Ear Spool
Pre-Columbian Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
an elaborate headdress, or coiffure, and ear spools which were worn to show wealth and status.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Figurati...
Materials
Ceramic
American "Human Effigy" Female Stone Sculpture, Tennessee, 1000 AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
with varigated patina as found. Notice the detail of the carved ear spools.
Provenance: old New
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Native American Objects
Materials
Sandstone
Teotihuacan Redware Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace and ear spools which were worn to show wealth
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Figurative Sculpt...
Materials
Ceramic
Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace and ear spools which were
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
La Tolita-Tumaco Standing Female Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
coiffure or headdress. There are holes lining each ear indicating the potential use of ear spools or other
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier South American Pre-Columbian Figurative...
Materials
Ceramic
Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
. This figure is adorned with an elaborate coiffure or headdress and ear spools which were worn to show
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Figurative Sculpt...
Materials
Ceramic
Native America Ancient Hand Carved Stone Pipe Idol Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
effigy pipe figure idol , likely Hopewell culture with its bun head and ear spool features. It comes from
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Native American Objects
Materials
Stone
Geometric Mouse Scale E 'Desktop'
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Miami, FL
with that of an old movie camera, whose square box and two circular film spools mimic his face and ears
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
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Exceptional Pair of Islamic Mamluk Revival Silver Inlaid Quran Side Tables
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional and rare pair of Islamic Mamluk Revival silver and copper inlaid Quran Koran side tables, Egypt, circa late 19th century.
Fully silver inlaid cairoware tables. Very...
Category
Antique 19th Century Egyptian Islamic Side Tables
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Japanese Lacquer and Cinnabar "Samurai" Cabinet, Inaba Family, Edo Period
Located in Troy, NY
Exceptionally large and rare lacquer cabinet. According to the heraldry, visible on the headgear in one of the panels, it was made for the Inaba family, a high ranking Daimyo family,...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art
Materials
Other
America’s First “Spirit God” Ancestor
Located in South Burlington, VT
Pre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Arawak Peoples, Taino Native Indians, early 20th century or older
This is an ancestor sculpture from the Arawak Peoples of the Greater Antilles Islands....
Category
Early 20th Century American Pre-Columbian Native American Objects
Materials
Stone
1930's Art Deco Malachite Toned Female Figural Art Glass Vase
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1930's Art Deco Malachite / Jade Toned Art Glass Figural Vase. Small size. Lovely displayed.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Chinese Carved Rose Quartz and Jade Immortal Figure
Located in Atlanta, GA
An immortal figure carved from rose quartz with a jade or nephrite base. Comes in export box. Unmarked.
Approx: 3.375" H x 2.25" W x .875" D.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects
Materials
Jade
12th/13th Century Thai Khmer Pottery Jar
Located in Austin, TX
A refined pottery vase boasting an elegant silhouette and intricate impressed and applied decoration. The lovely jar exhibits a flared and folded rim, a corseted neck, and a broad sh...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Maya Bird Sello Stamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Stamps, or sellos, such as this one were common during the pre-Columbian period in Mesoamerica and most popular during the Formative Period that spanned the years between 1200-800 B....
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Antique Terracotta Confit Tian or Bowl Glazed
Located in Labrit, Landes
French terracotta tian or bowl traditionally used to prepare confit before to conserve it in confit pots in South West France.
This vessel was also used to prepare any type of food f...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French French Provincial Pottery
Materials
Terracotta
Ancient American "Human Effigy" Stone Pipe, Woodland Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
Early American Pre-Historic Human Effigy stone pipe, woodland period, 2500 BP
Formerly in the Harold French collection, Amboy, Indiana (photo)
All stone carvings from America's ea...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Native American Objects
Materials
Stone
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
Ancient Roman Bronze Handle or Artifact
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An antique or ancient Roman bronze element.
This piece was an element of a vase or possibly handle to something larger.
It has the head of a wolf or lion mounted on a curved ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Classical Roman Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Pre-Columbian Ceramic Vessel from Mexico, Date Unknown
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Prehispanic turtle vessel with human head and red paint, from the outskirts of Ixtlan del Rio, Nayarit, Mexico, date unknown. Appears to be a candleholder or copal burner. Rim on the...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ancient Roman Scene - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Niccolò Vanni in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with so...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No Reserve
H 7.09 in W 4.73 in D 0.08 in
Ancient Olmec Greenstone Portrait Mask with Pre-1970 Provenance
Located in Culver City, CA
A large and powerful portrait mask depicting an important Olmec ruler, with a broad face, furrowed brow, rectangular ear flanges, full lips, and a large nose, carved from a variegate...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Figurative Sculpt...
Materials
Stone
Chinese Yellow and Russet Jade Mythical Beast, Ming Dynasty or Earlier
Located in Austin, TX
A superb Chinese yellow and russet nephrite jade carving of a mythical beast, Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) or earlier, China
The mythical beast is portrayed with feline features, i...
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Jade
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Pre Columbian Michoacan Large Pottery Pretty Lady
Located in New York, NY
open ear spools.
Provenance: Ex Ohio Artist Collection
Amazing artistic form and scale.
Category
Mexican Antiquities
Large Nayarit Pottery Important Female Effigy Figure
Located in New York, NY
hips, the face, with lovely alert expression. A matriarchal presence. She is adorned with ear spools
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Antiquities
Pre Columbian Stunning Large Chimú Wood Marker Figure Ex Sothebys
Located in London, GB
Chimu wood standing figure with enigmatic expression with hand held together in front, with Headband ear
Category
Antique 16th Century Peruvian Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Italian Arm Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Italian chairs with spool turned legs, strectchers, and arm supports. Arms have carved detail
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Very Rare Victorian Antique Papier Mache Sewing Box Etui Silver Tools
Located in San Marcos, CA
tweezer and ear wax spoon is fabulous, as is the engraved silver handles and pen, all matching. In all the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
VR Antique French Palais Royal Napoleon Era Necessaire, 36+ pc
Located in South Coast, CA
ebony containers that open to reveal thread spools in each (multiple colors of thread can be wound to
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Sterling Silver
Materials
Steel
Last chance clearance sale. Jalisco West Mexico Figure with great Provenance
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, Picasso-like asymmetric face. The mouth open as if speaking or singing. Large ear spools. Feet and hands
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Terracotta
H 17 in W 11.5 in D 10.5 in
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