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pawn pieces; Chinese zoomorphic cloisonnee forms; and a variety of other special collectibles. Bill had a good
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featured item TWELVE PRE-COLUMBIAN BEAD GROUPS: GROUP A
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TWELVE SCARABS 11th-26th DYNASTIES: GROUP D

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience: Pre 1492   item# 474378 (stock# SCARAB.D)

TWELVE SCARABS 11th-26th DYNASTIES: GROUP D
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All but one of the twelve ancient Egyptian scarabs in this group of twelve (95.44HD, 96.226HD, 96.285HD, 96.305HD, 96.395HD, 96.405HD, 96.428HD, 96.449HD, 96.561HD, 96.921HD, 96.932HD and 96.940HD) are from the world known Philip Mitry collection, former owner of the Anglo-American Bookstore and Antiquities Shop in Cairo. Mitry’s collection pieces all begin with the number ‘96’. Each of the twelve individually photographed and priced scarabs show first the inventory number in brackets followed b ...click for details


TWELVE SHELL ARTIFACTS, WEST MEXICO: GROUP D

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre 1492   item# 646182 (stock# LLL.SHELL4)

TWELVE SHELL ARTIFACTS, WEST MEXICO: GROUP D
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This interesting group of twelve Pre-Columbian shell artifacts (LLL731R1N1E; LLL731R2N2C & D; LLL731R4N1A; LLL732R2N1B; LLL767, 845C, 846B & O, 864A & G, and 871D) was assembled from finds made by the late Lynn Langdon in West Mexico in the mid-20th century. Included in the group are individual pieces and lots, each illustrated and priced on its own photo. Finger rings, pendants, zoomormorphic pendants, pectorals, beads, etc., are among the pictured items. Of particular note are the ...click for details


TWELVE PENATES FROM MITLA, MEXICO: GROUP C

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 903241 (stock# PENATE.C)

TWELVE PENATES FROM MITLA, MEXICO: GROUP C
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The twelve amuletic penate stone pendants (TEH166 A-C, E-K, M and O) in this group were all collected at the Mixtec site of Mitla in the mid-20th century by the late Dr. Allen Heflin. Dating c.1100-1500AD, and hand-fashioned from green and gray anhydrite and serpentine, every one was hand-carved in the anthropomorphic style. Worn as protective pieces in Pre-Columbian days, most were drilled for suspension and can be worn today. Each photo shows two to three views an individually priced penate al ...click for details


TWELVE EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS, EX MITRY: GROUP M

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pre 1492   item# 598665 (stock# SCARAB.M)

TWELVE EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS, EX MITRY: GROUP M
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All of the items in this group of twelve individually priced ancient Egyptian artifacts (96.626HD, 96.667HD, 96.668HD, 96.674HD, 96.680HD, 96.686HD, 96.694HD, 96.923HD, 96.934HD, 96.948HD, 96.951HD and 96.962HD) are from the Philip Mitry collection. Dating from the 12th to the 26th Dynasties, this selection includes scarabs, scaraboids, cowroids, a button seal, and amulets. All of the scarabs have hieroglyphic symbols. Materials include faience, steatite, and paste (an ‘almost’ glass). Condition ...click for details


TWELVE EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS, EX MITRY: GROUP H

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience: Pre 1492   item# 597842 (stock# SCARAB.H)

TWELVE EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS, EX MITRY: GROUP H
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All of the items in this group of twelve individually priced ancient Egyptian artifacts (96.172HD, 96.403HD, 96.556HD, 96.629HD, 96.636HD, 96.721HD, 96.771HD, 96.831HD, 96.890HD, 96.892HD, 96.968HD and JAM27) are from the Philip Mitry collection. Dating from the 12th to the 30th Dynasties, this selection includes scarabs, a ring face, button seal, and amulets (Toth, the Baby Horus, Eye of Horus). Most of the scarabs have hieroglyphic symbols....some do not. Material varies from carved steatite t ...click for details


TWELVE LOTS OF COPAL – THE FOOD OF THE GODS

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre 1492   item# 895805 (stock# LLL.COPAL)

TWELVE LOTS OF COPAL – THE FOOD OF THE GODS
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The twelve Pre-Columbian copal lots illustrated in this group of twelve (LLL 734B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, N, O and P) were accumulated in West Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Lynn Langdon. Varying in number from a single large piece in one lot to hundreds of pieces in the biggest, the greatest dimension of all of the illustrated pieces ranges from less than one millimeter to close to 60 millimeters. Copal, originally pine sap, is an opaque to yellowish-orange translucent transitional ...click for details


TWELVE AZTEC ARTIFACTS: EX HEFLIN, GROUP A

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre 1492   item# 473326 (stock# AXH.PC.A)

TWELVE AZTEC ARTIFACTS: EX HEFLIN, GROUP A
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The twelve individually illustrated and priced relics in this group of twelve (AXH Nos. 64.41, 224.32, 1242H, 1405R3N1, 1407R5N3, 1415R4N3, 1427R5N1, 1428R3N2, 1488R4N3, 1630, 2348, and 2647T) were all found at Aztec sites in the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Dr. Allen Heflin. An amazing facet of Heflin’s work was the consistent manner in which he documented the location and date of find for virtually every one of the approximately 10,000 items in his extraordinary collect ...click for details


68” HAMMERED SHEET GOLD BAND, MOCHE, PERU

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 723100 (stock# MAP.115)

68” HAMMERED SHEET GOLD BAND, MOCHE, PERU
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$1500.00 

This flexible gold band, a 68” long by 1” wide slightly tapered strip (MAP115), is believed to have been used for either head deformation or body decoration during the Moche period of Peru, c.400-800AD. A similar but shorter hammered gold strip is illustrated in Plate LIX of Gallo’s “GOLD OF PERU.” In overall fair condition, the strip has suffered creasing and occasional splits, but still remains together. Undecorated and with a small perforation at its tapered and rounded end (the other end is ...click for details


TWELVE MORE NEKKED LADIES, W. MEXICO: GROUP F

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Eskimo: Sculpture: Pre 1492   item# 891834 (stock# LLL.FIG.F)

TWELVE MORE NEKKED LADIES, W. MEXICO: GROUP F
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This second group of naked but otherwise adorned ladies from West Mexico (LLL 739, 741, 770, 771, 773, 828, 830, 912, 932, 958, 969 and 1006) is another assemblage of items found by the late Lynn Langdon during his trips to the area in the mid-20th century. Equally fascinating in terms of style and art, all are from the Pre-Classic Colima horizon dating c.100BC-300AD. Individually priced and numerically graded based on condition and art, they are only a handful from the huge collection assembled ...click for details


DECORATED MAYAN JADEITE EAR ORNAMENT

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Pre 1492   item# 757944 (stock# MAP.151)

DECORATED MAYAN JADEITE EAR ORNAMENT
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$450.00 

Measuring 1 1/16” in length, this translucent, light green stone ear ornament (MAP151) is decorated simply with incised lines partitioning its polished surface into four areas. A measured specific gravity of 3.28 affirms its identification as jade. The slightly stemmed form was most likely used with one or more other finished pieces as part of an ear assembly. Attributed to the Classic Maya, c.300-900AD, this small gem comes with a descriptive card, a map of Central America on which is outlined ...click for details

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