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A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Bronze
Greek
First half of 4th Century BC
Size: 10.5cm high - 4¼ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Privat...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
A Very Rare Long Maori Paddle ‘Hoe’
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare Long Maori Paddle ‘Hoe’
Superb colour and patina
Wood
Maori / New Zealand
Late 18th / early 19th Century
Size: 217cm long - 85½ ins long
...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century New Zealand Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare Standing Stone / Slab / Marker with ‘Triskele’ Low Relief Design
Located in London, GB
A Rare Standing Stone / Slab / Marker with ‘Triskele’ Low Relief Design
Sandstone
Late Celtic - Early Christian
7th – 8th Century AD
Size: 62cm high, 28cm wide, 19cm deep - 24½ i...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier British Antiquities
Materials
Sandstone
A Powerful Baule Mask
Located in London, GB
A Powerful Baule Mask
With rich dark ‘lacquered black’ patina, excellent colour with areas of ‘kaolin’
Wood
Ivory Coast
Early 20th Century
Size: 32.5cm high - 12¾ ins high
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$40,500
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Wood, metal
Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’
South Africa
19th Century
Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long
Provenance:
Taylo...
Category
Antique 19th Century South African Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club
Located in London, GB
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club
With a superb geometric upper section and unusual spiral twist grip
Dark glossy patina and excellent colour, with a lug to the butt and ‘old’ pa...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Tongan Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Finely Carved Lime Spatula by an Unknown Master Carver
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Lime Spatula by an Unknown Master Carver
Depicting a possibly unique Mother and Child (?) or Male and Female (?)
Wood ebony with lime infill
Massim Area, Papua New...
Category
Antique 19th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Ebony
A Large Finely Carved ‘Cup Carrier’ of a Women with Child
Located in London, GB
A Large Finely Carved ‘Cup Carrier’ of a Women with Child
Superb colour and rich patina
Wood
Tschokwe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Early 20th Century
Size: 42cm high - 16½ ins ...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Very Fine Carved Staff by Sikiré Kambiré (1896 - 1963)
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Carved Staff by Sikiré Kambiré (1896 - 1963)
Fine colour and patina
Wood
Lobi, Burkina Faso
Early 20th Century
Size: 104cm high - 40¾ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Priv...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Serene Vuvi Mask
Located in London, GB
A Serene Vuvi Mask
Wood, polychrome, pigment
Gabon
Early 20th Century
Size: 28cm high - 11 ins high
Provenance:
Ex collection Bertil and Eva Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Ex Privat...
Category
Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$32,000
A Ceremonial Mask
Located in London, GB
A Ceremonial Mask
Wood
Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
Early 20th Century
Size: 32cm high, 11cm wide, 7.5cm deep - 12½ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 3 ins deep
Provenance:
Ex Private coll...
Category
Early 20th Century Vanuatuan Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$35,000
A Powerful Female ‘Bakorozai’ Initiation Mask
Located in London, GB
A Powerful Female ‘Bakorozai’ Initiation Mask
The brown patina testifies to the ritual use and great age of this rare mask
Wood
Loma / Guerze-Kpelle, Liberia
Late 19th Century
...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Liberian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
An Early Group of Four African Figures exhibited in New York, September 1935
Located in London, GB
An Early Group of Four African Figures exhibited in New York, September 1935, the same year as Moma’s groundbreaking African Art Exhibition
Two Baule Figures, a Ewe Figure and a Yor...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Togolese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Powerful Kongo Fetish Figure
Located in London, GB
A Powerful Kongo Fetish Figure
Wood, metal, cloth, nails, glass
Areas of dark, black lacquered patina, worn through from use
The cavity to the stomach now empty
Kongo Peoples, Dem...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Metal
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club of Tapered ‘Pole’ Form
Located in London, GB
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club of Tapered ‘Pole’ Form
Decorated all over with a geometric design and ‘glyph’ type motifs
Dark glossy patina, excellent colour, retaining the or...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Tongan Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Superbly Carved Lime Spatula Representing Two Figures
Located in London, GB
A Superbly Carved Lime Spatula Representing Two Figures
Wood (ebony)
Northern (?) Massim, New Guinea
19th Century
Size: 31cm long - 12¼ ins long
Provenance:
Ex Anthony Meyer G...
