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1 HOWARD NOWES ANCIENT ART By Appointment 1220 Broadway - Suite 405 New York, NY USA

2 HOWARD NOWES ANCIENT ART FINE ANCIENT & ETHNOGRAPHIC ART Volume V, No. 2 Fall 2005 $5.50 Howard Nowes Ancient Art is a leading New York ancient and ethnographic art gallery. We are pleased to celebrate our 15th year dealing in these areas. Howard Nowes was a featured expert on a CNN news special during the 2004 Athens Olympics and spoke about ancient Olympic artifacts as collectables. This coincided with an exhibition he curated at the gallery on Ancient Olympic Decorative Arts. Also in 2004, at the beginning of the Iraqi war, he was interviewed by the New York Times to comment on the looting of cultural heritage and give insight into ethical dealing practices. Please call (917) to make an appointment to see our ever changing inventory and items from this catalog. The accompanying price list illustrates our attractive and competitive pricing. Objects are easily viewable in full color with multiple views online at Condition reports are available upon request. Sizes are for objects only. Mounts and bases add additional height and pieces come with custom mounts when illustrated or stated. The tribal art in this catalog is considered 20th Century unless stated otherwise. When in New York City please call to schedule a visit to our gallery. We recommend that you check the availability of items to avoid disappointment. Items may be reserved with no obligation for 24 hours. We offer an unconditional guarantee of authenticity. Howardnowes.com is scheduled for a makeover so it will be easier to navigate, search, and purchase. Bookmark us! When you buy from us, you will not receive any unpleasant surprises. HOWARD NOWES ANCIENT ART Howard M. Nowes - Director Ana Maria Nowes - Assistant Director 1220 Broadway - Suite 405 New York, N.Y U.S.A. Tel (917) or (917) Fax (917) howard.nowes@verizon.net Website - TERMS OF SALE All items offered are unique and subject to prior sale. Prices are in U.S. dollars. All sales are accompanied by a typed invoice, signed by Mr. Nowes, with all the relevant collection and provenance information as well as a photo of the object(s). Freight is additional and is the responsibility of the purchaser. New York residents must add 8.65% sales tax or submit a resale certificate. Credit cards may be submitted safely online through our secure server ORDER FORM. Cash, personal checks, money orders, and wire transfers are also acceptable forms of payment. Returns are accepted within 10 days minus freight costs provided item(s) are in original as sent condition. Title stays with HNAA until items are paid in full. GALLERY SERVICES We offer restoration, conservation, and custom mounting, performed by trained professionals. We offer appraisals for insurance, fair market, estates or charitable contributions. We can value individual objects or whole collections. Please send clear photos with sizes and condition. We actively purchase legally held antiquities from all periods. We can sell your collection(s) in our gallery, in our online gallery, through direct mail, or online at public auction, where the competitive bidding environment can be surprisingly beneficial. TABLE OF CONTENTS Earliest Cultures... 2 Egyptian... 3 Etruscan... 8 Greek... 8 Roman Pre Columbian Mexican...13 Costa Rican Colombian Ecuadorian Peruvian Chinese Indian Cambodian Tribal Africa Oceania Howard Nowes Ancient Art EARLIEST CULTURES 1. Mehrgarh Pottery Enthroned Mother Goddess, Indus Valley, Ca to 2500 BC. 3-1/2 in (8.9 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. NY Doctor's Collection. Inv. # Mohenjo Daro Bichrome Pottery Vessel, Indus Valley, Ca. Ca to 2500 BC. 5-7/8 in. (14.7cm.) D. x 4-7/8 in. (12.1 cm.) H. Ex. NY Collection. Inv. # Anatolian Marble Kusura Type Idol, Early Bronze Age II, Ca to 2400 BC. 3 in H. + mount. Ex NY Coll. Inv # Bactrian Chlorite Vessel, Ca. Late 3rd to Early 2nd Millennium BC. 3 in. (7.6cm.) D. x 2 in (5cm.) H. Ex. NY Doctor's Collection. Inv. # Phoenician Yellow & Blue Glass Head Pendant, Eastern Mediterranean, Ca. 6th to 4th Centuries BC. 1 in. (2.54 cm.) H. Ex. German Collection. Inv. # South Arabian Alabaster Head, Yemen, Ca. 1st Century BC/AD. Eyes paste inlaid. 5-1/8 in. (13.2 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. NY Doctor's Collection. Inv. #6034.

