Antiquities & Tribal Art

AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BEARD AND WOOD BEARDLate Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C.The bronze example cast to create the impression of a plait, 6.5cm long; t...

 A GROUP OF BONHAM'S CATALOGUES Including Bonham's, London, Antiquities, 28 November 2017; two copies of Bonham's, London, Antiquities, 6 July 201...

A GROUP OF CHRISTIE'S CATALOGUES Including Christie's, New York, Ancient Glass formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, 3 June 1999; Christie's, N...

TWO EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACESLate Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C.Including a restrung necklace composed of blue glazed composition tubular beads,...

A GROUP OF GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETSLate Period - Ptolemaic Period, Circa 664 - 30 B.C.Including a figure of Thoth as a baboon, wearing a horned ...

A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION PIECESLate Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C.Including two small udjat eye amulets, a hand amulet, an amulet of a...

A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN SCARABS Middle Kingdom - Third Intermediate Period and later Including a black stone scarab engraved with a scarab above a cro...

AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACELate Period, Circa 664 - 332Recomposed and mounted on modern yellow metal settings, the beads include bright blue c...

AN EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI AMULET OF SEATED ISISLate Period - Ptolemaic Period, Circa 664 - 30 B.C.The goddess is depicted seated, holding the infan...

AN EGYPTIAN STUCCO PAINTED HEAD OF A WOMANRoman Period, Circa late 1st - early 2nd Century A.D.Wearing a wreath covered with traces of gold, the d...

AN EGYPTIAN WOOD AND BRONZE AFTER THE ANTIQUE IBIS Depicted seated, with a wood body and attached bronze legs, head and tail feathers, with an S-s...

AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SEATED CAT Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Depicted seated on its haunches on an integral base, with the tail curved around i...

FOUR BLACK STONE VESSELSCirca 1st Millennium B.C.Including a bulbous vessel, with a small circular mouth with a raised collar; a squat vessel; a c...

THREE ALABASTER VESSELSIncluding two shallow hemispherical bowls; and a squared bowl with six small protrusions extending from the rim, 4cm - 7cm ...

AN AFTER THE ANTIQUE MARBLE IDOL In the style of an Anatolian Kusura idol, with a hemispherical body, elongated neck and a disc head, 8.8cm high. ...

A STEATOPYGOUS MARBLE IDOL Possibly Neolithic, with a large rounded body, slightly tapering to the flat base, with arms and breasts indicated by l...

A BONE AND GOLD ORNAMENT Probably not ancient, the bone with an incised animal and foliage, the gold elements with hammered patterns, with a fine ...

A GROUP OF ROCK CRYSTAL AND CARNELIAN BEADS Restrung, formed of faceted rock crystal and carnelian beads, interspersed with elongated carnelian be...

FOUR NEAR EASTERN HARDSTONE AND SHELL AMULETS Circa 3rd - 1st Millennium B.C. Including an amethyst bird; a Sumerian shell bird with an incised ey...

A CANAANITE BRONZE WARRIOR Circa 1500 - 1200 B.C. Depicted with right arm raised, the left extended, in a striding position, wearing a conical hat...

AN ETRUSCAN POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA PAINTED ANTEFIX Circa 3rd - 2nd Century B.C. Of hollow form, depicted with stylised facial features, the small m...

A HELLENISTIC POTTERY VESSEL Circa 4th - 2nd Century B.C.With a piriform body, tapering to a flat disc foot, with a slender neck surmounted by an ...

A ROMAN LIMESTONE BULL'S HEADCirca 2nd - 4th Century A.D. Naturalistically carved, with deeply recessed nostrils, a long muzzle, large almond-shap...

A STONE CARVING The rectangular prism stone fragment is carved with Greek lettering on each of the four long sides, 12cm long.  Provenance: Gottfr...

A PRE-COLUMBIAN MAYA VESSELLate Classic, Circa 550 - 950 A.D.Of cylindrical form, standing on a flat base and flaring slightly at the mouth, the v...

A PRE-COLUMBIAN FIGURE Possibly a Jalisco figure from Mexico, the figure is depicted in a squatting position, with long slender limbs, his crossed...

A POLYCHROME MAYA VESSEL Late Classic, Circa 600 - 900 A.D. Standing on a pedestal foot, the bowl of the vessel indented on each side with a cen...

A PRE-COLUMBIAN NARINO VESSEL Circa 800 - 1500 A.D. Standing on a flared pedestal foot, the globular body is surmounted by a short rim, the whole ...

A POLYCHROME MAYA BOWL Late Classic, Circa 600 - 900 A.D. The bowl with curved sides, decorated with red, black and orange patterns on an umber ba...

A GROUP OF PRE-COLUMBIAN VESSELSLate Classic, Circa 550 - 950 A.D.Including two shallow Maya bowls, decorated in red slip with linear designs, one...

