LOT 3
Superb Egyptian Bronze Thoth
Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305 to 30 BCE
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Detailed with fine lines of silvering, the deity stands atop an integral rectangular plinth with incised hieroglyphs and Greek letters wrapping around the periphery.
LOT 7a
Egyptian Wood Sarcophagus Panel
Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE
Estimate: $14,000 - $21,000
Top shows grand wesekh pectoral collar, below pair of wadjet eyes, six columns of hieroglyphs, and winged Isis kneeling holding two feathers of Maat. Lower shows Anubis over body of deceased, their organs contained in 4 canopic jars below leonine table: below procession of kneeling deities and 6 additional columns of hieroglyphs.
LOT 8
Exhibited Egyptian New Kingdom Alabaster Flask
New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE.
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Hand-carved from attractive banded alabaster, in two parts.
Exhibited in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023
LOT 28a
Rare Hellenistic Greek Silver Kylix
ca. 5th to 1st century BCE
Estimate: $7,000 - $10,500
Rare as silver was scarce during this period, with mining having been disrupted by the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) and never reached the same level of production that the Classical era saw. Silver quality 96.94%; weight: 124.4 gr.
LOT 30
Attic Black-Figure Stemmed Skyphos
Greece, Athens, ca. 550 to 540 BCE
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,500
Depicting the komos, a ritualistic drunken procession related to the wine god Dionysus - Roman Bacchus - and performed by twelve nude revelers / dancers known as komasts.
LOT 32b
Greek Iron Short Sword
Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Hand-forged blade with sharpened edges on both sides, as well as a thick midrib running down center, above shoulder are quillons bearing downward-pointed terminals.
LOT 33a
Apulian Red-Figure Pelike
Magna Graecia, South Italy, ca. 4th century BCE
Estimate: $9,000 - $13,500
Painted with the image of a nude erote on one side, and a female, perhaps a goddess, on the other.
LOT 39d
Roman Bronze Finial Herm, ex-Christie’s
Republic to early Imperial period, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
In the unique form of a herm enveloped in a long cloak with the waist thrust forward and the downward-angled head surmounted by the neck and head of a swan.
LOT 40 Roman Glass Juglet, ex-Christie’s
Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Used for holding perfumes and scented oils in toilettes and were highly prized by wealthy Roman women.
LOT 41a
Etruscan Antefix, ex-Jean-David Cahn
Italy, Etruria, Latium, ca. 480 BCE
Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000
Terracotta antefix head of a female, perhaps a goddess. The ancient Etruscans used antefixes to protect and conceal the terracotta tiles along the eaves of a roof, as well as to serve an apotropaic function and ward off bad influences.
LOT 41c Roman Gold Ring w/ Amethyst Intaglio
Early Imperial period, Eastern Empire, ca. 1st century CE
Estimate: $6,500 - $10,000
24K gold ring with amethyst intaglio of nude Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the Roman goddess of love and beauty, standing in contrapposto with one hand on her breast and the other over her sex - a pose known as the Venus Pudica.
LOT 49 Roman Bronze Steelyard Weight
Imperial Period, ca. 30 to 50 CE
Estimate: $12,000-$15,000
Depicting a goddess, most likely Juno (Hera being the Greek equivalent), wearing a veil on the back of her head (capite velato), her right shoulder bare and bust covered by a sensuously draped chiton - cast over a round stone.
LOT 62 Persian Stone Idol
Iran, Caspian Sea region, late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE
Estimate: $12,000-$18,000
Carved greenstone steatopygous figure. Large hips indicate this was most definitely a type of fertility idol. Her headdress is deliberately cut with a vertical slit to allow for the placement of additional ornamentation.