3 Howard Nowes Ancient Art Luristan Bronze Dagger or Dirk, Caspian Sea Area, Ca. 1st Millennium BC. 14-3/4 in. (37.5cm.) L. Ex NY Collector. Inv. # Luristan Bronze Standard Finial, Ca. 9th to 7th Century BC. A Master of the Animals type. 5-3/4 in. H. Ex. Dr. R. Rothenberg Collection. Inv. #4527. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART 11. Egyptian Serpentine Bust of a Nile God, New Kingdom, Mid XVIIIth Dynasty, Ca BC. 3-1/3 in. (8.5 cm) H.+ custom mount. Ex A. Obrecht Collection, Switzerland, Ex Ar. A Von Arx Collection, Acq Inv. # Egyptian Inscribed Stone Heart Scarab, Third Intermediate Period, Ca to 715 BC. The underside inscribed with a Chapter 30B spell from The Book of The Dead. 2-3/4 in. (7 cm) L. Both top and base illustrated above. Ex French Collection. Inv. # Egyptian Steatite Carved Scarab: Kneeling Figure on Base, Third Int. Period, XXIst Dynasty, Ca to 945 BC. 1/2 in (1.27 cm.) L. Ex. Madame B. Coll. Inv. # Egyptian Gesso Painted Pottery Canopic Jar Lid, Imsety, New Kingdom, Ca. XVth Dynasty, Ca BC. 5½ in. (13.4 cm.) Ex. German Collection; acquired ca from the Kropatschek Collection, Heligoland, Germany. Inv. # Fine Egyptian Old Kingdom Limestone Hieroglyphic Relief Panel, Dynasty V or VI, Ca to 2143 BC. 21 in H. x 5-1/2 in W. (53.3 cm x 12 cm) Ex. Maspero Collection. Ex. Ghougassian Coll. Inv. # Egyptian Diorite Heart Scarab, XXVIth Dynasty, Ca. 626 BC. Oval carved naturalistic hardstone beetle with notched clypeus and striated wing case; base uninscribed. 2-3/8 in. (5.5cm.) L. Ex Leo Mildenberg Collection. Inv. #6029.

4 Howard Nowes Ancient Art 19. Egyptian Bronze Standing Osiris, Late Period, Ca. 715 to 332 BC. 6-¼ in. (16 cm.) H. Ex. John Seymour Lucas R.A. England, acquired in the 1900s. Old pen ink label on base. Inv. # Egyptian Limestone Human Headed Canopic Jar Lid, Imsety, Third Intermediate Period, Ca to 715 BC. 4-5/8 in. (11.6 cm.) H. Ex Niagara Falls Egyptian Museum; Ex Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Acq. no Inv. # Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpokrates, Late Period, Ca. 715 to 30 BC. 4 in. (10.1 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. English Private Collecton. Said to have been purchased during the first Thomas Cook tour to Egypt around Mentioned in a letter dated 11th September 1968 from the British Museum, where this bronze is dated to the Late Ptolemaic or Roman periods. Inv. # Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone, New Kingdom, Ca 1567 to 1085 BC. Stamped with hieroglyphs in relief for the Owner Wab-priest Den-Rega, 3-¼ in. (8.2cm.) Diam. Published; M. F. L. Macadam (ed.) A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, Part I, plates (Oxford 1957), no. 45. Ex M. Ayers, London England. Inv. # Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Amulet of a Baboon, New Kingdom to Late Period, Ca to 500 BC. Remains of a hieroglyphic inscription around the base. 1-3/8 in. (3.6 cm.) H. Ex Bonhams London. Inv. # Egyptian Blue Green Faience Ushabti for General Iahirdis, XXX Dynasty, Ca. 378 to 341 BC. Inscribed with his name which means The moon god has created him. 6-1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) H. + custom mounted. Ex Belgium Collection. Inv. # Egyptian Bronze Sarcophagus for Ichneumon, Late Period, Ca. 715 to 300 BC. 2-1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) H. Ex. United Kingdom Collection. Inv. # Egyptian Green Faience Bes, Late Period, Ca. 715 to 300 BC. 2in. (5 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Old United Kingdom Collection. Inv. # Egyptian Pale Green Glazed Faience Amulet of Re-Horakty, Third Intermediate Period, XXIst Dynasty, Ca to 945 BC. 2-½ in. (6.5 cm.) H. Provenance Madame B collection, acquired from Eid & Son, Cairo, early 1950s. Inv. #6022.

