FIVE CHINESE FRESCO PANEL PAINTINGSpossiblyMing dynasty, each multicolored pigment on plaster with raised piped pigment tracing, depicting celestial beings with staves, all mounted on wood boards, 26 x 16-1/2 in.
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19TH C. RUSSIAN WOODEN ICON - THE DEPOSITIONOF CHRISTEastern Europe, Russia, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful wooden icon depicting the Deposition of Christ - the moment when Joseph of Arimathea and...
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19TH C. GILT RUSSIAN ICON - OUR LADYOF UNEXPECTED JOYEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. Finely painted in gold, egg tempera, and gesso on wood, this icon depicts a scene called "Our Lady of Unexpected...
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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM WOOD STRIDINGMALE FIGUREAncient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1649 BCE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden male figure, perhaps a servant in a tomb...
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IMPRESSIVE EGYPTIAN GESSO'D WOOD HEADOF AN IBIS**Originally Listed At $1200**
Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A dramatic, playful head of an ibis, carved with...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
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EGYPTIAN WOOD & PAINTED GESSO SARCOPHAGUSMASKEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. An attractive sarcophagus mask that is hand-carved from hardwood and perhaps depicts a high-class...
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EGYPTIAN PAINTED / GESSO CEDAR SARCOPHAGUSMASKEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous and endearing example of a mask that is hand-carved from finely grained cedar that would have attached...
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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN STONE PANEL TOMBOF NEB-AMUN (TT90)**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, later 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV to Amenhotep III, from the tomb of Neb-Amun (TT90) in Thebes,...
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Two unusual Chinese ming-type paintedpanels ming dynasty/qing dynasty The two tall softwood panels are painted gesso and polychrome to show Quanyin and a guardian, wood panel framed. Total H: 29 L: 27...
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Chinese gesso and pigment decoratedcarved wood Bodhisattva 17th Century Delicately carved hair incised and piled in chignon, framed by hood issuing from a folded flowing robe, fine serene expression worked...
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Chinese Carved Wooden Figure of KwanYin, carved as the seated figure of the bodhisattva atop a kneeling figure of an elephant on a quatrefoil base, the goddess wearing loose robes and a tiara with one hand...
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