LOT 63
9th C. Indian Stone Temple Panel Brahmanical Triad
Middle Kingdom period, ca. 900 to 1200 CE
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
The Brahmanical triad or Trimurti - the Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva- are the sacred trinity representing the supreme deity of Hinduism - in which Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer/transformer are personified as a holy triad.
lot 64
11th C. Indian Stone
Panel Goddess Saraswati
Chandela Dynasty, ca. 11th to 13th century CE
Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000
Carved in high relief of Saraswati (Sarasvati), the Hindu goddess of learning music, and wisdom - depicted here with a stringed instrument known as the veena. 41” H.
lot 66a
Chinese Zhou Dynasty Marble Cong
ca. 1046 to 256 BCE
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,500
Carved from solid marble, featuring incised stacks of five Tao Tie masks, characteristically abstract in form, each with enormous eyes and a bar-shaped mouth.
Lot 76a
Chinese Qi / Tang Stone
Torso of Guanyin
Estimate: $9,000 - $12,000
Depicting a standing torso of a Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin). In Buddhist belief, Bodhisattvas are among the most compassionate beings in the universe, devoting themselves to saving the suffering and helping others achieve enlightenment and Buddhahood.
Northern Qi to Tang Dynasty, ca. 549 to 650 CElot 80 Chinese Song Dynasty
Storage Jar, Hare’s Fur Glaze
ca. 960 to 1279 CE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Also known as Jian ware, the subtle colors and humble origins of the glaze were said to embody Zen aesthetics and thus were favored by monks. Hare’s Fur glazed pottery of this form/scale is exceptionally rare to find; while popular throughout the Song Dynasty, it was typically used for handheld tea bowls. 29”H.
lot 95a
18th C. Tibetan Statue
Wrathful Deity Heruka
Himalaya region, Nepal / Tibet, ca. 18th to 19th century CE
Estimate: $9,000 - $12,000
Cast-brass statue of the wrathful deity known as a Heruka manifesting as Yab Yum with the female deity Vajravarahi. Yabyum, literally meaning “man-woman,” is the portrayal of the tantric sexual embrace between male and female divinities and represents the pacification of spiritual polarities.
LOT 96a
Monumental 9th C. Indonesian Statue of Ganesh
Central Java, ca. 9th century CE Estimate: $60,000 - $90,000
Volcanic stone. Elephant-headed deity known as the “Remover of Obstacles,” who sits atop a tiered lotus base while holding shallow cups in each outer hand. Esteemed as one of the principal deities of the Hindu pantheon, the first son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha is known as the Lord of Plenty or the god of auspiciousness, highly revered as the regulator of all obstacles with the power to create and remove them. 45.27”H, 400 lbs.
Acquired in Indonesia in 1961 and exported to Singapore in 1967 for $125,000! Appraised in 2000 by Sotheby’s for $75,000 (a copy of the appraisal will be included with sale). VIEW
LOT 96d 17th C. Burmese Kapala w/ Mythical Beast
Burma (Myanmar), Shan culture, ca. 17th to 19th century CE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
A human skull section used as Kapala in both Hinduism and Tantric (Vajrayana) Buddhism as a ritualistic vessel. Made to hold offerings, often to wrathful deities, made from human remains that were given a sky burial - the body stripped by birds and other animals until only bones remain.
LOT 99a
Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossilized Rear Foot Claw
South Dakota, Harding County, Hell Creek Formation, Cretaceous, ca. 68 to 65.5 million years ago.
Estimate: $45,000 - $65,000
Probably from one of the main toes, and is a staggering 9.5” along curve from root to tip, holding this in one’s hand - it is about the size of a heifer cow horn!
LOT 99b Important Fossilized
Pachycephalosaurus Skull Dome
North America, Western United States, Wyoming, Niobrara County, Lance Formation, late Cretaceous, 70 to 66 million years ago.
Estimate: $60,000 - $90,000
An incredible fossilized piece of dinosaur anatomy, the dome from the skull of a Pachycephalosaurus. These were bipedal herbivores with small forelimbs, and they are widely known for their thick skulls.
LOT 101
Pliocene Fossilized Woolly Mammoth Tusk
Russia, Siberia, Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 400,000 to 10,000 years ago.
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Fossilized tusk from a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). The slender width suggests this was possibly a female or maybe a juvenile male.
