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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Pre-Columbian Inca Complete Uncu Textile, Peru 1300-1500 AD, Ex Guillot-Muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Inca Complete Uncu of beautiful geometric composition with serpent form in red, purple and yellow. This beautiful poncho of a geometric composition has only some worn out sections on...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Primitive carved sandstone
Located in Miami, FL
Archaïque polished probably ritual stone ring from Central America or Caraïbe island .
Face carved and polished sandstone or granite.
Category
Unknown Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Sandstone
Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Marble-Top Dresser with Mirror, circa 1890
Located in Birmingham, AL
A stunning Victorian rosewood three-drawer dresser with oval swivel mirror. The mirror has an ornate scalloped frame and sits on a turned wood base and features cutouts to the mirror...
Category
American Classical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre-Columbian Nazca Unku with Stepped Zig-Zag Design, Peru 200-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Nazca unku with white, red, green, black and yellow step zig-zag design with red bottom with fringe and maroon upper part and beige trim around the arm and neck openings
...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Manabi (Ecuador) Pottery Dog
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Manabi (Ecuador) Pottery dog figure with incising. 4 ½” x 2 ½” x 3 ½”. 100 BCE - 250 CE Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and pas...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
18th Century English Wood Carved Standing Chinese Attendant with Lotus Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th century English wood carved standing Chinese attendant with lotus bowl, The well carved and decorated figure with glass eyes, holding a 10 inch...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood, Paint
Embroidered Silk Folk Art Depicting Black Child, Red Riding Hood 18th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century silk embroidered art work. Depicting children and fairy tales. It is very rare for works from this time period to depict a black...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Pre-Columbian Multi-Color Diamond Shaped Nazca Unku Textile, Peru, 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very colorful complete Nazca unku in multi-color camelid wool with lozenge diamond and zig-zag design patterns. The beautiful blue and light pink color makes this textile very unique...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
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
Cambodian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Early Anatolian Kilim Fragment
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning early Kilim from Central Anatolia distinguished by a rare apricot background, by a spectacular array of early colors including aubergine and by a bottom compartment decorated by stylized carnations (or Mother Goddess fertility figures...
Category
Turkish Kilim Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pre-Columbian ceramics cup– Tiahuanaco Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture"
Material: ceramics
Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau
Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD)
Dimensions: 11 x 10 cm diamet...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian ceramics pitcher– Tiahuanaco Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
967 / 5.000
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture"
Material: Ceramic
Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau
Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD)
Dimensions: 20 x ...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian ceramics vessel– Tiahuanaco Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture"
Material: Ceramic
Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau
Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD)
Dimensions: 13 x 11 cm in dia...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Titicaca Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Titicaca Culture"
Material: Ceramic
Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau
Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD)
Dimensions: 15 x 14 cm in diame...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian ceramics vase – Tiahuanaco Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture"
Material: Ceramic
Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau
Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD)
Dimensions: 19 cm high x 15 cm...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian ceramics vase – Tiahuanaco Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture"
Material: Ceramic
Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau
Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD)
Dimensions: 17 cm high x 14 cm...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Gustavian Two-Light Giltwood Wall Scones
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Gustavian two-light giltwood wall scones.
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
16th-17th Century Bellarmine Jug
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lovely late 16th or early 17th century Westphalian salt glazed stoneware jug of the "bellarmine" type. Also known as Greybeards or Bartmann jugs, these v...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
18th-Century English Pottery Hearty Good Fellow Toby Jug
Located in Downingtown, PA
English pottery hearty good fellow pearlware toby jug
circa 1800
An unusual variation on the hearty good fellow standing toby jug, The base in white with the Toby figure standing, supporting a large white jug under his right arm, and holding a pipe with his left hand across his chest with his head turned slightly to the left. He has a bright blue jacket and yellow pantaloons with an orange waistcoat. He has a brown tricorn hat...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
African Redware Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Covered in a beautifully worn red clay slip, this hand-formed African vessel has a dramatic silhouette of a squat, ovoid body and a long, narrow neck. Subtly etched crosshatch patter...
Category
African Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Norwegian Baroque Box, Carved Mythical Creatures + Figurative Scenes, Circa 1740
Located in New York, NY
Very special Baroque box with carved decorations of mythical creatures and figurative scenes
Carved monogrammed initials "HPP" + Family Crest, origin: Gudbrandsdal, Norway, circa 174...
