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Roman Bronze Strigils on a Carrying Ring Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 1132938 (stock# ABDAB)
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Exceedingly rare to find! From ancient Rome, ca. 1st Century B.C. Crafted of solid bronze, a set of two body scrapers (strigils) used by athletes in antiquity to clean the body. Athletes would apply olive oil to their bodies before competing or exercising to avoid dirt from getting into the pores of the skin, but possibly also to avoid sunburn. Afterwards they used strigils to scrape off the oil as well as the sand and dirt which had stuck to it during the contest. Before the introduction of ...click for details

Costa Rican Metate Tripod Legs, Stylized Bat Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre AD 1000 item# 1131133 (stock# BDWK)
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Pre-Columbian, from the Atlantic Watershed Region, Costa Rica, Ca. 800 - 1200 A.D. Carved gray volcanic tuffa stone grinding table standing on tapered cylindrical tripod legs; carved openwork central structural support decorated with a stylized bat form; outer table edge carved with a serrated border. 16-1/4”L x 12-1/4”W x 6-5/8”H, two small edge losses, otherwise intact/generally excellent condition. ...click for details

Panamanian Cocle Pedestal Plate (Fruitero) Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Pre AD 1000 item# 1130681 (stock# bdwk)
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Extremely rare form! Pre-Columbian, Panama, ca. 1000 AD. Terracotta pedestaled plate (fruitero) with irregularly-shaped top, depicting a stylized serpent. Polychrome painting in black, orange, cream and plum over an orange-cream slip. 6"D plate diameter x 7"H, repaired from several large fragments with overpainting over breaklines, plus some surface roughness, else very good. ...click for details

Large Greek Pottery Olpe / Jar Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 1128200 (stock# ag)
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Manga Graecia, Ca 4th century BC, from eastern Italy. Attractively decorated pottery olpe, bulbous-bodied, flat, wide rimmed mouth and high, wide strap handle. Pinkish ground with a painted red-brown band and black rim. Though produced in Magna-Graecia, the vase is painted in native italic style. 6-1/4"H x 6"W, intact/generally excellent condition, save probe hole, minor chipping and surface encrustation, as shown. ...click for details

A Panamanian Cocle Lidded Jar Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 1127125 (stock# APP)
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Panama, Cocle, ca. 600 to 800 AD. Wonderfully decorated large polychrome pottery covered jar in a very abstract human form, with lid acting as head. 9"W x 9" w/ lid. Lid reconstructed from two large and three small pieces, base intact. An amazing example! Provenance: Ex-private Chicago, IL collection.

Pre-Columbian Chimu Silver Kero Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492 item# 1127022 (stock# BDWK)
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From Northern Peru, Chimu, Ca 1200 to 1400 AD. Silver kero used for drinking Chicha (Inca beer) made from hand-hammered sheet silver. Typical funnel-shaped body with very thin rim and narrow foot. 5-7/8"H x 2-1/2" base diameter, intact, save one or two small holes in body and a bit of minor distortion/creasing from age. Still a nice example! ...click for details

Fine Tihuanaco Pottery Polychrome Rattling Kero Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 1127016 (stock# BD3060)
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Sweet! Tihuanaco, Boliva, Ca 500 to 800 AD. Pottery conical-shaped kero with bulbous base holding small stones so the cup will rattle when shaken. Decorated in earth tones in abstract zoomorphic designs. 3"D x 4-1/2"H, intact. Provenance: Ex-private Denver, CO collection. ...click for details

Roman Bronze Medical Probe Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 1126995 (stock# AG)
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One of the finest examples of ancient medical devices we've seen... Roman, ca 1st to 2nd AD. Elongated spade-shaped probe with twisted shaft and smooth handle ending in oval terminal. The patina on this is like glass with deep tones of brown and green. 6-1/2"L, intact and choice! Provenance: Ex-A Gualario Collection, Tampa, FL a ...click for details

Guerrero Jade Bead Necklace w/ Pendant Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000 item# 1126987 (stock# DW828)
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Pre-Columbian, from Southern Mexico, Guerrero, Ca 500 BC. Nice long strand of jade / jadeite beads accented in center with small human head pendant. Each bead painstakingly hand cut and polished, in sizes ranging from 7 to 15mm in diameter, with green hardstone pendant with indications for ears, drilled eyes and slit mouth, 23 mm long by 25mm wide. 25"L ...click for details

Egyptian Wooden Mummy Mask, Custom Mount Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Pre AD 1000 item# 1126925 (stock# BDWK)
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Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 650 to 300 BC. Wooden mummy mask made of cedar, carved into the form of a human face; once colored with vibrant pigments, now lost with time. Seven wooden dowels used to attach mask to the sarcophagus still present. Very striking to see how age and lack of moisture affects the shape of these fascinating items! 11"H, generally very good, wear as shown. Custom stand. ...click for details

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