Rare! From Central Peru, Ca 1400 AD. Solid sheet of silver formed to go over a wooden kero which evidently has since decayed leaving only this cover. Unadorned silver with wide rim and base, base with holes for attachment. 2-7/8"H x 2-1/2"D at widest, intact and generally excellent, save a bit of erosion to base.
Pre-Columbian, from west coast of Central America, Costa Rica/Panama, ca. 700-1500 AD. A depletion gilded tumbaga lizard or frog with beaded design/band on back. 1-1/4"L, intact/excellent condition. 18g. With holes on each side for suspension. Rattle is intact/works! Perfectly wearable ancient art.
Nazca, Southern Peru, Ca 200 to 400 AD. Polychrome pepper bowl – could have actually been used to hold peppers for the meal. 5-1/2"D x 3-3/8"H, intact/generally excellent, save some surface pitting and minor pigment wear, as shown.
Provenance: Ex-private Sarkisian Estate, Denver, CO. ...click for details
From southern Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 - 400 AD. Polychrome pottery oviform flask with smiling faces intertwined with snake/serpent-like creatures encircling. "H, intact.
Celadon pottery was first made in China, where potters from the Northern and Southern Dynasties discovered that when ash landed on ceramic works being fired in kilns at a high temperature, the result was a wonderful blue coat. The ash formed from burning wood chemically reacted with the clay to create a natural glaze which
hardened into a beautiful bluish finish when baked at 1300° Celsius inside the kilns. The technique of celadon making was refined during the Tang Dynasty but was elevated to ...click for details
Greek, Apulia, ca 350 BC. Beautifully potted and painted pottery skyphos in the style known as St. Valentine's. Upper section decorated in series of diamond patterns, lower in Gnathian style with added white pigment. 3-7/8"H x 5-3/4"W handlespan, restored handle, else choice.
Provenance: Ex-Gualario Collection, Tampa, FL acquir ...click for details
From the Greek colony of Canosa located in southern Italy, ca 325 BC. Very large and fine leaping terracotta horse covered with typical white slip, showing incredible realistic details and movement. Mounted to custom lucite base. One of the finest examples we have seen! 6-3/4"L x 5-3/4"H, appears to be intact/excellent.
From ancient Greece, ca 6th century BC. Not perfect, but still quite fabulous! Base to a core-formed glass jar done in blue base with yellow glass thread added in zig zag pattern. Blue glass base level has eroded slightly leaving yellow threads slightly raised in areas, with nice areas of iridescence on the surface. Custom stand. 2-1/2"H, fragmentary, but still quite nice, custom stand. ...click for details
From ancient Egypt, dating to the Old Kingdom - the period from the Third Dynasty through to the Sixth Dynasty (2686 BC – 2181 BC) – this magnificent section was created in low-relief and contains two vertical bands of hieroglyphics. Because this piece has just arrived we have not had the opportunity to have it translated. The first (left side) band contains 9 distinct glyphs and the right side contains 8 full or partial glyphs. 12"H x 10"W x 2-1/2" deep not including custom mount ...click for details
South Italic, from Greek colony of Apulia, region, ca. 325 BC. Terracotta footed salt dish with typical black glaze and wonderful incised / ribbed detailing around the outer edge. 2-1/2"D x 1-1/2"H, intact/generally excellent, save surface wear, as shown.