LOT 102d Rare Olmec / Maya Stone Mask
Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec to Maya cultures, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE
LOT 104a
Chavin Tembladera Stirrup Vessel
North Coast Peru, Jequetepeque River region, Tembladera phase, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Of grand form depicting a stylized jaguar in all its ferocity. A pair of drilled suspension holes on the temples enabled this mask to be worn, perhaps with ceremonial or ritual connotations.
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Depicting a figure, perhaps a shaman, writhing on the ground while grasping one shoulder and one knee with his hands. Features a pair of black, ovoid eyes within a russet red face, sharp nostrils, and a slight grimace as if struggling to keep his composure during a hallucinogenic trance.
LOT 107 Chavin Stone Flute Player
Northern Peru, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE.
Estimate: $50,000 - $75,000
22”H. Hand-carved, stylized anthropomorphic figure holding a flute. Made from a single piece of stone. Intact and rare!
LOT 107b
Maya Jade Figural Pectorals
Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE
Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000
String-cuttofeaturelordsor deities. JadewasreveredbytheMaya notonlyforitsbeauty,butalso becauseithadspiritualpower-it was believed to be the embodiment of the wind and the “breath” that formedtheMayasoul.
LOT 108b
Nazca Spouted Vessel, Fisherman
South Coast Peru, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE
Estimate $3,000 - $4,500
Depicting an animated fisherman laying atop a large net without any fish contained inside. Creatively portrayed tying both ends of the net with stylized hands, a staple of Nazca iconography.
LOT 109n Rare Moche Stirrup
Vessel - Fortress
North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase I, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE
Estimate $13,000 - $19,500
Depicting the Pyramid of the Sun, its leader sitting with hands placed atop knees within the uppermost balcony. Bottom depicts intricate zoomorphic scenes, including pair of jaguars on front, barracuda gods on sides, and a massive sting ray on verso.
LOT 109u
Veracruz Stone Palma (Marker for Ballgame)
Gulf Coast of Mexico, ca. 500 to 700 CE
Estimate $13,000 - $19,500
Carved by hand, in the form of a bird- perhaps an eagle or a wild turkey. The shape fanning gives this form its name - a palma from the frond shape of palm trees. The athletes from Mesoamerica played a ballgame while wearing a hip yoke with a palma-shaped fan made of leather, wood, or rubber to protect their chests from the impact of the hard rubber balls.
LOT 111e Huge Jamacoaque Vessel, ex-Sotheby’s / Bonhams
Ecuador,ManabiProvince,ca.500BCEto500CE
Estimate $13,000 - $20,000
With a globular olla on verso and an incredible effigy of a priest on front, both connected via three large tubes and thick handle. The priest presents in a nearly full shamanic transformation into a serpent being, with serpents comprising the hands, flooding out around the olla rim, and line the broad skirt flanges with two-headed versions. The removable whistle head of the larger figure presents snakes on his brow, headdress, eyebrows, and tongue to create an amazingly detailed presentation.
Lot 115a
Taino Stone Duho / Ceremonial Stool
Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE.
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000
Marble ceremonial stool hand-carved in the form of an otherworldly creature. Rarely carved from stone like this example, duhos were magical seats believed to take their owners travelling between worlds and grant them the power of prophecy!
LOT 119a
19th C. Tlingit Wood Fishing Club
Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Kwakwaka’wakw, Haida, or Tlingit
Estimate $6,000 - $9,000
Traditionally used for clubbing fish once fisherman extracted them from the water. Carved with intricate totemic motifs- anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures including orca (killer whales) and a crouching being that might represent the mythical ocean chief, Kumugwe, who is often depicted with sea creatures.
Lot 119b
Haida / Tlingit Wood Headdress Frontlet
Pacific Northwest, ca. mid-20th century CE
Estimate $16,000 - $24,000
Impressive ceremonial costume used in dancing rituals, worn primarily by chiefs as symbols of authority and power from the animals. Traditionally, chiefs wore carved wood headdress frontlets that were created to signify rank of the wearer, totemic animal and anthropomorphic motifs signifying clan and family affiliations.
LOT 120
Rare 19th C. Tlingit Shell Bridal Headdress
Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada
Estimate $15,000 - $22,000
Dentalium shell, also known as tusk shell, was highly valued and used for trade and ornamentation that indicated wealth - young women wore dentalium until marriageable age as a sign of prestige.