5 Howard Nowes Ancient Art 24. Egyptian Wood Polychrome Painted Ptah Soker Osiris, Late Period, Ca. 716 to 30 BC. Various columns of inscription rendered in elegant calligraphy. 14 3/4 in. (37.4 cm.) H. Ex. Charles Pankow Collection. Inv. # Egyptian Wood Sarcophagus Mask, New Kingdom, Ca. 18th Dynasty, Ca BC. 10-½ in. (26.6cm.) H. + mounted within a gilded wooden Egyptian style cavetto-corniced shrine. Ex. European Private Collection. Inv. # Egyptian Wood Carved Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, Ca. 715 to 300 BC. 8-3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) H. Ex. University of California at Berkeley Professor. Inv. # ANCIENT ETRUSCAN ART Egyptian Polychrome Painted Cartonnage Matching Mummy Ensemble (4), Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 300 BC. The mask 16-¾ in. (42.5 cm.); a pectoral plate with a kneeling winged Nut, 12-¾ in. (32.4 cm.) H.; a leg section depicting the Four Sons of Horus, 15-½ in. (39.4 cm.) H., and a foot section, 8¼ in. (21cm.) H. Ex. German Collection. Inv. # Etruscan Terracotta Votive Bearded Male Head, Ca. 4th Century BC. 9-1/2 in (24.1 cm.) H. Ex. New England Collection. Inv. # Etruscan Terracotta Votive Bearded Male Profile Head, Ca. 4th Century BC. 9 in. (22.8 cm.) H. Ex. Boston Collection. Inv. # Egyptian Wood Carved Apis Bull with Inlaid Eyes, Late Period, Ca. 716 to 30 B.C. 4-1/4 in (10.7 cm.) L. x 2-1/4 in. (5.7cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Sotheby Parke Bernet, December 11, Inv. # Egyptian Polychrome Painted Wood Carved Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, Ca. 715 to 300 BC. 8-7/8 in. (22.3 cm.) H. x 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) W. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Etruscan Bucchero Ware Pottery Oinochoe, Ca. 7th to 6th Century BC. 7-3/8 in. (18.5 cm.) H. Ex. German Collection. Inv. # Etruscan Bucchero Ware Pottery Olpe, Ca. 7th to 6th Century BC. 6-1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) H. Ex. German Collection. Inv. # Greek Silver Tetradrachm for Antiochos VII, Syria, Ca. 175 BC. 1-1/4 in (3.1cm.) Diam. Inv. #3218.

