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Prehispanic Valdivia Style Venus Figure

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An exceptional Valdivia bust from Ecuador: An exceptional Valdivia bust from Ecuador, ca. 3500 – 1200 BC. This unusually large example of a Valdivia 'Venus' figure is 2-3/8 in high and depicts a female with an intricately incised coif. Super

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Ancient Pre Columbian Ecuador Valdivia III 2200-2000 BC.: Ancient Pre Columbian Ecuador Valdivia III 2200-2000 BC. Size 3 3/8 inches high. + stand. Terracotta figure Venus herma-phrodite. Provenance: Private Washington DC collection of Thomas F Caroll. Acqui

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Ancient Pre Columbian Ecuador Valdivia III 2200-2000 BC.: Ancient Pre Columbian Ecuador Valdivia III 2200-2000 BC. Size 3 1/2 inches high. + stand. Terracotta figure Venus herma-phrodite. Provenance: Private Washington DC collection of Thomas F Caroll. Acqui

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Large / Important Valdivian Pottery Venus Figure: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 BCE. A striking pottery figure with thin slits for eyes and mouth, an enormous coiffure/headdress, and a highly stylized body with elongated legs, n

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Indian Gandhara Style Figure of Maitreya: carved stone figure on plinth with figural design, in headdress and robes with halo behind head, 41 x 13-1/2 x 5 in. Provenance: Private Collection, New York

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Paul Granlund "Venus Figure II" Sculpture 1982: Paul Granlund (American, 1925-2003). Bronze sculpture titled "Venus Figure II," 1982, depicting a woman mid-step reaching up towards the skies. Signed, dated '82, and numbered 2/10 along the base. Hei

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Jade Carved Tang Style Figure: 5 x 4,5 cm.

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Valdivian Pottery Venus Figure - Excellent Condition: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 BCE. A reddish ceramic figure of a woman. She has a stylized head, with thin slits for eyes, eyebrows, and mouth, and a low relief nose. Her face is

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4 well Carved Baule style figures. 20th century: A group of 4 well Carved Baule style figures. 20th century. ++Wooden standing female figure, Ivory Coast, 16 1/2"h x 4"w x 4 1/2"d (with base). ++ Baule style standing female wood figure, Ivory Coast,

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A pair of Ecuadorian Valdivia figures, circa 2500 â€“: A pair of Ecuadorian Valdivia figures, circa 2500 â€“ 2000 B.C.Two small terracotta figures. A female figure with elaborate hairstyle. Both legs broken. And a very rare male figure with long hair

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Sancai-Glazed Tang Style Figure of a: Standing Camel Chinese, finely modeled with an upright head and two humps, green, brown and yellow glazes, platform base, 18 in. chips and repair to front of platform base with possible old crack and

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Ecuadoran Valdivian Terracotta Venus Figure: **Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery Venus figure presented with delineated legs, sinuous arms fused atop the abdomen, an

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Rare Male Valdivia Figure: Pre-columbian Valdivia Figure from Ecuador, ca. 3000-1500 B.C. This exceedingly rare Valdivia is of the San Pedro type. Valdivia figures are the oldest known figures in the Americas and they usually h

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Rare & Fine Valdivian White Stone Venus Figure: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 4000 to 3500 BCE. A small, cylindrical carved piece of creamy white and grey stone representational figure, highly polished, with an incised design that

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Spanish Baroque Style Figure of a Saint: Spanish Baroque Style Polychromed Figure of a Saint Dimensions: 22" H Property from the Estate of an Important New York Modernism Dealer. (NJWA86)(MS)

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20th century A.D. A ceramic figurative sculpture representing a naked female figure, modelled in the round with her arms and hands held beneath her breasts and coiffured hair styled to the shoulders at the front, falling down the back between the shoulders to the reverse; notch to rear delineating the buttocks; Guayas Province, Ecuador; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 28.3 grams total, 94mm high including stand (3 3/4 in.). Acquired 1950-1980. Verzotti private collection, Neuilly sur Seine, France. Verzotti family collection. With Delorme & Collin du Bocage between 2015 and 2020. Property of a French collector. [No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price