Toussian Storage Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Ovoid pots were an elegant storage solution in African tribal life. This beautifully balanced example is attributed to the Toussian people of Western Burkina Faso. Masterfully made to protect its contents from the elements, pots such as this one were coiled by female ceramists to hold food or personal...
Ceramic
16th Century Ceremonial Urn from Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in NICE, FR
Beautiful funerary terracotta urn called from the Bura region (Niger) in West Africa. This cylindrical anthropomorphic sculpture is adorned with geometric designs. It depicts a human...
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century Globular Vessel, Mangbetu People, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th Century Globular Vessel, Mangbetu People, D. R. Congo An unusually large and striking non-figurative vessel from the Mangbetu people, comprised of six lobes joined to a c...
Ceramic
16th Century Fossil Embedded Shipwreck Vase, Sawankhalok, Thailand
Located in New York, NY
16th century Thailand Sawankhalok ceramic vase from the old city of Sawankhalok known for its pottery. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural ...
Ceramic
16th Century Animist Shipwreck Ceramic Vase, Vietnam
Located in New York, NY
16th century Vietnamese Animist ceramic vase. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water. Natural original patina. Part of a very large collection of shipw...
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Dog Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pre-Columbian Earthenware Dog Vessel, Colima, Western Mexico A lively pre-Columbian Colima dog vessel sitting back on its haunches, with one foot slightly lifted off the ground as i...
Terracotta
Bronze Animal Sculpture - African, Burkina Faso Bronze Elephant, Unique
Located in Chicago, IL
This bronze animal sculpture of a rhino is a stylized animal figure produced in Burkina Faso, West Africa using the lost-wax casting tradition. These miniature sculptures stand as sy...
Bronze
Bronze Animal Sculpture - African, Burkina Faso Bronze Rhino, Unique
Located in Chicago, IL
This bronze animal sculpture of a rhino is a stylized animal figure produced in Burkina Faso, West Africa using the lost-wax casting tradition. These miniature sculptures stand as sy...
Bronze
Japanese antique Tokoname ware vase / 16th century / Muromachi period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Tokoname jar fired in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture. Tokoname is known as one of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns, a ceramic production center with a history that has continued ...
Pottery
Bronze Situla, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Acetre. Bronze. Century XVI. Bronze piece that has a circular foot, and a circular body, with an outwardly hollowed mouth at the top, and a decoration in relief in this last area o...
Bronze
Chinese Ochre Brown Glazed Martaban Jar, Ming Dynasty, 15th-16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and large Chinese brown ochre glazed stoneware storage jar, commonly known as a Martaban or Martavan jar, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century. The elegant ovoid jar with a slen...
Stoneware
$3,750
H 40.5 in W 9 in D 16 in
Dance Head Ornament Representing an Antelope Head, Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A beautiful stylized antelope head used as headdress on ceremonial dances. Retains the old painting and patina over the carved wood. Traded by a professor working in Africa in the 19...
Wood
Three Tutsi Gourd Vessels Burundi Africa
Located in Rochester, NY
Three Tutsi gourd storage vessels ( liquids wine ) w/ nicely aged old surface color. Mid 20th century. Burundi Africa. Measurements - gourd w/ woven natural grass wrapping at top -...
Natural Fiber
Tibetan Coral Necklace with Silver Painted Wooden Beads c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of a Tibetan Coral Bead mala / neckpiece with a stunning mix of orange & red colours that have aged beautifully over the decades. Tib...
Coral, Silver
Antique Clay Fired Water Pot with Lid - Gurunsi Peoples Burkina Faso
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 20th Century fired clay water pot with lid from the Gurunsi peoples of Burkina Faso. Shaped much like a teapot, this lidded water pot is beautifully crafted with a band of surf...
Clay
Textured Lidded Vase, Africa, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Highly textured lidded terra cotta vase from the Gurunsi tribe in Burkina Faso, Africa. Originally used to carry and store water. Beautiful natural patina.
Terracotta
Carved Wooden Crocodile Sculpture
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Carved wooden crocodile sculpture, or garniture. In wood and bone.
Bone, Wood
Pair of Terra Cotta Water Pots with Lids, Africa, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Pair of terra cotta water pots with lids from the Gurunsi tribe in Burkina Faso Africa. Circular raised horizontal design.
Terracotta
African Terracotta Water Pot with Lid, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930s African terracotta water pot with lid from the Gurunsi tribe in Burkina Faso in Africa. Raised circle design.
Terracotta
Burkina Faso Vase, Africa, circa 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Textured terra cotta lidded vase from the African Gurunsi tribe in Burkina Faso, circa 1930s. Originally used to carry and store water. Beautiful natural patina.
Ceramic
Early 20th Century African, Burkina Faso Lobi Vessel with Lid
By Lobi People
Located in Wainscott, NY
Early 20th Century African, Burkina Faso Lobi Vessel with Lid. The Lobi are an African Tribe of people who originated in Ghana and migrated to southern Bur...
Clay
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