6 Howard Nowes Ancient Art 35. Greek Corinthian Bronze Helmet, Ca. 6th Century BC. A thick heavy gauge metal. 13 in (33 cm.) H. Ex. Robert Taylor Collection. Inv. # Attic Black Figure Belly Amphora with the Goddess Nike and Attendants, Athens, Ca. 540 to 530 BC. 10-1/8 in. (26 cm.) H. Ex. C.A. Geneva, Swiss Collection. Inv. # Hellenistic Repousse Sheet Gold Medusa Applique, Ca. 3rd to 2nd Century BC. Central cabochon red ruby set atop her head. 2-1/4 in. (6.3cm.) D. across danglers. Ex. California Collection. Inv. # Greek Pottery Standing Draped Female, Canosan, Ca. 3rd to 2nd Century BC. 8-3/4 in (22.2cm.) H. Ex. Boston Collection. Inv. # Apulian Red Figure Fish Plate by the Hippocamp Painter, Ca. 4th Century BC. 7-3/8 in Diam. (18.5 cm.) Ex. Swiss Collection. Inv. # ANCIENT GREEK ART Campanian Red Figure Squat Lekythos, South Italy, Ca. 4th Century BC. 5-7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) H. Ex. New York Collection, Ex.Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Dec. 13th, 1979, no Inv. # Paestan Red Figure Bell Krater, South Italy, Ca. 350 BC. 6¼ in. (15.9cm.) H. Private Collection, Lugano. Ex. John Kluge's Morven Collection. Ex Royal- Athena Galleries, New York, 1990, Published One Thousand Years of Ancient Greek Vases, no Inv # Apulian Red-Figure Profile Head Pottery Plate, South Italy, Ca. 350 BC. 5in. (12.7 cm.) Diam. Fine style. Ex. German Collection. Inv. # Xenon-ware Pottery Skyphos, South Italy, Ca. 4th Century BC. 2-5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) H. x 5-7/8 in Diam. handle to handle. Ex. NY Coll. Inv. # Xenon-ware Pottery Oinochoe, South Italian, Ca. 4th Century BC. 3-1/2 in (8.9 cm.) H. Ex. New York Collector. Inv.# Apulian Black- Glazed Pottery Kylix, Ca. 4th Century BC. 10-5/8 in. (27 cm.) Diam. handle to handle. Ex. NY Coll. Inv. #3654.

7 Roman Marble Head of a Female, Ca. 1st to 2nd Century AD. 4 in. (10.1 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Sarabel Florsheim Collection. Inv. # Roman Agate Engraved Cameo, Ca. 2nd to 3rd Century AD. 15/16 in (2.5 cm.) L. Ex. French Collection. Inv. # Roman Nicolo Ring Stone Carved With a Warrior, Ca. 1st Century AD. Mounted as a ring in an early 19th century gold setting. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) L. Ring size 9¾. Ex. Christie s NY. Inv Roman Bronze Figure of Heraklese, Ca. 1st to 3rd Century AD (Found in Egypt). 4½ in. (11.2 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Madame B collection, acquired from Eid & Son, Cairo, early 1950s. Inv. # Roman Bronze Lion Head Handle, Ca. 1st to 3rd Century AD. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) D. Ex. Sotheby s NY. Inv. # Byzantine Bronze Polycandelon, Oil Lamp holder, Ca. 6th to 7th Century AD. 9-3/4 in. Diam. x 18 in. H. Ex. Hurst Galleries. Inv. #6003. ANCIENT ROMAN ART Howard Nowes Ancient Art Roman Red Slipware Pottery Head Flask, North Africa, Ca. 300 to 350 AD. 8-5/8 in. (22 cm.) H. Ex. Windsor England Collection. Inv. # Roman Red Slipware Pottery Flask, North Africa, Ca. 3rd to 5th Centuries AD. 8-¼ in. (21 cm.) H. Ex. Windsor England Collection. Inv. # Roman Red Slipware Pottery Amphora, North Africa, Ca. 3rd-5th Centuries AD. 7-7/8 in. (19.9 cm.) H. Ex. Windsor England Private Coll. Inv. # Roman Glass Large Cylindrical Bottle, Eastern Mediterranean, Ca. 1st to 3rd Century AD. 6-1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) H. Ex. Florida Coll. Inv. # Roman Terracotta Prancing Bull, Ca. 1st to 3rd Century AD. 6 in. (15.3 cm.) L. Ex. Brengler Collection, Germany. Inv. # Roman Terracotta Head of a Boy, Ca. 1st to 3rd Century Century AD. 1-3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) H. + mount. Ex. NY Collection. Inv. #5123.

