Asante Terracotta Funerary Head

A terracotta funerary head with dark glaze. Ghana, Asante. Early 20th century. 7"h x 6 1/4"w x 5"d Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: The use of

An Anji terracotta funerary head, Africa, 19th Century, with exaggerated features and braised hair, the neck elongated with a series if neck rings. Nicely preserved with light deposits. H: 8 in (20.3

3 African Bura Terracotta Funerary Heads, Niger. Property of a New York Collector. Height ranging from 5" (13 cm) to 9" (23 cm). Height on base ranging from: 6.5" (17 cm) to 11.5" (29 cm).

A group of West African objects. ++ A cylindrical shaped hide covered object which may be a shield. 20th century. ++ Nine miscellaneous ethnographic objects. ++ Terracotta funerary head, Ghana, Asante

**Previously Listed At $300** Bura Asinda-Sikka, modern day southwest Niger and Burkina Faso, ca. 3rd to 13th centuries CE. This is an earthenware pottery head atop a wide cylindrical base, all decora

Terracotta Pottery Funerary urn top head. 10" Ht..

African Bura Funerary Head, Niger River Basin. Terracotta. Size: 4'' x 3'' x 2'' (10 x 8 x 5 cm).

African Bura Funerary Heads, Niger River Basin. Terracotta. Size: 5.5'' x 3'' x 2.5'' (14 x 8 x 6 cm).

A group of five West African objects. 20th century. ++ Asante style terracotta vessel. 6 1/8" x 13 1/2" x 12 1/4". ++ West African style terracotta head. 7 1/2" x 5" x 5 1/2". ++ Asante style stool. 1

A group of Two Akan Funerary Figures. Terracotta. Ghana, West Africa. ++ Akan Funerary Head. 6 3/4" x 5" x 2 1/2". ++ Akan Funerary Figure. 7" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". Condition: Neck of figure is broken.Sh

In present-day Ghana, terracotta sculptures produced by women have played a central role in Akan funerary rites. Made from humble clay, this head is a commemorative portrait created to honor a departe

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Ghana, Akan culture, Asante peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-sculpted ceramic votive head known as a "ntiri" used in funerary traditions to pay homag

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An exquisite, life-size terracotta head of the Buddha, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure, a gener

Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Sicily, ca. 4th century BCE. Breathtaking, to say the least! A finely sculpted head of a beautiful goddess, possibly Persephone or Demeter - presenting a delicate visage

Ancient Japanese Kofun Period Haniwa Terracotta Head. Hollow clay form with perforated eyes and mouth, c. 225-550 CE. On base. Size: 7'' x 4.5'' x 5'' (18 x 11 x 13 cm); Height on stand: 11.5" (29 cm)

4th-2nd century B.C. A life-size terracotta head of a youthful woman, modelled with semi-naturalistic facial features, hair pulled back from her face in textured layers, held by a fillet, button-shape

Classical World, Northern Italy, Etruria, ca. 3rd century BCE. A beautiful mold-made terracotta votive with details reworked via a modeling tool in the form of a youthful female's head which faces sli

Classical World, Etruria (Central Italy), ca. 600 BCE. A terracotta bust in the classic Etruscan style, presenting a bust of a woman with an attractive visage comprised of delicate and strikingly natu

Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. late 4th to 2nd century BCE. A fascinating mold-made head of a horse, once part of a larger statue. The head is sleek and thin, with flaring, wide nostrils, a slightly

A gorgeous Canosan terracotta head of a woman, c. 4th - 3rd Century BC, with beautiful features and wearing spiked earring and a rolled diadem, her hair styled back in waves into a coiled plait at the

Akan Terracotta Head, Ghana 9 x 4 1/2 x 5 1/ 2in. overall. Sold Sotheby's, NY, The Collection of Walter Randel, New York, November 14, 2003, Lot 37. Property from the Collection of Tom Levine

Gandhara Terracotta Head of Young Prince, c. 3rd Century A.D.Depicting a female with a prominent rounded chin, delicately curved lips, bow shaped eyebrows and rounded eyes. The complicated hairstyle i

Italy, 15th century A.D. A terracotta head, likely representing Saint Anne, modelled as an older woman wearing a wimple which covers her head and neck; executed with a semi-naturalistic, oval-shaped f

Ancient Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone for Amenhotep, son of Hapu 18th Dynasty c.1400-1375 BC. Size 6 1/4 inches length. 2 3/4 inches diameter. Rare complete 18th Dynastic terracotta funerary cone