No-Reserve AUCTION-ASIA Benefit Sale

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Nearly 300 lots of fine quality Asian Antiques will be sold Sunday, Feb. 13th starting at 5PM Eastern Time. A full range of items from several donors will make this a well-rounded sale from all across Central and Eastern Asia - with a focus on China. We feature authentic cultural relics (some quite unusual that have not been the subject of modern fakers) that generally cannot be found on eBay or most websites. There are no hidden reserves, we don't start at ridiculous low levels, & all items guaranteed as represented. Bid generously as all proceed go to charity.
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
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CROWNED DEITY-HEAD21 - CROWNED DEITY-HEAD
Auction Asia
Museum-quality carved amulet of a Spirit-Deity displaying magical power, presence and authority. From light-colored petrified wood of the best quality
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 280.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stone-Carved RHINO Horn22 - Stone-Carved RHINO Horn
Auction Asia
JAVA Highlands Chief's amulet of power and prestige, this Rhino-horn design stone carving exists because the Chief could not afford the real hor...
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Start Price : 220.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Stone-Carved RHINO Horn23 - Stone-Carved RHINO Horn
Auction Asia
Like 022 but smaller (and nicer) at 3-1/2" in the longest dimension. For a young prince? You may never get another opportunity to acquire such...
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Start Price : 160.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hindu BELL from Bali24 - Hindu BELL from Bali
Auction Asia
LARGE, and old, this bell still has a nice sound. Multi-purpose, it has a nice decorated panel on each side and a fancy loop at top for the cord to g
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Amuletic Bronze BIRD25 - Amuletic Bronze BIRD
Auction Asia
INDONESIA, this plump bird may be an Owl - Night Lord of the Skies. Likely Majapahit period (pre-14th C.) and stands 2-3/4" tall, he has loads ...
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Start Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Primitive Bronze GOAT26 - Primitive Bronze GOAT
Auction Asia
Indonesia, the elongated body has a enlarged penis and loop at top of back, a pumped-up tail, and nice goatee and uni-horn, with ramshorn-shaped ears.
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Start Price : 240.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Shamanic "Possibles" Bag27 - Shamanic "Possibles" Bag
Auction Asia
From TIMOR in Eastern Indonesia comes this medicine-bag of aged woven cloth & strap, cowrie shells, coconut-shell spoon, wooden wand, heavily pa...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 450.00
 
 
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Seated Bronze DEITY (?)28 - Seated Bronze DEITY (?)
Auction Asia
Indonesia, the sculpture has "oriental almond eyes" and elongated "spiritual" ears and good, hard patina. A few old & small...
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Start Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Herb or Medicine Containers29 - Herb or Medicine Containers
Auction Asia
A lovely PAIR from Timor, they are carved from Water Buffalo bone and carefully well-engraved like scrimshaw. The lighter one has a stylized Crocodil
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 450.00
 
 
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JAVA Bronze-cast RHINO30 - JAVA Bronze-cast RHINO
Auction Asia
Solidly made, well-formed, he is the epitome of power. Original hard patina, 15-18th C., 4-3/8" long and 2-1/4" tall, his detail will ple...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Stone-Age BEAD Pair31 - Stone-Age BEAD Pair
Auction Asia
Earliest Beads I have seen from East JAVA, these were found with other Neolithic remains about 1990. Roughly 5000 years old, they are nicely smoothed
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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FIRST Coin of Indonesia32 - FIRST Coin of Indonesia
Auction Asia
A nice Silver Coin, it has an obverse character derived from Sanskrit or Pali that has been interpreted as meaning Fortitude or Strength. Natural dark
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Early SILVER Earrings33 - Early SILVER Earrings
Auction Asia
South JAVA, Jogyakarta region, a nice pair of "double-stud, twist" earrings of good Silver with natural, uncleaned patina. Early 1st Mill...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Early SILVER Earrings34 - Early SILVER Earrings
Auction Asia
North JAVA excavated, and likely an import from the Khmer-Cham cultures, this type has been found all across SE Asia from the ancient period and may h
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Iron Boat-shaped Container35 - Iron Boat-shaped Container
Auction Asia
From Sumatra, this "Besibung" was used in tribal rituals such as attaining puberty and marriage. 19th C., and a published reference for t...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 220.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Large Orange Glass Bracelet36 - Large Orange Glass Bracelet
Auction Asia
Found in Java, this impressive example of early Indonesian glass-making dates to the 1st millenium AD also (and may be Srivijaya-culture). It is amon
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Early "Mosaic" Bead collection37 - Early "Mosaic" Bead collection
Auction Asia
Collected from across Indonesia, these have a close association with the early travels of the Phoenicians who first arrived from the Middle East into
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Start Price : 2,800.00 | Estimate : 3,700.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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KHMER EMPIRE Gilt Earrings38 - KHMER EMPIRE Gilt Earrings
Auction Asia
A really fine Pair of Bung-Style Bronze earrings with a heavy cover of Gold. Though this style spread across SE Asia in the 1st Millenium AD, quality
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 450.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Large Neolithic Chisel-Form39 - Large Neolithic Chisel-Form
Auction Asia
An important relic from the Late Stone Age in Java, this lovely Greenstone chisel measures almost 10" long and is essentially perfect (though c...
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Large Neolithic Chisel-Form40 - Large Neolithic Chisel-Form
Auction Asia
An incredible White Chert long-Chisel from the culture and period as Lot 39, it was broken at its butt-end (thus cementing our beliefs about its use).
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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