8 PRE COLUMBIAN ART ANCIENT WEST MEXICO Howard Nowes Ancient Art ART OF ANCIENT MEXICO 58. Nayarit San Sebastian Type Kneeling Female, Ojos Variant, West Mexico, Protoclassic Period, Ca. 100 BC. to 250 AD. 15in. (38.1cm.) H. Ex NY Coll. Inv. # Jalisco Pottery Large Standing Warrior, Protoclassic Period, Ca. 100 BC. to 250 AD. 18 in. (45.7cm.) H. Ex. Allan Long Collection. Inv. # Large Nayarit Seated Hunchback, San Sebastian, Protoclassic Period, Ca. 100 BC. to 250 AD. 17-1/2 in. (44.4cm.) H. Ex. Long Island NY Collection. Inv. # Colima Pottery Redware Dog, Protoclassic Period, Ca. 100 BC to 250 AD. 14-3/4 in. (37.5cm.) L. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Nayarit Male and Female Couple (2), Ixtlan del Rio, Protoclassic Period, Ca. 100 BC. to 250 AD. 8in. (20.3cm.) H. Ex. Private Fl. Collection. Inv. # Olmec Greenstone Supernatural Standing Figure, Late Pre Classic, Ca. 500 BC. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. New York Collection. Rare & choice specimen. Inv. # Large Mezcala Gray-Green Stone Axe God, Ca. 300 BC. 11-1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) H. Custom mounted. Ex. Sotheby's New York Inv. # Teotihuacan Greenstone Standing Figure, Ca. 400 to 700 AD. 7-1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. New York City Collection. Inv. # Mezcala Stone Temple, Ca. 300 BC. 5 in. (12.7 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Guerrero Gray-Green Stone Standing Figure, Chontal Region, Mexico, Protoclassic, Ca. 100 AD. 6-5/8 in. (17 cm.) H. + Custom mounted. Ex. NY Collection. Inv. #5303.

9 Tlatilco Pottery Painted Female, Middle Pre Classic Period, Ca. 800 to 300 BC. 4-3/8 in. (10.8cm.) H. Ex. Tel Aviv Israel Collection. Inv. # Tlapacoya Pottery Female, Middle Pre Classic Period, Ca. 800 to 300 BC. 5-5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) H. Ex. Tel Aviv Israel Collection. Inv. # Colima Pottery Dance Group, Protoclassic Period, Ca. 100 BC. to 250 AD. 4 in. (10.1 cm.) Diam. Ex. Arthur Oppenheimer Collection, NY. Inv. # Important Vera Cruz Figural Bust, Ca. 500 to 900 AD. 10-1/2 in. (26.6 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, CKLZ. Ex Sotheby Parke Bernet, February 25, 1981, Lot 189. Inv. # Vera Cruz Pottery Standing Marionette Figure Gulf Coast, Ca. 300 to 600 AD. 7 in. (17.7cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Allan Long Coll. Inv. # Zapotec Seated Figural Urn, Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Ca. 300 to 600 AD. 8-3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) H. Ex. Sotheby's NY. Inv. # Vera Cruz Pottery Painted Plate, Gulf coast, Ca. 600 to 900 AD.. 7-3/4 in. (19.6 cm.) Diam. x 2-1/2 in. (6.35 cm.) H. Ex. Tel Aviv Israel Coll. Inv. # Howard Nowes Ancient Art 75. Fine Mayan Polychrome Painted Pottery Court Scene Cylinder, Classic Period, Ca. 550 AD. 6-1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) H. Published J. Kerr Mayavase.com no Ex. Sotheby's New York, May 20, 1986, lot 114, Ex Charles Pankow Collection. Museum Quality. Inv. # Mayan Incised Fluted Pottery Cylinder with Hieroglyphic PSS, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. 8-1/4 (21 cm.) in. H. Fine style. Archived in the datbase mayavase.com by Justin Kerr no Ex. Florida Coll. Inv # Classic Mayan Polychrome Painted Pottery Cache Vessel, Ca. 300 to 600 AD. 8-3/4 in. (22.2cm.) H. Ex. New York Private Collection. Inv. # Mayan Painted Basket Weave Pottery Cylinder, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. 7-1/2 in. (19 cm.) H. x 4-1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) D. Ex. Westchester NY Coll. Inv. # Mayan Polychrome Painted Pottery Cylinder, Classic Period, Ca. 400 to 600 AD. 6 in D. x 6 in H. Mayavase.com Kerr no Ex FL Coll. Inv. #4872

