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This piece was unearthed in Henan, a province in central China’s Yellow River Valley, almost a century ago. Often recognized as the place where Chinese civilization originated, this piece is from the Han Dynasty (circa 200 B.C.). This period was the golden age of Chinese culture,…
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- Item Number: S-7739
- Provenance/Origin: Henan. Han Dynasty (circa 200 BC)
- Composition: Terracotta. Clay. Coloring.
- Dimensions: 5" tall x 3.5" wide x 3.5" deep
- Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Price: $ 395.00 USD
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Uncovered over a century ago by an anthropologist who – in turn – passed it on to his family . . . ending up in a collector’s hands in Connecticut USA.
Tang Dynasty, circa 900 C.E.(A.D.). From a site in Luoyang (Henan province).
Such…
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- Item Number: S-3394
- Provenance/Origin: Tang Dynasty. Luoyang dig.
- Composition: Clay
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 2.5" at widest x 2.25" deep
- Weight: 1.25 pounds; 2 pounds in display case
- Price: $ 425.00 USD
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Classic Veracruz culture refers to a cultural area in the north and central areas of the present-day Mexican state of Veracruz, a culture that existed from roughly 100 to 1000 AD.
This particular statue is from the Late Classic Period or between the 6th and 8th Century…
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- Item Number: S-6969
- Provenance/Origin: PreColumbian Veracruz. Late Classic Period.
- Composition: Clay
- Dimensions: 8.5" tall x 4.5" wide x 4.25" deep on stand
- Weight: 1.25 pounds with stand
- Price: $ 195.00 USD
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Ushabti funerary figures – like this one – were placed in tombs with other grave goods and were intended to act as a surrogate deceased owner to undertake menial tasks in the afterlife.
From a very large collection from an Egyptian family. This statue…
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- Item Number: S-6266
- Provenance/Origin: Luxor Egypt. From an antiquity collection.
- Composition: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 7.25" tall x 2.25" wide x 1.5" deep
- Weight: 0.75 pound
- Price: $ 95.00 USD
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Canopic jars were used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process. Internal soft organs of the deceased to be mummified were stored in these jars . . . away from the body. Lungs were stored in a jar representing Horus’s son, Hapi (baboon); the…
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- Item Number: S-4880
- Provenance/Origin: Egypt. From an antiquity collection.
- Composition: Clay or Stone
- Dimensions: 5.25 - 5.75" tall x ~2.5 diameter
- Weight: 3.75 pounds for all four
- Price: $ 295.00 UD for the set of four
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From a very large collection from an Egyptian family. This mask was made in the 17th Century by Egyptian craftsmen.
Very unusual timeline but after hearing the complete story from my agent in Canada, I do believe this carved mask is a few hundred years old.
Stand not included.
- Item Number: M-6016
- Provenance/Origin: Egypt. From an antiquity collection
- Composition: Clay
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 3.5" wide x 2.25" deep
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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Oil lamps appear in the Torah and other Jewish sources as a symbol of “lighting” the way for the wise and righteous. Oil lamps and the light they give were important household items as well as being used in many spiritual rituals.
I have had this single nozzle terra…
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- Item Number: O-4801
- Provenance/Origin: Israel. Circa 100 BC to 100 AD
- Composition: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 3.75" long x 2.5" at widest
- Weight: 0.25 pound
- Price: $ 175.00 USD