LOT 121 Rare 1900s Haida
Wood Headdress
Pacific Northwest Coast, United States, Tlingit / Haida / Tsimshian, ca. early 20th century CE
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000
In the form of a sculpin fish, ocean bottom dwellers- scouring the floor for food – that became associated with finders of treasure such as copper, and with Komokwa, the mythical underwater ruler.
LOT 121e
Inuit Whalebone
“Spirit Figure”
Karoo Ashevak (First Nations, Inuk, 1940 to 1974).
Estimate $6,000 - $9,000
Carving of an abstract human face and an elongated body- perhaps a transforming shaman or supernatural spirit.
LOT 123a
Huge Anasazi Mesa Verde Olla
Ancestral Puebloan, Mesa Verde type, ca. 1200 to 1350 CE.
Estimate $5,000 - $7,500
Via the coil-and-scrape technique. Grey-white slip, overpainted with a black pigment made from carbon. 16”H.
LOT 123c
Fine 19th C. Cree / Ojibwe Beaded Cloth Bandolier Bag
Native American / First Nations, Northern United States / Canada, Great Lakes Region
Estimate $3,500 - $6,000
Purely ceremonial and prestige items for decoration. The beadwork was done by women while men generally wore the finished piece across one shoulder and resting at their hip, and they were popular amongst many Woodland tribes and traded with Southern and Plains tribes as well. Superb beadwork!
LOT 123d Rare 19th C. Winnebago
Midewiwin Bag
Native American / First Nations, Northern United States / Canada, Winnebago / Ojibwe, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE.
Estimate $24,000 - $36,000
Made from an entire otter - the neck slit as main opening with a cowrie shell drawstring - the tail and limbs decorated with cloth a beadwork. Men wore the bags with the head looped over a belt.
LOT 124c
19th C. Hawaiian Koa Wood Calabash Bowl
North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands,
Estimate $3,000 - $4,500
Hawaiian royalty often valued specific calabashes - even going so far as to name them after royal individuals - and until the early 19th century they were reserved for elites in society. In the Hawaiian language, the word koa means “fearless warrior.”
LOT 124g
19th C. Hawaiian Octopus / Squid Lure
North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, Hana, ca. 19th century CE. Estimate $5,500 - $8,500
Used by dipping the hook into shallow water and shaking it up and down. Jostling motion would entice an octopus to wrap its tentacles around the hook end, then fisherman would pull lure upward so as to pierce creature’s hard beak, soft body, or one of many tentacles.
LOT 124d
19th C. Hawaiian Walrus
Ivory Niho Palaoa
Hawaiian Islands, ca. 1820s to 1840s CE
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000
Rare royal pendant worn by both male and female ali’i (chiefs). Some suggest that it represents a tongue with the power to speak the law. would have been suspended around neck with thick plaits of human hair through horizontal suspension hole near top.
LOT 124f
18th C. Hawaiian Painted Water Gourd – Ipu
Hawaiian Islands, Ni’ihau Island, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE
Estimate $6,000 - $9,000
Rare example of a desiccated and hollowed-out gourd used for storing and transporting drinking water (known as an ipu).
LOT 125b
17th C. African Benin
Bronze Head
Nigeria, Edo, Court of Benin, ca. 17th to 19th century CE
Estimate $28,000 - $42,000
Depicting an Oba (king of Benin) wearing a net-like coral cap and a high coral beaded choker. The coral headdress and choker are significant royal court attributes that identify this as the head of an Oba.
LOT 126a
19th C. Benin Bronze Hip Maskette Pendant
Southern Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo peoples, ca. 19th to early20th century CE
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Meant to hang as a hip or pectoral pendant that was traditionally a marker of rank within the royal court. s Represents an oba, king, and the openwork / netlike headdress represents beadwork that was made from precious coral.
LOT 135b Nautilus Shell Silver Dragon Stand
by Pestelli Creazioni
Western Europe, Italy, ca. 20th century CE
Estimate $6,000 - $9,000
Pestelli’s is currently managed by 4th generation Tommaso Pestelli, and artistic works are displayed at the Silver Museum in Florence and owned by special clients such as the Vatican and European royalty.
