All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490746
A fine condition greek pottery amphora or Kantharos with black and red belt decorations, Southern Italian, c. 4th.-3rd. century BC.

The vessel with twin handles and very elegantly moulded and painted.

Size: c. 10,5 cm. tall and 13,8 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice Very fine, a few tiny edge chips othervise intact.

Ex. Dr. Heim collection, 1970s, sold at Hirsch 2019 / auction 245 lot 175.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490745
A very attractive greek pottery Olpe with black and red belt decorations, Southern Italian, c. 4th.-3rd. century BC.

The jug with a high loop strap handle and extremely nice painting!

Size: 17,5 cm.

Condition: Choice Very fine, a few very small edge chips othervise intact and with the decoration finely preserved.

Ex. Dr. Heim collection, 1970s, sold at Hirsch 2019 / auction 245 lot 175.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490744
A beautiful large pottery food bowl, Pre-Columbian Moche culture, TL tested to be c. 2000 years old.

In orange ware with decorative red line at the rim.

Size c. 20 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Nice Very fine and intact. With some glue below the base from a previous mounting.

Comes with a Ralf Kotalla TL test from 1991!

Ex. Old German private Collection, aquired in the 1980s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1490741
Interesting pottery jar with handle and fine decoration in red on beige ground, Ancient Near East c. 2nd. millenium BC.

Size: 15,8 cm. wide and 11,3 cm. tall.

Condition: Very fine, with short crack and small chip nicely restored and not visible.

Ex. Old Danish Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490740
A large and attractive globular jar of blackware, Chimú c. 1200-1400 AD.

The vessel comes with a TL test from Ralf Kotallas lab.

Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s. Height: c. 21,5 cm.

Condition: Good Very fine, intact.

Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1490736
Interesting and attractive gold Quatrefoil openwork pendant with small loop at one side and an engraved cross in the center, Roman-Darkage c. 4th.-6th. cent. BC.

A heavy hanger, very attractive. The gold is almost pure and around 22 carats or so. The central cross was deliberately erased at one point in antiquity, which could have been done by pagans / romans in the late antiquity.

Size: 19-20 mm. in diameter and weighing a solid 3.45 grams.

Ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1490735
Interesting cylinder seal carved in greyish black stone, with worshippers standing either side of the Tree of Life, with the winged emblem of Ashur / Assur above. Nice Neo-Assyrian style and fine details.

Size: 20 mm. tall and 10 mm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine, light wear and completely intact.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA and his imprint.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1490716 (stock #TR3136)
Fine Song dynasty longquan celadon large plate with good green glaze, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoration, small original defect on the foot ring please see picture for detail, size: 22 cm diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Sculpture : Pre 1492 item #1490659 (stock #0633)

An antique Khmer Vishnu in mid 11th century, pre-Angkor Baphuon style with a height of 50 cm.

Vishnu is the divine Hindu preserver and protector of human life, a role that provided natural analogies with earthly kingship for the Khmer. The Vishnu embodies authority with its iconic downcast gaze and large unexpressive faces...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1930 item #1490654
The Kura
$1,100.00
Sale Pending
A fabulous bowl by the first-generation Kato Keizan enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tenranji Zuicho Moyo Hachi (Bowl with Blue Glaze Decorated with Auspicious Birds). Tenran is a blue glaze made by the official kiln of the Qing Dynasty in China. On this in raised white auspicious birds with long tails like dragons circle the rim over archaic symbols reflecting continental taste popular from the Meiji through Taisho to early Showa period...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1910 item #1490653
The Kura
$750.00
Sale Pending
A beautifully sculpted incense burner in the shape of a nesting crane dating from the 19th to opening of the 20th century, Late Edo to Meiji period). It comes enclosed in an age darkened kiri-wood collectors box. It is 12.5 x 24 x 16 cm (5 x 9-1/2 x 6 inches). Although not altogether clear there appears to be a possible old repair to the back of the head.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre AD 1000 item #1490633 (stock #7414)
Simple Han inkstone, polished smooth one side and rough underneath. Signs of exavation and typical distinct petrichor smell. L: 20cm/7.9in x 6.3cm/2.5in. Note last image is from Chinese Inkstones- Simon Kwan, for reference.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1490628
The Kura
$900.00
Sale Pending
A beautiful ivory white vase in the shape of a handled-wooden-bucket, the outside wrapped with woven bamboo forming an outer bamboo basket shell, with the handle wrapped in bamboo rope. It is 42 cm (16 inches) tall and in excellent condition, enclosed in an age darkened wooden box titled Tobe-yaki Kabin signed by the maker. Inside the lid is an inscription stating the vase was received as a gift on the 6th day of the 11th month of Taisho 8 (1919)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1490612
Interesting and rare lifesize Japanese Demon stone mask of granite, Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo period c. 16th.-17th. century AD.

The mask made in a heavy granite type of stone, finely sculptured as a Demons face, probably to ward off evil spirits in a temple or as a part of a funeral chamber. Far to heavy to carry for a human, but still hollowed at the back.

Finely made with facial details and painted in red, white and gold. Old 19th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1490608
Interesting and decorative fragment of a figural tile, Mexico, Aztecs, 1300 to 1521 AD.

The tile showing two warriors or deities fighting, one holding a dagger and both with elaborate headdresses.

Size: 26 x 19 cm. Thick.

Condition: Fragmentary, with most of the motif preserved, some corrosion to the front and more so on the back. Remnants of mortar or plaster.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1490603
The Kura
$850.00
Sale Pending
A 19th century Bronze incense burner int eh shape of a burning Buddhist jewel supported on five legs of curling smoke tendrils, alternating with five looping handles. It is 20 cm (8 inches) tall to the finial, and in excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1490577
Senatus Consulto
$795.00
Reserved
Lovely tribal looking early pair of wooden twins, female, Yoruba People, Ibadan, Nigeria, 19th./ early 20th. century. Rare style!

Provenanced to an important collection, we offer a large selection of high-end wooden african figures, all with the original surfaces and elaborate carvings, dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century (c. 1880-1920)

The lovely set with large headdresses, and exceptional facial features and both richly adorned with jewelry and kauri shells...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1490566
Senatus Consulto
$795.00
Reserved
Fine large and early pair of wooden twins, both females, Yoruba People, Oyo Region, Nigeria, 19th./20th. century.

Provenanced to an important collection, we offer a large selection of high-end wooden african figures, all with the original surfaces and elaborate carvings, dating back to the 19th.-early 20th. century.

The lovely set with large headdresses, blue pigment, and exceptional facial features and both richly adorned with jewelry...