Sold2016Unusual Stoneware Figural Face Pipe Bowl w/ AfricanUnusual Stoneware African-Featured Face Pipe, American, 19th century, molded pipe depicting an African-featured man's head with closed eyes and acanthus leaf stem. Excellent, essentially as-made condiSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Very Fine Old Kuba Pipe Bowl w/ Ancestor FaceA carved wooden pipe bowl with metal (aluminum) lined bowl and a traditional Ancestor face adorned with linear designs and cross hatching. The Pipe Bowl measures 3.5 x 3 inches ( 4.5 inches tall on cuSee Sold Price
Sold202119th C. Cameroon Pottery Pipe Bowls w/ Faces (3)West Africa, Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamum or Bamileke, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A fine trio of pottery smoking pipe heads comprised of conical, hollow pieces, fused at the tips with a reinSee Sold Price
Sold2020Old Acoma Native American Figural Clay PipeOld Acoma Native American Figural Clay Pipe - Unusual w/ Male Face, Ochre Paint on White Slip, Rare Example, 5.75'' LengthSee Sold Price
Sold2021Group of 16 African Ceramic Figural Pipe BowlsCameroonian/Nigerian, Western Grassfields area, possibly 20th century, various styles and forms, including carved faces, elder figures, one with two German colonial figures, one bull headed figure, laSee Sold Price
Sold2023(2 Pc) Antique African Benin Figural Bronze PipesDESCRIPTION: Two bronze pipes from the Benin Empire, each featuring a foot fashioned as a man's face and a bowl distinguishes by long, protruding studs. CIRCA: 19th to early 20th Century ORIGIN: NigerSee Sold Price
Sold2024Vtg Bakelite & Resinous Pipe W Face Figural DetailPipe mouthpiece appears to be Bakelite. Other end of pipe is cream toned & constructed from resinous material. Piece has facial figure with long hair at front. Piece measures approximately 5.75 inchesSee Sold Price
Sold2021African fertility figural pipe bowl, ex-museumAfrican fertility figural pipe bowl, ex-museum, Likely Cameroon, finely detailed black clay, depicting a kneeling pregnant female figure with tribal facial scarification or markings, enclosed in custoSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Bamileke / Bamum Pottery Figural Pipe BowlWest Africa, Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamum or Bamileke, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A massive figural pottery smoking pipe head comprised of conical socket for a wooden stem and mouthpiece and theSee Sold Price
Sold2018Unusual Catlinite Pipe Bowl 7 1/2" Long w/a Curved andUnusual Catlinite Pipe Bowl 7 1/2" Long w/a Curved and Scalloped Area Terminating in a Stylized Horse Head Facing the UserSee Sold Price
Sold2017Unusual Stoneware Face CupUnusual Cold-Painted Stoneware Face Cup, 19th century, wheel-thrown cup with footed base and applied face displaying African features. Incised details to eyes, nostrils, and mouth. A study of the inteSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Lobi Bronze Stool and Bamun Bronze Figural Pipe BowlAfrican Lobi Bronze Stool and Bronze Bamun Figural Pipe Bowl. Size: 1) 8.5'' x 5.75'' x 16'' (22 x 15 x 41 cm); 2) 6.25'' x 2'' x 2.5'' (16 x 5 x 6 cm).See Sold Price
Sold20151880s Stoneware Bowl Donaghho Parkersburg, W.Va1880s unusual one-gallon stoneware bowl, stenciled "A. P. Donaghho, Parkersburg, W.Va.," circa 1880, tapered bowl with rounded rim, cobalt-decorated with diagonal A.P. Donaghho maker's stenciling, 10See Sold Price
Sold2017Stoneware Batter Bowl w/ Cobalt Floral & Foliate Dec.Unsigned 19th Century Stoneware Batter Bowl with Cobalt Blue Floral and Foliate Decoration. Very unusual form for a piece of American stoneware. Tapered side with molded rim having a pouring spout andSee Sold Price
Sold2018CAMEROON FIGURAL POTTERY PIPE BOWLBamileke or Bamum pottery pipe jar, Cameroon, Africa; in the form of a seated ape, its hands raised to its cheeks; H: 6 3/4" (approx.); wood standPROVENANCEEstate of Joseph T. Josephson, fSee Sold Price
Sold2018Tall Dogon Ancestor w/ Stylized face African ArtA very tall and wonderfully stylized male ancestor sculpture from the Dogon of Mali, West Africa. Carved from a single piece of dense heavy wood, this shrine sculpture features a most unusual face, anSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Carved Wood Tribal Figural Statue w/Pipe & RamAfrican Carved Wood Tribal Figural Statue w/Pipe & Ram. Beautifully carved male figure is smoking a pipe; on his head is a helmet mask with a ram/sheep balanced on top. Fascinating piece of ethnographSee Sold Price
Sold2020A NATIVE AMERICAN CARVED CATLINITE PIPE W/ BEADED STEMThe carved catlinite double bowl smoking pipe with figural horse head, wood stem with beading and wood stand with antler yoke. Pipe measures 36.5 x 4 x 2.5 inches. We happily provide seamless in-houseSee Sold Price
Sold2020Southern Stoneware Figural Piece by Marvin Bailey21st century, Lancaster County, South Carolina. Sculpted figure of African American woman with bowl on head containing food. Signed at the base. Large size piece. H25"See Sold Price
Sold2018Dogon Iron Wall Lamp SconceFigural finial with 3 bowl arms.11"w X 30.5"h. (From a 5th Avenue Estate)See Sold Price
Sold2023Isleta Pueblo Painted Pottery Smoking Pipe with Face on BowlIsleta Pueblo Painted Pottery Smoking Pipe with Face on Bowl. On stand. The figural design for smoking pipes thought to poke fun at Spanish noblemen or merchants. Note the curled mustache and full beaSee Sold Price
Sold2021(2) CARVED AFRICAN FIGURES INCL. FEMALE WITH UNUSUAL(2) CARVED AFRICAN FIGURES INCL. FEMALE WITH UNUSUAL FACE, AND MULTI FIGURAL ONE, FROM ESTATE OF MERCHANT CAPTAIN, WHO TRAVELLED THE WORLD. THEY MEASURE 13.5" AND 16.5" HIGH.See Sold Price
Sold2016Bamileke Bronze Pipe BowlBamileke Bronze Pipe Bowl. Size: 12"H x 7.25"W x 6.5"D, (30 x 18 x 16 cm).See Sold Price
Sold2019Mangbetu Prestige Pipe with Ancestor image, African Arta rare old Mangbetu peoples Pipe Bowl or Stove from the Congo, central Africa.Carved wood sculpture with energetic pose and face, incised facial designs, swept up coiffure and lovely golden honey coloSee Sold Price
May 21Hess Fine AuctionsAntique Figural Meerschaum Carved Man With Basket Occupational Pipe w/ Case 4in$10(1 bid)
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryRare and Unusual Old Paris Figural Quill Pen Holder, 19th c., H.- 7 1/2 in., W.- 5 1/4 in., D.- 4 3/$250
May 17Oakridge Auction GalleryA pair of famille rose 'figural' food warmers, Daoguang period, Qing dynasty$200(2 bids)
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryEighty-Nine Piece Set of French Limoges Porcelain Dinnerware, 20th c., Dinner- H.- 1 in., Dia.- 9 1/$250