Fine Tribal Aboriginal Art and International Antiquities

AN EARLY TIMOR CERAMIC ROOF ORNAMENT, of baked clay with two opposing ancestor faces in relief, weathered patina, 27x32cm Provenance: From an Australi

A SUPERB PERSIAN LAMP STAND, c.10th-12th Century AD, of bronze in three detachable sections, decorated with geometric motifs in relief, verdigris encr

A FINE PERSIAN SALVER, c.12-13th Century AD, of bronze decorated with floral motifs, kufic text and palmettes, 3x18cm Provenance: From an Australian c

A FINE ISLAMIC VOTIVE VESSEL, c.19th century, of brass, the shallow dish with central projection, decorated with incised script, smooth patina, Persia

A FINE ISLAMIC VOTIVE VESSEL, c.19th century, of brass, the shallow dish decorated with incised script and floral motif, smooth patina, Persia, 6x15cm

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN ROMAN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, c.1st-4th Century AD, of bronze in various forms including tweezers, verdigris encrusted, presented i

A COLLECTION OF FIVE ROMAN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, c.1st-4th Century AD, of bronze in various forms including a needle, verdigris encrusted, presented in

A COLLECTION OF FIVE ROMAN BRONZE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, c.1st-4th Century AD, of bronze on various forms including a spoon, verdigris encrusted, presen

AN ISLAMIC FATIMID CERAMIC BOWL, c.11-13th Century AD, decorated with mottled dark green glaze, intact and stable, Egypt, 8-20cm Provenance: From an A

A SPLENDID KASHAN CERAMIC BOWL, c.13th Century, in conical form, the interior decorated with floral motifs beneath iridescent blue and black glaze, in

A FINE QAJAR CERAMIC TILE, c.19th Century of polychrome glaze depicting a nobleman within a floral surround, Persia, 33x24cm Provenance: From an Austr

A COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN BEADS, c. 2nd Mill BC-20th Century AD, sourced form the River Nile sediment deposits 66cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS AND STONE BEADS, c. 2nd Mill BC-4th Century AD, of various shapes with central bronze amulet, temporarily strung, 52cm

A FINE COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC BEADS, c.19th Century, of polychrome glass, Egypt, 40cm

A COLLECTION OF FINE PERSIAN BEADS, temporarily strung on fibre twine, including lapis, glass, stone and turquoise, 64cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN, EGYPTIAN AND ISLAMIC BEADS, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 66cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN, EGYPTIAN AND ISLAMIC BEADS, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 58cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN, EGYPTIAN AND ISLAMIC BEADS, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 59cm

A COLLECTION OF ROMAN, EGYPTIAN AND ISLAMIC BEADS, c.600 BC-14th Century AD, temporarily strung, including faience, glass and stone, 58cm

A COLLECTION OF THREE ISLAMIC PERFUME BOTTLES, 10-13th Century, the diminutive translucent blue glass, bulbous bases with projecting necks, remnant en

A FINE ROMAN GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE, c.1st-2nd Century AD, of diminutive form, the bulbous body above a short extended bowl at base with projecting rimm

A FINE ROMAN GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE, c.1st-2nd century AD, of diminutive form, the bulbous body with extended neck and flaring lip at apex, the glass wi

A RARE SISSANIAN ROCK CRYSTAL SEAL, c.5-7th Century AD, in classis diminuitive form, inscribed with the motif of the bull and ancient text, Persia, 3c

A RARE SISSANIAN ROCK CRYSTAL SEAL, c.5-7th Century AD, in classis diminuitive form, inscribed with the figure of a bearded man and ancient text, Pers

A SUPERB NEW BRITAIN SHIELD (mengen), c.19-20th Century, of museum significance, sculpted of wood, in classic ovoid form with raised central boss, dec

A FINE NEW BRITAIN SHIELD (nakanai), c.1950s, of wood, sculpted with geometric motifs in relief, decorated with woven cane, robust lug grip to rear, p

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC SOUTHERN HIGHLAND WAR SHIELD (kewa), of wood, the anterior with raised medial ridge and two opposing panels, decorated with yellow pig

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS ARCHER'S SHIELD, of wood with scalloped apex pierced for fibre grip, the anterior decorated with triangular m...

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC EASTERN HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD (okapa), of wood, the anterior decorated with stippled motif and polychrome pigments, pierced for grip at

A FINE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD (mendi), of wood, the anterior decorated with polychrome pigments, pierced with fibre grip to rear, PNG, 144x41cm

AN OLD SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS WAR SHIELD (mendi), of wood, the anterior with raised medial ridge decorated with polychrome pigments and stippled motif, pi

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC TELEPHOMIN SHIELD, of wood, the anterior decorated with geometric motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, pierced with old cane grip to

A FINE ASMAT SHIELD, c.1960s, of wood in asymmetrical ovoid form sculpted with an openwork ancestor at apex, the anterior decorated with curvilinear m

A FINE GEELVINK BAY SHIELD, of wood, the anterior sculpted with curvilinear motifs and central korwar ancestor in relief, decorated with white pigment

A PAPUAN ANCESTOR BOARD (gope), of wood, the anterior decorated with classic ancestor motifs in relief, polychrome pigments, PNG, 143x28cm Provenance:

A SUPERB MAORI SCULPTORS ADZE, c.late 19th Century, of wood, decorated with ancestor motif at apex, inset with shell eyes, the green stone blade hafte

A SUPERB AUSTRAL ISLANDS CEREMONIAL PADDLE, c.19th Century, of wood, sculpted in classic form, decorated with ancestor heads in relief at grip termina

AN EARLY ETHNOGRAPHIC KAVA BOWL, c.19th Century, of wood, in classic circular form with deep concavity, the anterior with four projecting conical legs

A FINE CHIEFTAINS BODY ORNAMENT (tabua), intact with woven sennit band attached, the pendant inscribed with geometric motifs, smooth glossy patina, To

A FINE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS FEASTING BOWL, c.early 20th Century, of wood, with deep concavity, the exterior decorated with figurative motifs in relief, f

THREE SUPERB MALAITA ISLAND ARM BANDS, of finely woven fibre, threaded with polychrome shell sections, usewear evident, 54x10cm (3)

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC SOLOMON ISLAND WEALTH ORNAMENT, the woven cane and fibre band embroided with red feathers, rolled into two sections with bark fibre ce

A RARE TORRES STRAIT SCULPTURE, c.1950s, of wood in the form of a dugong, smooth glossy patina, 25x7cm Provenance: From an Australian collection

TWO ETHNOGRAPHIC SCHOOTEN ISLAND LIME STICKS, of wood sculpted with openwork ancestor sculptures at apex above a slender tapering shaft, smooth glossy

A MASSIM WEALTH ORNAMENT, c.early 20th Century, the slender shell section sculpted in the form of a spatula, with openwork terminal, decorated with wo

A MASSIM WEALTH ORNAMENT, c.early 20th Century, the slender shell section sculpted in the form of a spatula, with openwork terminal, decorated with wo

AN OLD MASSIM SHELL RATTLE, the wood and fibre bound frame woven with cowrie shell, Trobriand Islands, 28x22cm

A SUPERB MASSIM SCULPTURE, of wood in the form of a female ancestor, decorated with incised geometric motifs infilled with lime, smooth glossy patina,

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC MASSIM LIME SPATULA, of wood in slender section, the apex with classic opposing ancestor motifs, remnant white pigment infill, usewear

A FINE AND EARLY MASSIM WALKING STICK, of wood in slender tapering circular section, decorated with classic figurative ancestor motifs, smooth glossy