10 Howard Nowes Ancient Art ART OF ANCIENT COLOMBIA Mayan Polychrome Painted Pottery Footed Plate Depicting a Lord or Shaman, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. 8-5/8 in (21 cm.) Diam. Ex Miami Florida Coll. Inv. # Mayan Polychrome Painted Pottery Copador Myth Bowl, Late Classic Period, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. 7-3/8 in (18.3 cm.) Diam. Ex Florida Collection. Inv. # Costa Rican Blue Jade Anthropomorphic Pendant, Ca. 500 A.D. 3-5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) L + Custom mount. Ex. Howard Ballanzweig Collection. Inv. # Fantastic Panamanian Cocle Painted Pottery Plate, Ca. 800 to 1000 AD. 13 in. (33 cm.) Diam. Ex Madison Avenue NY Collectiion. Inv Cocle Polychrome Painted Pottery Fruitera Vessel, Panama, Ca. 800 to 1000 AD. 8-1/4 in. (21 cm) Diam. x 4 in. (10.1 cm.) H. Ex Madison Avenue NY Collectiion. Inv. # Large Quimbaya Pottery Male Figure [Retablo], Colombia, Ca. 800 to 1200 AD. With ancient gold nose ring. 13 in. (33 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Florida Coll. Inv # Tairona Zoomorphic Brownware Vessel, Colombia, Ca to 1500 AD. 11 in. (27.9cm.) H. x 13 in. (33 cm.) L. Ex. Jack Titleman Collection, Atlanta GA. Inv. # Fine Narino Seated Pottery Male Coca Chewer, Capuli Culture Complex, Ca. 850 to 1500 AD. 9-3/8 in. (23.5 cm.) H. Ex. Harmer Rooke Galleries, NY. Inv. # Tumaco/La Tolita Pottery House Incensario, Colombia/Ecuador, 300 BC to 300 AD. 6-1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) H. Ex. Harmer Rooke Galleries NY. Inv. # Valdivia/Chorrera Birthing Stone, Ecuador, Ca to 1000 BC. Pierced for suspension. 4 in. (10.1 cm.) H. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. #

11 ART OF PRE COLUMBAIN ECUADOR Howard Nowes Ancient Art PRE COLUMBIAN ART OF PERU 96. Chavin Pottery Stirrup Vessel, Chavin, Late Cupisnique, North Coast Peru, Ca. 500 to 300BC. 10-1/4 in. (26 cm.) H. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Nazca Pottery Killer Whale Painted Bridge Spout Vessel, Peru, Ca. 400 AD. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) H. Ex. Sotheby's NY. Inv. # Moche Pottery Molded Important Personage Stirup Vessel, Moche Phase IV, Ca. 400 AD. 8-3/4 in (22.2 cm) H. Ex. Belgium Collection. Inv. # Moche Pottery Portrait Head Vessel, Peru, Moche IV, Ca. 450 to 550 AD. 7-1/8 in H. (18.3cm). Ex. Belgium Collection. Inv. # Large Valdavian Stone Abstract Idol, Earliest Horizon, Ca to 2000 BC. 11-1/2 in. (29.2cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Chorrera Pottery Coiled Snake Vessel, Ca. 800 to 500 BC. 7-1/2 in. (19 cm.) Diam. x 5-3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) H. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Jamacoaque Pottery Large Votive Female, Ecuador, Ca. 500 AD. 13 in. (33 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Moche Pottery Diseased Portrait Head Vessel, Peru, Moche IV, Ca. 450 to 550 AD. This type of depiction does exist in Moche ceramic art and it is believed to be a representation of tropical diseases such as leishmaniasis or verruga. 4-3/4 in H. (12.7 cm). Ex. Belgium Collection. Inv. # Guanguala Pottery Standing Ocarina Figure, Ecuador, Ca. 500 AD. 9 in. (22.8 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Upper West Side NY Collection. Inv. # Jamacoaque Pottery Seated Shaman Figure, Ecuador, Ca. 500 AD. 9-1/4 in (23.4cm.) H. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Manteno Burnished Pottery Incensario, Ecuador, Ca. 700 to 1200 AD. 13-1/2 in. (34.3cm.) H. Ex. California Collection. Inv. # Huari Pair Hairless Dog Vessels (2) Central Coast, Ca. 800 AD. Each 9 in (22.8cm.) L. x 5-1/2 in (14 cm.) H. Ex. Virginia Collection. Inv. #6135.