LOT 131
19th C. European Gilt Brass Griffin Statue
England / France, Victorian to Edwardian era, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
The griffin was a fierce symbol of divine strength. With light remains of gold gilding and exceptionally sharp details on the wings!
LOT 134c
Romain Jerome Steampunk Gold Chrono, Bezel made from RMS Titanic Steel
Estimate $35,000 - $50,000
A luxury watch, its bezel is made from stabilized rusted steel from the hull of the RMS Titanic! Comes in the original rose gold steel case with identification card and USB drive.
LOT 138a
Esterio Segura Mixed Media“El Conquistador”
Esterio Segura (Cuban, b. 1970). “El Conquistador” watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 1997. Signed and dated on lower right. Titled on lower left.
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Large scale watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 1997. Features a male Conquistador figure standing in profile while staring at a flame burning in his extended left hand and raising a short sword in his right hand.
LOT 138b
Picasso Madoura Plate “Service Poisson”
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973).
Estimate $7,000 - $10,000
From “Service Poisson”
(conceived in 1947) - Edition of 300 - Stamped, marked, and numbered on underside. Inscribed: MADOURA 13 W PR.
LOT 144a
Magnificent Justin Lovato Painting (2017)
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000. Optically captivating composition is comprised of countless hand-painted elements that, while contrasting with neighboring elements, result in an overall harmonious optical pattern when viewed in concert.
LOT 145a
William
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000
“Spanish Countryside,” oil on board. Created when Draper traveled to Spain for a painting holiday with his friend, the artist Trafford Klots (1913-1976) in 1954.
William Draper Painting, ex-Ray Bolger (actor) Franklin Draper (American, 1912-2003).LOT 149
Lithograph“Joc-O-Sot” (1844)
LOT 147a
Estimate $12,000 - $18,000
Hand-colored lithograph from deluxe limited edition of Catlin’s “North American Indian Portfolio: Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America,” among the most significant accounts of Native American life, printed by Day & Haghe in London, 1844.
Estimate $5,000 - $7,500
“Horse Carriage in a Landscape” demonstrates Picknell’s various influences ranging from Courbet’s Realism to Inness’ Tonalism to the Impressionists’ light effects and loose brushwork.
William Lamb Picknell Landscape Painting (1893)
Original Catlin
William Lamb Picknell (American, 1853-1897).
George Catlin (American, 1796-1872).
LOT 149b
Harry Jackson Bronze, “John Wayne” (1981)
Harry Jackson (American, 1924- 2011).
Estimate $40,000 - $60,000
“John Wayne: First Unfinished Model for the Monument” bronze, modeled in 1980, cast by 1981. Edition 14 of 40. Featuring scenes of a cattle stampede and a prairie cowboy burial resonates with the tradition of Charles Russell and Frederic Remington.
LOT 152
Valerie von Sobel Sculpture“Vicious Circle”
Estimate $5,000 - $7,500
Aptly named, this assemblage of macabre elements rotates a complete 360 degrees, with a peculiar array of curious found objects – skull, metallic orbs, bird feathers as wings.
LOT 154
1950s Anton Prinner Chess Set
Anton Prinner (Franco-Hungarian, 1902-1983).
Estimate $20,000 - $25,000
A rare and complete ceramic chess set by transgender modernist Anton Prinner, with all 32 pieces, 11 of which are marked Prinner or Vallauris on the base. Kings, Queens, Bishops, Rooks, Knights, and Pawns present with playful poses, Egyptian iconography, as Prinner had a passion for ancient Egypt, and nude bodies, most with visible genitalia.
LOT 143b
Carlos Estevez“El Arte Sin Su Historia” (2022)
Carlos Estevez (Cuban, b. 1969).
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Presents a marionette figure, one of his recurring themes, raising both arms and the right leg in an elegant dance-like pose while its head lies on the floor suggesting that “Art Without Its History” amounts to a dysfunctional puppet.
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