Rare true Pilgrim Century ca 1670-1690 MA Bay Colony

very rare & important Pilgrim Century ca 1680-1690 mushroom arm maple & oak ladderback chair from a 1690 built Gloucester, MA house in orig red paint & near perfect cond w all components fully intact

Very rare Boston, MA Pilgrim Century ca 1680 oak & poplar desirably diminutive blanket chest in nice old surface w orig top - 43" long x 19 1/2" deep x 25 1/4" tall

LATE PILGRIM CENTURY TAVERN TABLE, RARE, MASSACHUSETTS, STRETCHER BASE WITH DRAW. ORIGINAL TOP AND FEET, RED OAK AND MAPLE, CIRCA 1690-1720. PROBABLY PLYMOUTH, MA. GRUNGY OLD SURFACES, FROM A LONG TIM

Massachusetts, late 17th century, oak throughout, hinged lid with interior till, single side hung long drawer with false triple front, double paneled sides, skirt with relief carved and ebonized drop

c. 1680, in original color with scrubbed top; 23.5"h; 16"diam. Collection of G.W. SamahaNOTE: Apologies, we cannot approve bidders during the auction.

A fine and rare antique 19th Century true pair of Continental terracotta winged griffins. Both large scale pieces with upraised heads and detailed wings. Great scale and overall presence.

Four short over one long drawer on ball feet, with old red over black paint and original brasses. Height 17.5 inches, case width 15 inches, depth 9.5 inches.

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA **Asia, possibly Burma, ca. late 19th to early 20th century. Rare mask in helmet carved from a single piec

**Originally Listed At $8500** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A rare complete panel from a lead sarcophagus, its surface decorated with relief images encoded by its makers with dee

Ship at dock with sailors, appears unsigned, oil on canvas laid to masonite, 34'' H x 40'' W, est: $700/900 Provenance: Private Collection, Morro Bay, CA

Egyptian, New Kingdom to Late Dynastic, Dynasties 20 to 26, ca. 6th century BCE to 332 BCE. A rare stone stele fragment, the composition organized into registers as was customary, containing figural b

Near East, from area that is modern-day Ukraine, Southern European Russia, and Crimea, ca. 5th century BCE. Comprised of three independent high karat gold elements; a central magnificent element has g

Roman Empire, British Military Legion, ca, 2nd to 4th century CE. Large and extremely rare bronze shield boss. Used by Roman legion foot soldiers to deflect blows to their shield. Large round plate do

Greek South Italic Colonies, Italy, Apulia/Daunian, ca. 300 BCE. A fascinatingly rare form of vessel, a strainer shaped like an abstract duck with a tall, tilted spout with a broad, round mouth, a cir

Rare and Important Chinese double sided archaic bronze double-sided pole finial. Shang/Early Western Zhou Dynasty period. Ca. 11th/10th century BC. Featuring a cast taotie head surmounted with horns.

India, ca. 18th-19th century. A lovely and unusual depiction of a Nagini. The serpent deity with clasped hands and with delicately-painted features on original detachable base. Rarely found. Ex: Estat

Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States, Tlingit / Haida / Tsimshian, ca. early 20th century CE. A hardwood headdress in the form of a sculpin fish, hand-carved from yew or alder, the

Kashmir, ca. 6th-7th century. A beautiful and sensitively-sculpted terracotta head of a Bodhisattva. Custom base. Ex: James & Marilyn Alsdorf Collection. Exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and

Northern Europe, Viking / Norse culture, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A stunning and exceedingly rare complete Petersen Type L sword. The forged-iron weapon has a straight blade with a slightly-raised

Ancient Eastern Mediterranean / Western Anatolia, Phoenicia, Persian to Hellenistic period, ca. 5th to 1st century BCE. An attractive and quite rare pottery figure of a pregnant female in a pose simil

Far East, China, Song to Jin Dynasty, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A finely built and rare Junyao ceramic bowl with steep rounded walls that resolve to a slightly incurved mouth-rim, all covered with

Ancient Roman Pottery Plaque of an Imperial Eagle ca. 1st-2nd Century AD, found in Hebron, Size 10 1/4 inches high x 7 1/2 inches wide. Rare ancient Mold made and found in the Holy Land. Splendid arti

Asia Minor, modern day Turkey, Anatolian, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A carved marble idol representing a kneeling figure with a round head presenting an abstract visage with concave eyes and a projec

Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. An incredible sword with a remarkable 91% to 94% silver repousse hilt and scabbard, the depressed a