaped hu vessel, the iconographic program of this piece comes to life with two taotie masks that are

**Originally Listed At $2500** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle, Macaracas type, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A gorgeous vessel of a sizable, round-bottomed form, hand-built from pottery and

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A unique mold-made stirrup vessel topped with a figure playing a musical instrument and painted in lovely hues of russet, black, orang

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous pottery vessel presenting a cylindrical body with inward-curving walls and a circular rim,

Ancient Rome, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A graceful vessel comprised of stunning cobalt blue translucent glass, its form presenting a compressed spherical body that extends into a long tubul

**Originally Listed At $2500** Pre-Columbian, Peru, north coast, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. An attractive yet unique pottery stirrup vessel featuring the heads of 4 owls protruding outward, each in

Chinese Rosewood Carved Vessel W Poem. Natural wood vessel with poem carved in Chinese characters. Measures approximately 10.5 inches x 13 inches x 11 inches.

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, probably San Jose de Moro, Moche culture, Phase V, Moro type, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A stunning fineline painted Moro type of pottery stirrup vessel with a flask o

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, late Phase 1 to Phase 2, ca. 250 to 400 CE. A charming example of a hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a seated Muscovy duck. Highly burnished and adorned

Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 25 through 30, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. An Egyptian mud linen and gesso painted sarcophagus cartonnage fragment, painted with an image of standing falcon-headed Horus, rows of u

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 CE. A beautiful polychrome terracotta vessel of a round-bottomed globular form with a double spouted stirrup handle, the body finely decorated with four