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Great detail. From the late 1930s.
Suitable for holding up a bunch of great books! Felt bottoms,
- Item Number: S-1175
- Provenance/Origin: Origin unknown. Circa late 1930s
- Composition: Cast Metal
- Dimensions: Each ~ 5.5" tall x 8.5" wide x 5" deep
- Weight: 14 pounds for both
- Price: $ 134.00 USD for Pair
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Ashanti peoples – a major ethnic group of the Akans – transformed physicality to their beliefs about death and the afterlife through the medium of clay. From the second half of the sixteenth century, terracotta sculpture produced primarily by Ashanti women played a role in funerary rites .…
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- Item Number: S-3945
- Provenance/Origin: Central Ghana. Ashanti. Age unknown.
- Composition: Clay
- Dimensions: 8" tall on base x 5" wide x 4.5" deep
- Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Price: $ 115.00 USD
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: I’ve spent almost a year now researching him, his family, his enemies (who turned allies), his horse, his motivations, his mental state, his death, his art, his monuments and homes… and a lot more.
Complex, intriguing, fascinating . . . with many…
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- Item Number: S-2026
- Provenance/Origin: Greece
- Composition: Casting Stone
- Dimensions: 9.5" tall x 5" wide x 6" deep
- Weight: 4.25 pounds
- Price: $ 96.00 USD
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A Majapahit Kingdom – one of the last major Hindu empires of the Malay archipelago – in eastern Java from 1293 to around 1500. The Majapahit society developed a high degree of sophistication in both commerical and artistic activities . . . yielding a cosmopolitan population…
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- Item Number: S-7183
- Provenance/Origin: Majapahit Empire influence. Likely Bali. Age: at a minimum 150 years old
- Composition: Sandstone on wood base
- Dimensions: Head: 6.5" tall x 6" wide x 6" deep. On Base: 16" tall
- Weight: 12.5 pounds
- Price: $ 395.00 USD
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Looks great at the end of a long line of books . . . or nestled up to a stack.
Typical of the mythological hybrid from ancient Egypt (and Persia), the beast with wings and head/beak of an eagle dates back to 3000 B.C.
Griffins…
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- Item Number: S-3685
- Provenance/Origin: Egypt. Circa mid- to late-1900s
- Composition: Metal (brass or bronze), wood
- Dimensions: 11.5" tall x 9" wide x 5" deep
- Weight: 7 pounds
- Price: $ 225.00
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This Abyssinian Cross reflects the elaborate style of Ethiopian crosses. The history of Christianity in Ethiopia is longstanding, dating back to the fourth century A.D.. At that time, King Ezana, ruler of Aksum, made it the court religion.
Ethiopian monarchs gave notable monasteries larger crosses, but just…
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- Item Number: S-3968
- Provenance/Origin: Ethiopia. Circa 1970s
- Composition: Metal
- Dimensions: 12.5" tall x 4.5 at widest
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 95.00 USD
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Funerary and tomb art pieces depicting the mythological bird – fenghuang / phoenix – first appeared over 8000 years ago on jade and pottery pieces among the northeastern tribes of China. During the Hongshan Culture (4700 – 2900 B.C.), handcarved jade pieces like this were produced to…
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- Item Number: S-9196
- Provenance/Origin: China. Early to Late 1800s
- Composition: Jade
- Dimensions: 6" tall x 7" wide x 2.5" deep
- Weight: 3.75 pounds
- Price: $ 675.00 USD
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This is a detailed replica of a Ushabti – aka Shabti – a funerary statue or figure placed in tombs in ancient Egypt. Such figures were intended to act as substitutes for the deceased, should he/she be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife.
The hieroglyphic text…
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- Item Number: S-9506
- Provenance/Origin: Replica of Egyptian art. Australia
- Composition: Limestone & quartzite composite
- Dimensions: 9" tall x 3" at widest point x 2.75" deep
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 165.00 USD
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A detailed bronze piece from a Beijing home.
- Item Number: S_0393
- Provenance/Origin: Beijing. Age unknown but most likely late 1900s
- Composition: Bronze
- Dimensions: 8.25" wide x 8" tall x 3.25" deep
- Weight: 2.5 pounds
- Price: $ 95.00 USD
