- 5 COLIMA OBSIDIAN BLADES IN RIKER CASEPre-Columbian,
West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine collection of 5 stone spear blades hand-knapped from sizeable pieces of lustrous, black obsidian. The largest blade presents...
[more like this] - 19TH C. AFRICAN IGBO BRASS OFO SHRINE
FIGUREWest Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating brass ritual object known as an ofo, presenting a tubular form intended to...
[more like this] - 6 COLIMA OBSIDIAN PECTORALS & MANY WHITE
SHELL BEADS**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A magnificent ensemble of over 100 hand-carved shell beads and 6 hand-knapped...
[more like this] - COSTA RICAN BASALT JAGUAR EFFIGY METATE**First
Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A hand-carved basalt stone jaguar effigy grinding platform known as a metate, supported...
[more like this] - RARE MAYA OBSIDIAN ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURES
(PR)**Originally Listed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, probably Central Lowlands, Maya, Classic to Late Classic Period, ca. 300 to 900 CE. An incredibly...
[more like this] - COSTA RICAN STONE METATE - ABSTRACT
JAGUAR HEADSPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone grinding platform known as a metate supported atop a quartet of thick feline...
[more like this] - COSTA RICAN BASALT METATE - FELINE FORMPre-Columbian,
Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved basalt grinding platform called a metate in the form of an abstract...
[more like this] - ASIAN: THREE RITUAL OBJECTS, 20TH C.,
INCLUDING: A TIBETAN PHURBA (DAGGER); TIBETAN KARTIKA (KNIFE/AXE); AND AN ASIAN THREE PART STA...ASIAN: Three Ritual objects, 20th C., including: a Tibetan phurba (dagger);...
[more like this] - GROUP OF TIBETAN BUDDHIST RITUAL OBJECTS
19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY, 19th and Early 20th Century, A pair of circular hammered brass trays engraved with prayers in a Mandala form, a dragon-decorated ewer, height...
[more like this] - ASIAN: MIXED METAL BUDDHIST FIGURE,
ASIA, 20TH C.- MODERN, HOLDING RITUAL OBJECTS, SEATED ON LOTUS THRONE, WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE, 7 3/4" H.ASIAN: Mixed metal Buddhist figure, Asia, 20th C.- modern,...
[more like this] - CHINESE UNDERGLAZE COPPER RED RITUAL
OBJECT Chinese underglaze copper red scholar's object, the cylindrical tube flanked by a pair of chilong form handles, all above a rectangular stand decorated with swirling...
[more like this] - ARCHAIC STYLE CHINESE HARDSTONE RITUAL
OBJECT Possibly c. 2000 BCE, axe shaped ceremonial object with saw-tooth edge and central circular opening, on museum mount, 9.25"h x 5.5"w (stone), 10.5"h (with stand)...
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