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$225.00 Original price was: $225.00.$125.00Current price is: $125.00.
Ht: 4.625″ Dia: 3.625” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Most small utilitarian pottery jars like this were made in ceramics centers in Africa-Proconsularis, the Roman North Africa territories and were either a perfume, oil, ointment or cosmetic jars. Wheel made it is simple with grooved furrows etched on the surface.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$310.00Current price is: $310.00.
H: 1.5″ W: 5.125 ” D: 3.875 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Used for rituals and ceremonies, lead green glazed earthenware wing cups were popular burial objects. The tomb’s humidity caused the lead to oxidize to a lustrous, prized iridescent, silver-green.
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$395.00 Original price was: $395.00.$305.00Current price is: $305.00.
H: 2.5″ W: 4.5″ D: 2.375″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This diminutive mingqi pig is totally charming and fanciful with an iridescent glaze and would be especially appealing as a send off for the deceased to the nether world or in a contemporary setting. Pigs were especially prized and images were often included as items the deceased would need to live comfortably in the after life.
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$695.00 Original price was: $695.00.$425.00Current price is: $425.00.
H: 8.5” Dia: 5.5” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
Wine jugs from in the Judean Holy Land at the time of the first Jewish Temple were used for religious ceremonies and wine blessing as an important Jewish prayer. This carinated piece was made using the coil construction method and the paddle and anvil technique.
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$595.00 Original price was: $595.00.$395.00Current price is: $395.00.
Ht: 3.5” Dia: 3.5” FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This highly decorated ancient lekanis from Apulia in Magna Graecia, the Roman name for the South Italy coastal area, with close-fitting top held cosmetics. Considered fine ware, fathers filled them with jewelry for their daughters’ wedding gifts.
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$275.00 Original price was: $275.00.$210.00Current price is: $210.00.
H: 4.5” W: 3” D: 2.75” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S. !
Greek style Oenochoe wine jugs were made in Roman North Africa and exported throughout the empire. Potters wheel made unadorned coarse wears like this small vessel with everted rim were made for daily use and for offerings to deities.
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$495.00 Original price was: $495.00.$325.00Current price is: $325.00.
H: 3.125” W: 3” D: 2.875” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This miniature 4th century B.C.E elegantly xenon ware pottery vessel with flared rim, handle, with painted orange geometric designs from Apulia, in Southeastern Italy, may have been made for children or as a votive vessel.
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$1,350.00 Original price was: $1,350.00.$950.00Current price is: $950.00.
Each H:4.675 ” W:3.875 ” D:.5 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This pair of 12-13th century bronze rings was used to hold poles attached a litter bed or chair held on shoulders of carriers, usually to transport people of royal or elite status in Khmer Empire society. The narrow upper body, which is decorated with a lotus motif, was used to hold a bronze hook and the lower body to accommodate the pole. Although possibly made in Cambodia the Khmer Empire’s center, it was found in Lopburi, Thailand, the western most Khmer outpost
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$485.00
H: 4.1″ W: 1 ” D:.625 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
In the Han, belt hooks became a symbol of wealth, high status and power hung vertically from belt holes used in life and buried with the deceased for his journey to the afterlife . Ornamented with incised decoration this beautiful piece is dragon shaped with beautiful verdigris deposits.
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$2,100.00 Original price was: $2,100.00.$1,700.00Current price is: $1,700.00.
H: 11.75” W: 12.25” CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.
Families placed cocoon jars with auspicious designs containing magical mixtures of mulberry leaves in tombs for souls of the departed to drink for a transformative afterlife. Ovoid shaped, it rests on a trumpet-shaped foot decorated with elegant cloud scrolls and circular “eye” motifs.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$300.00Current price is: $300.00.
H: 3″ W: 3.125″ D: 1.25″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Luristan nomads made sophisticated bronzes prized in the ancient world for their designs and fine craftsmanship. This Iron Age finely cast curved long horned goat is set on a lucite base.
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$995.00
H: 11” W: 9.5” D: 1.65” | FREE SHIPPING
This earthenware brick tile bordered with a deep scalloped frame depicts a vase with a bouquet of propitious flowers: a chrysanthemum and a peony wrapped with an elegant ribbon. Tiles like this were made to decorate the large numbers of buildings created during the prosperous Song dynasty and to adorn tombs. This elegant brick is in good condition for its age with expected chips and cracks, some restoration of background and a re-glued frame break on each side. It has earth adherents from its burial in a tomb.
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