A PRE-COLUMBIAN VESSEL  With a large globular body and two small loop handles, the upper part and neck of the vessel decorated with a moulded anth...

A MEZCALA HARDSTONE MACE HEAD Late Preclassic, Circa 300 - 100 B.C. Carved in the form of a mythological animal, standing on short legs, with an o...

A TAINO HARDSTONE DUHO Circa 600 - 900 A.D. Of anthro-zoomorphic form, representing the god Zemi, standing on four short legs, a stylised face wit...

A TEOTIHUACAN STYLE TERRACOTTA INCENSARIO  With a cylindrical bowl attached to the length of the back, the male figure, possibly a noble, is depic...

A COSTA RICAN ANCESTOR FIGURE Circa 900 - 100 A.D.  The stylised figure is portrayed with a narrow body, surmounted by broad squared shoulders and...

A LARGE AMAZONIAN SHIPIBO VESSEL Circa mid 20th Century The carinated body, tapers to the flat foot, with a bulging shoulder, surmounted by a cyli...

A GROUP OF TERRACOTTA STATUETTES, PERU Valdivia culture, Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Including four fragmentary figures with characteristic large co...

TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS Including a head with finely moulded facial features and the remains of a nekclace, 4.5cm high; and a head of a...

A VERACRUZ TERRACOTTA HEAD Circa 450 - 650 A.D. The expressive head is depicted with a circular open mouth, giving the impression of shouting, wit...

AN EROTIC STATUETTE, COLOMBIA Possibly from the Tairona or Kogi culture, formed in cast metal, depicting a kneeling female figure, with rounded br...

A TOLITA HARDSTONE STATUETTE, ECUADOR Circa 400 - 100 B.C. The unusual figure is depicted with short, stumpy legs, a long torso, short arms carved...

A MEZCALA STONE FIGURE Circa 1st - 5th Century A.D. Formed of pale green hardstone, the figure is depicted with an elongated torso, the lower body...

AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC JADE HACHA, COSTA RICA Circa 100 - 500 A.D. Formed of pale jade, with a broadly oblong body, the torso protruding slightly, the...

A GUERRERO MEZCALA STONE FIGURE, TYPE M-12  Late Preclassic, Circa 300 - 100 B.C. Carved in black stone, with an angular torso with diagonal incis...

 A MAYA HARDSTONE HEAD, GUATEMALA Circa 12th Century A.D. Of elongated ovoid form, with schematic facial features, the broad incised mouth in a sl...

A HARDSTONE TLALOC HEAD,GUATEMALA Circa 8th - 10th Century A.D. Representing the rain god, with an elongated face, the mouth indicated by a linear...

A PRE-COLUMBIAN STONE FIGURE Carved in mottled greenstone, the stylised figure is seated crossed-legged, holding a shallow vessel in front of the ...

AN OLMEC SEATED FIGURE Circa 800 - 100 B.C. Formed of green hardstone, the slightly hunchbacked figure is depicted seated, with arms across the ch...

A MAYA JADE MATERNITY IDOL  Circa 1st Millennium A.D. Carved in mottled stone, the stylised figure is depicted in a kneeling position, with a larg...

A MAYA HARDSTONE STATUETTE Depicting a noble, carved in mottled stone, with short tapering legs and a small body, the large head carved with detai...

A GLASS HEAD, MEXICO Depicting the head of a noble, wearing large, lozenge-shaped earrings and a headdress, with linear eyes and mouth, 6.7cm high...

A PRE-COLUMBIAN GREEN STONE JAGUAR VESSELPossibly an unguent vessel, formed of mottled green stone vessel, with a cylindrical hollow in the centre...

A NATIVE AMERICAN HARDSTONE BIRD Great Lakes region, Circa 1500 B.C. Formed of black stone with smooth polished patina, in the form of a highly st...

AN AZTEC POTTERY PITCHERLate Classic, Coatlalpanec style, Circa 1470 - 1521 Standing on a flat base, with a squat bulbous body, surmounted by a wi...

A WOOD KAVA BOWL, SAMOAThe shallow bowl, with a flat, wide rim, standing on multiple slightly tapering legs, 47cm diameter, 17cm high. Provenance:...

A LARGE CHIEF'S CEREMONIAL DISH, FIJIWith a large leaf-shaped, shallow bowl, the underside of which is surrounded by a serrated border in raised r...

A RAMU RIVER MORTAROf diminutive proportions, the body of the mortar of waisted form, decorated with incised swirling patterns, with two heads, wi...

A COOK ISLANDS BOWL The shallow teardrop-shaped bowl carved in light wood, the underside decorated with three bands of mother of pearl inlay, crea...

A WOOD HEADREST With a dark, polished patina, composed of a cylindrical shaft held in a horizontal position by two inverted U-shaped feet, 45.4cm ...

TWO FIJIAN THROWING CLUBS Including a club with a slender handle, decorated at one end with an incised zig-zag pattern, terminating in a serrated ...