Oriental Rugs & Carpets; Asian, African, Pre-Columbian & Devotional Works of Art

N AFRICAN MASK, the ovoid face surmounted by a geometric panel, ht. 16.5" - 42 cm.

SENUFO FIGURE OF A WOMAN AND CHILD, ht. 28" - 71 cm.

BAMILEKE FIGURE OF A MAN, seated, wearing a horn head dress, with two lozenge form vessels to his hands, ht. 33.9" - 86 cm.

SENUFO KPELIE TYPE MASK, ht. 11.4" - 29 cm.

GRASSLANDS MASK, with bulbous forehead and cheeks and open mouth, traces of pigment, ht. 11.8" - 30 cm.

N AFRICAN HELMET MASK, with four vertical coiled horns above the scarified face, ht. 22.4" - 57 cm.

BAGA STAFF, possibly a rhythm tapper, the twisted shank with a bush cow finial, ht. 9.8" - 25 cm.

YORUBA GELEDE HEAD DRESS, the hair with four bands, with blue eyes and scarification on a brown ground, ht. 12.2" - 31 cm.

YORUBA SHANGO STAFF, the twin axe head terminal above a Janus headed shaft, ht. 14.2" - 36 cm.

N AFRICAN FIGURE OF A MAN, with three faces, the body with another face and an animal mount, ht. 10.2" - 26 cm.

N AFRICAN BUST, of a man with scarified cheeks, bold white painted eyes, traces of white, red and black pigment, ht. 9.4" - 24 cm.

WO AFRICAN ARTIFACTS, comprising a carved wood pillow and a standing figure raised on a recurved plinth, ht. 4.7" - 12 cm. and 8.3" - 21 cm.

HREE AFRICAN ARTIFACTS, comprising an Ashanti akua'ba style figurine and a bust of a man with pendant side lock, ht. 4.7" - 12 cm. and 16.9...

COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ARTIFACTS, comprising a Benin panel, a Baule style mask, a Yoruba style shango staff, a Yoruba style Ibeji figure, an Ashanti st

PAIR OF ELEPHANT IVORY TUSKS, strongly curved, with age checks, of a pale yellow colour, l. 37" - 94 cm., Africa, 19th c.

KISSI STONE, of a squatting man of simian character, ht. 5.9" - 15 cm., Africa, 19-20th c.

CONGO HORN FIGURAL COLUMN, worked in relief with six figures, three in European garments, surmounted by a simian figure, ht. 3.1" - 8 cm., Zair...

N IVORY TUSK DIVINATION TAPPER, carved in relief with a man, woman and child, ht. 16.1" - 41 cm.

YORUBA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, kneeling with a vessel in her hands, a child to her back, ht. 21.7" - 55 cm.

N AKAN TERRACOTTA HEAD, with an elaborate and coiled coif, ht. 7.1" - 18 cm.

SENUFO FIRE-SPITTER MASK, of bush cow form, with quadruped head mount, traces of red and black pigment, ht. 33.9" - 86 cm.

SENUFO FIRE-SPITTER MASK, with gaping mouth, band horns and scarified forehead, ht. 16.9" - 43 cm.

SENUFO RHYTHM POUNDER, of a woman with hands to belly and ovoid scarified face, ht. 37.4" - 95 cm.

DOGON FIGURE OF A MAN, standing with hands to thighs and wearing a pointed goatee, ht. 27.6" - 70 cm.

PAIR OF YORUBA EDAN OSHUGBO (OGBONI) STAFFS, of a man and a woman, ht. 7.9" - 20 cm.

FINE SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY, with avial mount, ht. 6.7" - 17 cm. See illustration

FINE DAN MASK, with bold descending avial snout, fringed with hair, ht. 10.2" - 26 cm. See illustration

FINE ASHANTI WOOD SPOON, the ovoid blow and straight shank surmounted by a horned mask, ht. 8.7" - 22 cm.

MENDE BUNDU HELMET MASK, with multilayered hair and geometric banding to the sides of the head, ht. 14.6" - 37 cm.

YORUBA EGUNGUN MASK, with tall pointed ears, a row of quadrupeds to the brow, open mouth and pointed goatee, a crocodile to the rear, painted white, r

GOOD DAN PASSPORT MASK, with metal onlaid eyes and concave face, ht. 6.1" - 15.5 cm.

GOOD ANYI AKAN TERRACOTTA HEAD, with two rows of bosses to the hair line, with finely worked mouth and eyes, ht. 7.5" - 19 cm.

BAULE MASK, with heavily folded hairband, metal and cloth onlaid eyes, the open mouth with bone teeth, ht. 10.6" - 27 cm.

N IBIBIO EKPO MASK, with articulated jaw revealing nail teeth, the bound hair with two pendant braids, ht. 9.1" - 23 cm.

YORUBA IBEJI FIGURE, of a standing woman, with green bead necklace and cockscomb coif, ht. 10.6" - 27 cm.

DAN PASSPORT MASK, with broad bulbous forehead and metal onlaid eyes, the hooked nose set with hair, ht. 6.3" - 16 cm.

MUMUYE FIGURE OF AN ANCESTOR, with high coif and pendant flanges, broad arms and legs, traces of white pigment, ht. 23.2" - 59 cm.

YORUBA GRAINERY DOOR, worked with a border of geometric panels, ht. 15.4" - 39 cm.

YORUBA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, wearing European dress, painted in colours on a brown ground, ht. 16.1" - 41 cm.

DOGON FIGURE FRAGMENT, of a man with raised arms, ht. 13" - 33 cm.

BAKONGO FETISH, of a man, one hand raised, with inset mirrors to belly and eyes, ht. 17.3" - 44 cm.

FINE BAULE AVIAL MASK, the ovoid face with twin horns and a pendant bird's neck rising from the forehead, ht. 15.7" - 40 cm. See illustration

RARE YORUBA WROUGHT IRON ASEN, for the altar of Osanyi, with an Ibis terminal to the twisted staff, above a ring of smaller birds, ht. 26" - 66...

FLEMISH TAPESTRY, showing a verdant landscape with buildings in the middle ground, with two hunters approaching through a break in the rich field of f

SILK APPLIQUE PANEL, the red field of foliage set with four leaf and blossom arabesques partly in metal and metal wrapped threads, enclosed by a chevr

SILK DAMASK KESA, of thirteen panels, worked with dragons and clouds enclosed by a self border; the reverse with a stencil printed blue cotton panel e

SILK EMBROIDERED PANEL, showing figures from the Beijing Opera in bright colours on a red field, under a plain blue cotton band, 128.7 x 35.4" ...

SILK RANK BADGE, for a third rank civil official, showing a lime green peacock amidst clouds and lotus, 11 x 11.4" - 28 x 29 cm., China, c. 1900

GROUP OF FIFTEEN ANATOLIAN EMBROIDERED PANELS, each hand woven panel with embroidered floral motifs

WEFT PATTERNED TEXTILE PANEL, showing flowers under trees, a mountain village to the background, all within a flower and scroll border, 78.7 x 56.3&...