Category
Norwegian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Passing Boat and Bridge Pattern Tea Set, Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
With a medallion of two boats sailing together, passing an island on which a solitary figure stands by or on a bridge, the rim with a narrow heringbone pattern, the reverse glazed ca...
Category
Vietnamese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
18th C Rare Wood Female Carving Artifact
Located in Malibu, CA
18th century wooden carving of an female form.
Presumed to be a French church piece.
This figure has a beautiful face.
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure, a hand carved and painted fruitwood figure for a Christmas Crèche or Krippe. Excellent and delicate details to the head and hands. The half figure stands on a dowel set into platform base, dressed in original fine linen robe...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Fruitwood
Antique Japanese Statue of Dakini Ten
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare and highly unusual antique Japanese statue of the esoteric deity 'Dakini Ten,' a Buddhist goddess who was associated with the agricultural...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
FIRST HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY VERTICAL CASTLES MAJOLICA PLAQUE
By Castelli
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful vertically painted majolica plaque, attributable to the famous Castelli factory, located in Abruzzo (Central Italy), dating back to the first half of the 18th century. The ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Maiolica
Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Folk Art two-sided sign maker's sample board in original paint, one side having square color samples with various border treatments, each panel numbered (one through 25), the other...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Depiction of a Head, Han Dynasty period (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Depiction of a Head, China. Han period (206 BCE - 220 CE). Earthenware with traces of cold painting in black and white.
PROVENANCE
Johanne Huitfeldt's (1932-2023) collection of Asia...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
A Roman bronze applique in the shape of a theatre mask
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Mask of a bearded deity, short beard and hair braided in the characteristic high hairstyle, with layered ringlets on either side.
4 cm (h)
Green patina
...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
9th Century Silver Processional Priest's Hats, Chimu Culture, Peru
Located in Point Richmond, CA
9th century silver processional priest's hats, Chimu culture, Peru.
These silver hats were originally covered with fabric, as can be seen in the remaining surface pattern. The hol...
Category
Peruvian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Antique 1747 Mary Campbell of Scotland George II Needlework Sampler
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rather stunning, 1747 dated needlework Mary Campbell sampler from Scotland
I have three of these samplers for sale, they are dated 1830, 17...
Category
Scottish Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique showpiece grape harvest copper hand-finished
Located in Würzburg, DE
✓ Impressive craftsmanship
✓ Depiction of St. George
✓ Festive representation
Dimensions: W: 45cm H: 87cm D: 42cm
Item: Antique ceremonial butte wine butte
Item no.: 998
Epoch:...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Copper
18th Century Italian Grey Painted Rococo Sofa or Settee
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian late 18th century grey painted Rococo sofa
Complimentary delivery to most areas of London, UK.
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Small Swedish 18th Century Primitive Rococo Folk Art Armchair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century Rococo Folk Art armchair from the typical main Swedish folk art category furniture
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Petite African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hand-formed vessel bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip and dark smoke marks. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessel reflects th...
Category
African Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Pre-Columbian Nazca Checkerboard Cushma 200-400 AD Ex Guillot-Muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive Nazca Cushma of checker works design composed of a red and yellow cross over the green background. A true collector's piece.
Provenance: From the Collection of Guill...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Pre-Columbian Jalisco Red Ware Dog Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jalisco Red Ware Quadruped Dog Vessel. 5” x 4” x 4”. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient a...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Venetian Hand Painted and Gilt Figural Pagoda Two Drawer Commode, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Venetian hand painted and gilt figural pagoda two-drawer commode with scalloped edge top, gilt carved shell form handles, and resting on a scalloped edge floral skirt with the origin...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
St. John Santos Sculpture, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A large Saint John the Baptist santos sculpture, 18th century.
17 ½ inches wide by 14 inches deep by 43 inches tall
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Petite African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hand-formed vessel bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip and dark smoke marks. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessel reflects th...