12 Moche Blackware Pottery Drunk on a Llama Vessel, Peru, Moche IV, Ca. 450 to 550 AD. 7-1/2 in. (19.05 cm) H. Ex. Belgium Collection. Inv. # Howard Nowes Ancient Art ART OF ANCIENT CHINA 103. Chimu Erotic Couple Pottery Vessel, Peru Ca AD. 7-1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) H. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Chimu Woven Textile Panel, Late Intermediate Period, Ca to 1400 AD. 38in. (96.5 cm.) L. + Custom Frame: 43 in. (109 cm.) H. x 8-1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) W. Ex. Frederick Landmann Collection. Inv. # Chinese Archaic Bronze Ju, Shang Dynasty, Erligang Phase, Ca. 12th Century BC. 6-1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) H. Ex. New Jersey Collection. Inv. # Chinese Large Han Dynasty Pottery Equestrian, Ca. 206 BC to 220 AD. 15¼ in. (38.7cm.) H. Ex Christie s South Kensington, London. Inv. # Chancay Large Bi-Chrome Pottery Amphora, China, Peru, Ca to 1400 AD. 20-1/2 in. (52.1 cm.) H. Ex Gentleman of Title Private Collection. Inv. # Chancay Wood & Textile Gauze Mummy Mask, Peru, Ca to 1400 AD. 7-3/4 in (19.6 cm.) H. Ex. European Collection. Inv. # Chinese Painted Pottery Model of a Horses & Groom, Han dynasty, Ca. 206 BC to 220 AD. Then Horse 11-1/2 in. (29.2cm) H. Groom is custom mounted. Ex Christie s South Kensington. Inv. # Chinese Painted Pottery Armored Horses & Rider, Northern Qi Dynasty, Ca. 550 AD. 12-7/8 in. (30.2cm.) H. Ex. Christie s South Kensington. Inv. #5461.

13 ART OF ANCIENT INDIA AND PAKISTAN Howard Nowes Ancient Art ART OF ANCIENT CAMBODIA Indian Marble Stela of Surya, The Sun God, Rajasthan, Ca. 10th to 12th Century AD. 15 in (38.1cm.) H. Ex. Henry H. Weldon Collection NY. Inv. # Fine Gandharan Stucco Head of a Bodhisattva, Hadda, Ca. 4th Century AD. 8-1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) H.+ custom mount. Ex. Alyce H. DeCosta Trust Collection. Inv. # Gandharan Schist Carved Depiction of Buddha in Meditation, Ca. 3rd Century AD. 11¾ (29.8cm.) H x 14 in.(35.6 cm.) W. Ex. United Kingdom Collection. Inv. # Gandharan Schist Carved Departure of Buddha Scene, Ca. 3rd Century AD. 11¾ in. (29.5cm.) W. Ex. United Kingdom Collection. Inv. # Indian Sandstone Stele of Vishnu and Uma, Ca. 10th to 12th Century AD. 13 in 33cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. Peter Sloane, London. Inv. # Khmer Stone Figure of a Kneeling Apsara, Bayon Style, Ca. 10th to 11th Century AD. 20-1/2 in. (52 cm.) H. 24 in 61 cm.) H. mounted on a wood base. Ex. Christie s NY. Inv. # Khmer Bronze Conch and Tripod Stand, Cambodia, Ca. 10th to 12th Century AD. Shell: 8-1/4 in. (21 cm.) L. Tripod: 3-1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) H. Ex Christies NY. Inv. # Khmer Bronze Ritual Bell Ghanta, Ca. 12th Century AD. 6-3/4 in. H. Ex New England Collection. Inv. #

