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Style: Archaistic
Small Greek Bronze Brass Theatre Mask Wall Hang Decorative 1970s Vintage Art
Located in London, GB
This is a small Greek theatre mask made of bronze, from the 1970s, designed to be mounted on a wall.
The mask has exaggerated facial expressions typical of Ancient Greek theatrical ...
Category
1970s Greek Vintage Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
African Textile Showa Kuba
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare vintage African Kuba Textile, suitable for a modern wall panel, on a long table ; perfect as headboard.
Handwoven and hand dyed raffia fabric.
An IDEA: use this item as backrest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Zabihi Collection Cars Motorcycle Vintage Persian Flat-Weave
Located in New York, NY
Square scatter size Persian Kilim from the mid-20th century with pigeons riding 2 cars and a motorcycle riding on a denim blue field. Are the car and...
Category
20th Century Persian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Burmese Teak Monastic Attendants or Guardian Angels c. 19th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
These carved teak figures from 19th-century Burma represent Monastic Attendants or Guardian Angels, traditional figures often found in religious and ceremonial settings. Carved from ...
Category
19th Century Burmese Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Collection of 3 South Asian Antique Architectural Fragments on Stands
Located in Leesburg, VA
Collection of 3 South Asian Antique Architectural Fragments on Stands
Anonymous
Southern Asia, probably India; first-half of the 20th c...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Arts and Crafts Leather Model of a Bull Elephant This is a beautiful find
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Leather Model of a Bull Elephant
This is a beautiful find from the early part of the 20th Century, it was made for Liberty and is known as “ The Bull Elephant ”
Thi...
Category
1930s Vintage Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Leather
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Indian Sandstone Nandi Sculptures, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Indian stone carvings depicting reclining a cow / bull / ox, Nandi, or Vrishabha, the bull vahana or vehicle of the god Shiva, outfitted with saddles, bridles, and headpieces upon th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Sandstone
$5,500 Sale Price / set
57% Off
African Sculpture Zaire Antique Copper Coin
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's a true antique copper coin from Zaire, very rare: a modern simple sculpture !
I saw only another one like this, but it was not authentic: done for ...
Category
1920s Congolese Vintage Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Copper
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Antique Persian Bidjar Rug
Located in New York, NY
An antique Persian Bidjar rug from the early 20th century. The wine red small Herati pattern field is overlaid by a light blue involute Herati medallion which, in turn, is centered b...
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Early 20th Century Persian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ancient Roman Theatre Mask Myra No:2 Museum Replica, Cultured Marble
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
It was found in the ancient city of Myra in Antalya, Turkey. It was used as a mask in theaters during the Roman period.
The city of Myra, one of the six most important cities that w...
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2010s Turkish Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Statuary Marble
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H 13.78 in W 7.49 in D 6.7 in
Hand-Carved Wood Javanese ‘Wayang Topeng’ Theatre Mask, Indonesia c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A visibly old mask from the Javanese masks theatre ‘wayang topeng’: carved from hard wood, and painted on the front side. The mask shows clear traces of ...
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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19th Century Pipe Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
You just got to love this guy! A wacky looking bearded Indian pipe head. Probably 19th century France. Beautifully carved by a artisan with a sense of humor.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Prestige Cloth, Shoowa, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century Prestige cloth, Shoowa people, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo
A syncopated pattern of opposing forces lends this prestige cloth a sense of movement both horizontally and v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Midcentury Handmade Tribal Persian Zebra Striped Flat-Weave Accent Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian flat-weave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Three sections of Zebra printed black and white are conjoined by red stitching. The left column is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Folk Art Primitive Hand-Carved Bull
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Primitive hand-carved Folk Art bull made of wood. Great hand work and scale. One Horn has a chip. Great sculptural piece.
Category
1970s American Vintage Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Owl Sculpture on Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage ceramic owl sculpture on stand with glass eyes.