Category
Malian Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century British, Delft plate
Located in London, GB
Eighteenth century
Tin-glazed ceramic
d34 cm
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century Primitive Religious Carving Oak Panel 1631
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Primitive religious carving oak panel 1631
This rare piece comes from France, the somewhat Primitive carving shows the Madonna and Child sitting on the Devil who is depicted as a li...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Oak
17th Century Italian Polychrome Carved Wood Statue Of Saint Florian
Located in Bilzen, BE
A fine quality 17th century Italian polychrome carved wood Saint Florian Saint Florian (Latin: Florianus; 250 – c. 304 AD) was a Christian holy man a...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre-Columbian Chimu Textile, Meander Design and Fringe, Peru circa 900 to 1300AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A woven textile shirt of rectangular form having small rectangular panels on the front and back, all with fringed borders, and open head slit in center. Decorated with zigzag rows of...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
67.05 Carat Gorgeous Tri Color Tourmaline Drilled Carving from Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
67.05 carat gorgeous tri-color tourmaline drilled carving from Africa
Weight: 67.05 Carats
Dimension: 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.8 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Red Pink and Green
Shape: Carving
Quali...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Mid-18th Century Hand Drawn English Farm Map on Vellum, circa 1740s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century hand drawn English farm map on Vellum circa 1740s
Henry Maxted & Isaac Terry, Surveyors.
A Map of a Farm in the Parish of Blean in the County of KENT: Belonging to Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson circa 1743.
A beautiful hand drawn map...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Lambskin
Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel with man figure. Moche Horizon of Peru, Circa 450 - 550 CE. In overall good condition, some chipping around the mouth of the narrow spout, and there’s a small spiderweb push on the back of the jar that appears to have resulted from a probe that penetrated the left side just below the figure (two small holes, one on the front upper left corner of the throne, and the other just around to the side, have been repaired). 6” x 4” x 6”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection.
Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient artifacts. Starting with relics and bottles from ghost towns, he later focused on Anasazi pottery...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Zoomorphic Llama Vessel with an Elongated Body
Located in London, GB
This zoomorphic vessel in the shape of a llama with an elongated
globular body is from the Chancay civilisation, dated between 1000 and 1400 AD.
Th...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Carved Candle Stick
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century carved candle stick.
Category
Italian Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
Rare Norwegian Carved Tankard Featuring Gnomes, Mid-18th Century
Located in Wiscasset, ME
The entire tankard is surrounded by a family of gnomes. Early peg construction, in excellent overall condition. Fair bet that you'll never see another one like this!
Category
Norwegian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
John Charles Maggs Painting - English - W7910 SALE
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
John Charles Maggs Painting - English - W7910
In excellent condition with no damage.
This is a John Charles Maggs Painting, circa 1850. Maggs (1819 - 1896) was a painter best known...
Category
English Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Extremely Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Gauze Poncho Textile, Peru, 1000-1450 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chimu brown gauze shirt with multiple red and white fringe lines forming V designs like the one around the neck, with very rarely seen sleeves and border fringe in the same material.
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Oil On Canvas. Old Master, South-german Master App. 1780s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Oil on canvas. OLD MASTER, South-german master app. 1780s. Biblical scene titled "Die dienenden Engel", the servant angel. A museum´s quality work with fine details.
Condition repor...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
18th Century Hindu Deity Statue
Located in Pasadena, TX
18th century poly-chrome statue depicting Hindu Deity. This 18th century statue is made of painted clay, plaster and wood.
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Sublime 17.15 Carat Loose Bi Color Tourmaline Drilled Carving for Jewelry Making
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Sublime Loose Bi-Color Tourmaline Drilled Carving For Jewelry Making
Weight: 17.15 Carats
Dimension: 2.3 x 1.6 x 0.7 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Pink & Green
Shape: Carving
Qualit...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Costa Rican Terracotta Ovoid Bowls
Located in London, GB
This beautiful and highly decorative pair of Costa Rican terracotta bowls are ovoid in shape and come from the Talamancan Mountains region. They are decorated stylized human faces in...
Category
Costa Rican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Late 18th century Decorative double sided Swedish Folk biblical wall hanging
Located in London, GB
A large size decorative Swedish folk art painted wall hanging-Bonad which may have been originally from a church.
Painted on canvas in natural pigments it depicts naive biblical them...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
17thc Polychrome Painted Ceiling Panel
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1680.
17thc polychrome painted ceiling panel
Mounted on a later block
Measures: W48 x D11 x H39.5cm.
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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