14 ART OF TRIBAL AFRICA Howard Nowes Ancient Art Dogon Encrusted Wood Ancestor Figure, Mali, 7-1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) H. Ex. Alan Steele, NY. Inv. # Dogon Wood Carved Tellem Figure, Mali, 9-3/4in. (24.8 cm.) H. Ex. Old German Collection, Ex. Bob & Regina Lewin Collection, England. Inv. # Dogon Kanaga Superstructure Wood Mask, Mali, 36-1/2 in. (93 cm.) H. Ex. David & Shirley Vogel Collection. Inv. # Fine Dan Wood Mask, Ivory Coast, 8-3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) H. + custom mount. Glossy black patina. Ex. French Collection. Inv. # Dan Guere Wood Mask, Ivory Coast, 11-1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex French Ambassador, Gilbert Bouchet, an eminent specialist in the Senufo culture, who published many articles on the Poro society as well as on the arts of Cote d'ivoire. Inv. # Bete Wood Carved Mask, Ivory Coast., 9-1/2 in. (24.1 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. New York Collection. Inv. # Dan Wood Ladle, Ivory Coast, Wakemia, 29 in (73.6 cm.) H. + Custom Mount. Ex. Sotheby's NY. Acquired from the renowned Dr. George Harley in Ganta Liberia in Inv. # Fine Lega Wood Mask, Eastern Zaire (Congo). 8-1/2 in (21.6 cm.) H. (+ braided raffia beard). Collected in 1934 by Andre Hallet, a Belgium Colonial Administrator stationed in the Congo Baule Wood Female Ancestor Figure, Ivory Coast, 16 in (40.6 cm.) H. + mount. Ex. Christies Paris, Ex John Hewett, London. Ex Baron Fredy Rolin, Brussels. Inv. # Yoruba Iron Staff, Osanyin, Nigeria, 19 in (48.2 cm.) x 13 in (33 cm.) L. + wood block mount. Ex. Vera G. List. Inv. # Yoruba Gourd Mask, Nigeria, 13-1/4 in (33.6 cm.) H. + mount. Ex. Marie & Philippe de Thezy Collection, Europe. Inv. #

15 Howard Nowes Ancient Art OCEANIC ART Ibo Wood Carved Figure, Nigeria, 39 in. (99 cm.) H. + mount. Ex. Bob & Regina Lewin, England. Inv. # Idoma Large Polychrome Painted Wood Dance Crest, Nigeria, 30 in. (76 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex. New York Artist Collection. Inv. # Lobi Carved Wood Male & Female Couple (2), Burkina Faso, 33 in. (83.8 cm.) H. + custom mounts. Ex. Tom Slatter Collection. Inv. # Yombe Carved Wood Figure, Congo D.R.C, 4-3/4 in. (12 cm.) H + Custom Mount. Ex. Rienhold Collection, NY, purchased in Belgium in Inv. # Fang Janus Wood Ngontang Ceremony Mask, Gabon, 13-1/2 in H. (34.3 cm.) Ex Bonhams London. Inv. # African Wood Carved Bamana Mask, Mali. 10-3/4 in (27.3 cm.) H. + custom mount; Early 20th Century; Ex. Christie s, Paris; Ex. Galerie Jean- Jacques Dutko, Paris. Inv. # Oceanic Lower Sepik Wood Suspension Hook, New Guinea, 22 in.(55.8 cm.) H. + custom mount. Ex Sotheby's New York. Inv. # Tall Sepik Wood Ancestor Figure, New Guinea, 52 in. (132 cm.) H.+ custom mount. Ex. New York Estate Collection. Inv. # Papua Gulf Region Wood Drum, New Guinea, 31-1/2 in. (80 cm.) H. Ex. New York Estate Collection. Inv. # Hai Kara Jangga Tortoiseshell Openwork Comb, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumba, 6-1/2 in (16.5 cm.) H. x 5-5/8 in (14.3 cm.) W. + custom mount. Ex. Peter Sloane, London England. Inv. #