Category
Early 20th Century English Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
Collection of 5 Sculptural T-Shirt Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting set of 5 ceramic T-shirt vases. Great sculptural item. Excellent vintage condition. Set includes two large and three small. Great piece of art.
Category
1980s Canadian Vintage Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Framed Pre-Columbian Proto Nazca Textile Frangment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Proto-Nazca textile fragment from Southern Peru circa 100BC-200AD. The linked munecas ("dolls" in Spanish) figures were woven with fibers likely from l...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Carved Wooden Angel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Impressive wood carved angel with amazing detail. Certainly the work of a master carver. Found among the entire contents of a Catholic Church in the Midwest which was said to have cl...
Category
19th Century American Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Conical Hat Mornington Island, Queensland Australia Woven Fiber on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid-20th century woven fiber and palm leaf conical hat with two vertical painted stripes on the front, from Mornigton Island, Queensland, Austral...
Category
Mid-20th Century Australian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
H 16 in W 9 in D 9 in
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Zabihi Collection Masculine Turkish Room Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
Room size Turkish Kars Rug dated 1993 in brown, charcoal, and ivory
Details
rug no. j2431
size 9' x 12' 2" (274 x 371 cm).
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Archaic African Mortar Made from Ironwood
Located in Vienna, AT
This very massive, exceptional mortar is hand carved from a lovely rust couloured iron wood. It was made in the 19th century on the African continent, possibly in Ghana. The bowl's s...
Category
19th Century Ghanaian Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Old Moroccan Saddle or Saddle Pad
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1166 - I found this nomadic saddle among the various Moroccan carpets i bought many years ago from a young traveller, who sold me all his collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Saddle or Saddle Pad Moroccan Carpet
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1095 - I found this nomadic saddle among the various Moroccan carpets I bought from a young traveller, who sold me all his collection many years ago...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Horse on a Scooter Vintage Persian Flat-Weave
Located in New York, NY
Square scatter size Persian Kilim from the mid-20th century with a mustard color horse riding on a scooter on an sage green field. This was originally belonging to a private Persian ...
Category
20th Century Persian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Birdhouse Teapot Vintage Persian Flat-Weave
Located in New York, NY
Accent size Persian Kilim from the mid-20th century with a birdhouse motif on an ivory field. This was originally belonging to a private Persian collector who requested to make a cus...
Category
20th Century Persian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Quirky Pigeons on Bicycle Vintage Persian Flat-Weave
Located in New York, NY
Square scatter size Persian Kilim from the middle of the 20th century with large orange pigeon riding a bicycle on an ivory field . This was originally belonging to a private Persian...
Category
20th Century Persian Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Couros d'Actium Reproduction, Plaster and Stucco, circa 1960
Located in Munster, NRW
1: 1 scale reproduction in plaster of the Couros (or Kouros) of Actium, a marble sculpture of Naxian or Corinthian origin, circa 570 BC, and part of the permanent collection of the M...
Category
1960s French Vintage Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Stucco
Ancient Northwest Coast Stone Club Estimated A.D. to Pre-European Contact
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Ancient Northwest Coast Stone Club estimated A.D. to Pre-European Contact.
This is an exceptional ethnological treasure of great aesthetic quality and rarity. The stone club is ca...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Canadian Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Slate
Archaic Vessel
Located in San Francisco, CA
A small and very unusual vessel, found at a Estate sale, provenance and details
unknown.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Massive Antique Ash Burl Bowl
Located in Rochester, NY
Very large antique organic free-form primitive ash burl bowl with beautifully aged color and surface. Measures 30 inches wide x 25 inches deep and 9 inches at highest point.
Category
1790s Unknown Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Burl
Ancient Near Eastern Coiled Bronze Bracelet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Zena Kruzick.
Ancient near eastern coiled bronze bracelet.
Measures: 4.75" (12 cm) high, 7.25" (21 cm) upper circumference, 8.75&...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Antique Archaistic Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
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