Category
Antique 19th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art
Materials
Ebony
A Carved Ebony Prestige Staff Depicting an Important Elder or Leader
Located in London, GB
A Carved Ebony Prestige Staff Depicting an Important Elder or Leader wearing a Head-Ring ‘Isicoco’
His waistband neck-ring and eyes inlaid with brass studs, his hands carved to his s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century South African Tribal Art
Materials
Ebony
A Celtic Stone Head with ‘Staring’ Eyes, Long Nose and Slit Mouth
Located in London, GB
A Celtic Stone Head with ‘Staring’ Eyes, Long Nose and Slit Mouth
Limestone
British
2nd Century BC - 1st Century AD
Size: 26cm high, 13cm wide, 16cm ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier British Antiquities
Materials
Limestone
A Finely Carved Dan Mask
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Dan Mask
Of exceptional form, colour and patina
Wood, fibre (braid)
Ivory Coast
Early 20th Century
Size: 25cm high - 10¾ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Guy Montaibou c...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
$25,000
A Finely Carved Polynesian Maori Feather ‘Treasure Box’ and Cover
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Polynesian Maori Feather ‘Treasure Box’ and Cover
With superb colour and patina
Wood, haliotis (abalone) shell
New Zealand
Early ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century New Zealand Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Alabaster Crucifixion from a Retable of the Passion
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Carved Relief of the Crucifixion
Alabaster
Circa 1450 - 1470
Nottingham, Midlands, England
Size: 49.5cm high, 26.5cm wide, 5cm deep - 19½ ins high, 10½ ins wide, 2 ins ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier English Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Alabaster
An Anatolian Marble ‘Star Gazer’ Figure
Located in London, GB
An Anatolian Marble ‘Star Gazer’ Figure
Marble
Anatolian
Early Bronze Age / Circa 2700 - 2100 BC
Size: 5cm high, 3cm wide - 2 ins high, 1¼ ins high
The highly stylised oval head wi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Turkish Antiquities
Materials
Marble
Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Alabaster
Near Eastern
3rd Millenium BC
SIZE: 9.5cm high, 9.5cm wide, 15.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 3¾ ins wide, 6 ins ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities
Materials
Alabaster
A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’
Grey schist
India
3rd - 4th Centuries AD
SIZE: 19cm high, 11cm wide, 12.5cm deep - 7½ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 5 ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indian Antiquities
Materials
Schist
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Located in London, GB
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Superb colour and patina
Bronze
Eastern Iran or Central Asia
2000 BC
SIZE: 35cm wide - 13¾ ins wide
A similar pin in the Louvre-France, was exh...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Persian Antiquities
Materials
Copper
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Wood, metal
Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’
South Africa
19th Century
Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long
Published:
‘The ...
Category
Antique 19th Century South African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Located in London, GB
A Songye Male ‘Power’ Figure
Open aperture to the head and stomach
Fine overall patina, loss to feet
Democratic Republic of Congo
19th Century
Size: 23cm high - 9 ins high
The ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$16,500
An Extremely Fine South African Tsonga Prestige Staff by the ‘Baboon Master'
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Extremely Fine South African Tsonga Prestige Staff by the ‘Baboon Master’
Depicting a Zulu elder wearing a head-ring
Superb silky reddish brown patina
Late 19th Century ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century South African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Fine and Large Egyptian Limestone Relief Carved in Shallow Relief
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Large Egyptian Limestone Relief Carved in Shallow Relief
Traces of original polychrome
Old Kingdom / 5th Dynasty / 2454 - 2311 B.C
Size: 32cm high, 70cm wide, 5cm deep - 12½ ins high, 27½ ins wide, 2 ins deep
Provenance:
Ex Private Swiss collection, acquired mid 1960s and thence by descent
Ex Rupert Wace Limited London
Ex Private London collection
cf A...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
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