Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A GHAZNAVID EMPIRE CERAMIC TILE, c.10-12th Century AD, decorated with a mythical beast and floral motifs in relief, green glaze, Afghanistan, 10 x

AN ISLAMIC CERAMIC TILE, c.18th Century, decorated with curvilinear and floral motifs, polychrome glaze, Egypt, 24 x 6cm Provenance: From an Aus

A BRONZE KHORASSAN LIDDED VESSEL, c.10-12 Century AD, of diminutive form with projecting brackets, the vessel inscribed with kufic script to mid se

A FINE SELJUK DOOR BOSS, c.12-13 Century AD, of bronze in circular form rising to three levels with pierced central section, decorated with kufic s

A FINE GREEK OLPE, c.4th Century BC, in classic form with fine brown glaze, rejoined, 9 x 9cm Provenance: From an Australian collection Note:

A RARE MUGHAL BRACELET, c.18th-19th Century, of silver in three hinged sections decorated with inscribed Islamic calligraphy, Grater Persia, 15 x 2

A SPLENDID SASSANIAN NECKLACE, c.4th-6th Century AD, the dyed quartz beads from antiquity strung with modern 18 ct gold beads and clasp, smooth pat

A SUPERB ROMAN NECKLACE, c.1-7th Century AD, of Mediterranean coral beads from antiquity, strung with modern 18 ct gold and clasp, smooth patina, E

A RARE BACTRIAN NECKLACE, c.2nd Mill. BC, the pierced fossilised marine shell sections temporarily strung on cotton thread, surface encrustations,

A FINE BACTRIAN LAPIS LAZULI BEAD NECKLACE, c.3rd-2nd Mill. BC, temporarily strung and interspersed with modern 22 carat gold beads, Baluchistan, 5

A RARE COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS BEADS, c.3rd-5th Century AD, the barrel cut sections of polychrome yellow, oranges, and browns, temporarily strung

A RARE COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS BEADS, c.3rd-5th Century AD, the barrel cut sections of polychrome whites, pinks, and beige, temporarily strung wi

A RARE COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS BEADS, c.3rd-5th Century AD, the barrel cut sections of polychrome dark blues, temporarily strung with modern thre

A SUPERB SUMERIAN NECKLACE, c.4th-2nd Mill. BC, the pierced stone and agate beads, threaded and attached to a contemporary silver necklace, Mesopot

A FINE BAMANA MASK, of wood in minimalist zooanthropomorphic form, pierced eyes, septum and rim at rear, old useware evident, weathered patina, Mal

A FINE OLD DAN GAME BOARD (mankala), c.1950s, of wood sculpted with the projecting head of a female ancestor, and twelve opposing circular bowls, g

A FINE AND OLD BAMANA SCULPTURE, c.1950s, of wood in the form of a female with classic coiffure to head, protruding belly and long elegant neck, de

AN OLD DOGON SCULPTURE, of wood the standing female in classic abstract minimalist form old encrustations and weathered patina, Mali, 80 x 20cm

AN OLD DOGON SCULPTURE, of wood the kneeling hermaphrodite in classic abstract angular form with projecting stylised beard at chin, old encrustatio

AN OLD DOGON SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a standing male in classic abstract angular form old encrustations, weathered patina, fragmented bas

AN OLD DOGON SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a hermaphrodite standing above a circular base caring an infant to the rear, projecting stylised bea

AN OLD MONUMENTAL BAGA CEREMONIAL DRUM, c.1950s, of wood in the form a seated nursing female, decorated with geometric motifs in relief, polychrome

A SUPERB DOGON LINTEL SUPPORT, c. 1950s of wood sculpted in the form of a female in relief to the anterior, weathered with old encrustations, Mali,

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SHIELD, of wood, the convex anterior decorated in red and white trade paint and stippled motifs, woven cane at apex, the

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SHIELD, of wood, the convex anterior decorated in green red and white trade paint and stippled motifs, cane binding at ap

A PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR BOARD (gope), c.1970s of wood in classic ovoid form with figurative motifs of an ancestor to anterior, polychrome pigments,

A PAPUAN GULF ANCESTOR BOARD (gope), of wood in classic ovoid form with figurative motifs to anterior, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted

AN OLD SEPIK SUSPENSION HOOK, of wood, pierced apex, decorated polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 68 x 34cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR HOOK, of wood, shell set eyes, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 58 x 17cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, resin set shell and feather and fibre tassels, PNG, 102cm</p>

A MIDDLE SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, decorated with earth set shell eyes and apex, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 38cm<b

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood decorated with shell set eyes, fibre tassels, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 39 x 10cm</p...

AN ABELAM ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a bird, polychrome pigments, PNG, 49cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in abstract male form, shell inset eyes, weathered, PNG, 36cm</p>

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of an ancestor carrying an infant, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 65cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 49 x 13cm</p>

AN OLD SEPIK SUSPENSION HOOK, of wood with ancestor visage at apex, shell set, remnant polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 55 x 23c

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood in abstract female form, shell set eye, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 44 x 14cm</p>

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a rooster, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 47 x 13cm</p>

A RAMU ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, with bird motif at apex, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 76 x 38cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, decorated with shell set eyes, shell and fibre tassels and human hair, polychrome pigments, weathered and encr

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, in Zoomorphic form, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 87 x 20cm</p>

A SEPIK ANCESTOR SCULPTURE, of wood, in Zooanthropomorphic form with bird figure at apex, fibre tassels, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 93 x 22cm</p

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood, in openwork form with bird motif, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 68 x 38cm</p>

A SEPIK SCULPTURE, of wood, in the form of a bird eating a fish, shell set eyes, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 50 x 25cm</p>

THREE STORYBOARDS, of wood in openwork form, polychrome pigments, weathered and encrusted, PNG, 42 x50cm (3)</p>

A SEPIK STORYBOARD, of wood in classic openwork form, depicting mythological scenes from the time of creation, polychrome pigments, PNG, 40x20cm</p

A SEPIK STORYBOARD, of wood in classic openwork form, depicting mythological scenes from the time of creation, polychrome pigments, PNG, 114 x 35cm

AN OLD SEPIK CEREMONIAL HEADDRESS, the cane frame below bark fibre sheets, decorated with remnant polychrome pigments, PNG, 114x45cm</p>

A HIGHLANDS BOAR HEAD SCULPTURE, of wood, shell inset eyes, polychrome pigments, PNG, 35x18cm</p>