African Ivory Coast Senufo People low relief carved concave wooden door with vertical hinge decorated with animals, including crocodiles, ancestral portraits, and other symbols. Wired for hanging en verso. 48 1/2" H x 23" W x 1" D. 20th century. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Note: This door was most likely […]
Lot 370: 5 Early Ceramic Items, Asian, Pre-Columbian & Middle Eastern
Group of five (5) early Chinese and Pre-Columbian ceramic items including one (1) Chinese celadon engraved lotus blossom bowl, one (1) Korean black and white covered bowl, one (1) Pre-Columbian figural jar and one (1) figural drinking vessel with shallow bowl, and one (1) Middle Eastern or Roman oil lamp. Ranging in size from 1 […]
Lot 371: 13 Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessels, Misc.
Thirteen (13) Ecuadorean Pre-Columbian pottery vessels and miscellaneous items. 1st item: La Tolita culture grey ware with white slip animal effigy pottery vessel having hollow elongated horned animal head and feet applied to one side of rounded body with flared rim, flat bottom. 4 5/8" H x 6 1/2" W x 3 7/8" D. 2nd […]
Lot 368: Pr. Polychrome Painted Wood Figures, Male & Female
Pair of Continental carved and polychrome painted wood figures, possibly architectural elements, depicting a male and female with head adornments and collared shirts on a tapering foliate carved base. Male is mounted onto a piece of marble, female unmounted. Female – 28 1/4" H x 6" W. Male – 30 5/8" H x 5 5/8" […]
Lot 369: 6 European, American, Central American Carved Canes
Group of six (6) carved walking sticks and canes, various woods and stains, two with dog motifs on handles, two with alligators on handles, 1 with snake encircling the stick, and one with round silver metal knob and carved stick of progression from base of lizard, snake chasing rabbit and wing-spread eagle with sunburst. Ranging […]
Lot 365: 2 American Miniature Folk Art Chests, 1 w/ Mirror
Two (2) American Miniature Folk Art Chests, including Chippendale style. 1st item: Miniature benchmade Chippendale style mahogany chest of drawers with molded ogee bracket top, two over two full length drawers having turned wood pulls, above tall bracket feet and shaped skirt. Molded top having an applied mirror with shelves backsplash. Wire nailed construction throughout. […]
Lot 366: 2 Folk Art Dog Figurals, incl. Paper Mache
Two (2) Folk Art Dog Figurals. 1st item: Folk art paper mache dog depicted sitting with brown glass eyes, black painted nose, painted face and paws and applied paper fur. Unmarked. 14" H x 12" W. 20th century. 2nd item: Folk art molded and painted plaster of paris bull dog head figural, stamped No. 101 […]
Lot 367: 2 Folk Black Americana Painted Items
Two (2) Folk Black Americana Painted Items. 1st item: Folk art carved and painted African American "Silent Butler". 33" H x 14" W. 1st half 20th century. 2nd item: Folk art painted metal whirlygig in the form of an African American male, painted in bright red with bracket for attaching to base or stand. 26" […]
Lot 363: 5 East TN Split Oak Baskets
Group of five (5) East Tennessee split oak baskets including three (3) buttocks baskets, one (1) small rectangular basket with fixed handle and one (1) square form low basket. Ranging in size from 7 1/4" H x 9" W to 14 3/4" H x 14 1/4" L x 14" W. All 1st half 20th century. […]
Lot 364: 3 Southern Wooden Items, Dough Bowls & Tool Box
Three (3) Southern Wooden Items, Dough Bowls, and Tool Box. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) burl wood dough bowls, one circular form and one rectangular form with handles. Rectangular form bowl with hole for hanging. 3 3/8" H x 15 1/8" dia. and 4" H x 26 5/8" L x 17 3/4" D. Both late 19th/early […]