A Lifetime of Discovery II

Updated August 29, 2026

We are pleased to present the second offering from the extraordinary lifetime collection of a respected dealer and collector whose passion for history, art, and collecting spanned more than sixty years. A dear friend and mentor, he assembled thousands of objects over a lifetime, ranging from ancient artifacts and ethnographic works to Asian art, decorative arts, fine art, and historical treasures from around the world. His passion for discovering exceptional objects never faded, and he continued acquiring new finds until his passing. Many of the pieces presented in this sale have remained carefully preserved and out of public view for decades, while others were among his later acquisitions. This auction is devoted entirely to his collection and continues the ongoing presentation of the remarkable body of material he assembled over more than six decades. Each sale brings forward another group of discoveries, reflecting the extraordinary breadth of his interests and a lifetime spent searching for objects of history, beauty, rarity, and significance. Please check the catalog regularly. New lots will continue to be added as we work through and catalog the collection, generally until approximately two weeks before the auction. As always, our catalog descriptions reflect our research and opinions. Bidders are encouraged to examine each lot carefully, review all photographs, and form their own conclusions regarding attribution, age, origin, and condition. Thank you for participating in our second sale. Please save A Cut Above Auction to your favorites and follow our future auctions, as much more from this extraordinary lifetime collection remains to be discovered and offered. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .

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In this auction (202 lots)

Categories: Pottery, China & Glass · Fine Art & Prints · Antiques & Furniture · Jewelry & Watches

• Lot 0001 — SHIPPING
• Lot 0002 — A Miniature Silver-Gilt Figural Tazza with Swan
• Lot 0003 — Salviati Attributed Murano Cobalt Aventurine Tipetto Goblet with Applied Crab
• Lot 0004 — Roman Provincial Bronze Figure of Mercury / Hermes
• Lot 0005 — Pre-Columbian Nayarit Ixtlán del Río Pottery Figure
• Lot 0006 — Antique East Asian Parcel-Gilt Carved Wood Buddhist Figure
• Lot 0007 — Pair of Hanau Renaissance Revival Silver Figural Salts
• Lot 0008 — Ancient Roman Bronze Oinochoe / Small Pouring Jug
• Lot 0009 — Rare Chinese Inlaid Bronze Figure of a Female Attendant
• Lot 0010 — Taino Carved Wood Zoomorphic Duho Ceremonial Seat
• Lot 0011 — Roman or Late Roman Green Glass Bottle with Applied Spiral Trailing
• Lot 0012 — Chinese White-Glazed Miniature Ewer, Tang / Liao Dynasty Style
• Lot 0013 — Ancient Near Eastern Bronze Standing Figure
• Lot 0014 — Korean Goryeo Dynasty Slip-Inlaid Celadon Oil Bottle, 12th-13th Century
• Lot 0015 — Pre-Columbian Taino Carved Bone Anthropomorphic Zemi Relief
• Lot 0016 — Sophie Cata Santa Clara Pueblo Carved Blackware Bowl
• Lot 0017 — Three Pre-Columbian Taíno Ceramic Stamps
• Lot 0018 — Indian Dhokra Brass Rice Measure, Odisha
• Lot 0019 — Chinese Archaistic Bronze Hu-Form Ritual Wine Vessel and Cover
• Lot 0020 — Chinese Archaistic Bronze Pedestal Vase, Ming Dynasty Style
• Lot 0021 — West African Carved Wooden Shrine Figure, Yoruba Style, Nigeria
• Lot 0022 — West African Carved Zoomorphic Ritual Object
• Lot 0023 — Old African Hardwood Fly Whisk with Horsehair and Horn Collar
• Lot 0024 — Old Central African Carved Prestige Knife, Probably Kuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Lot 0025 — Tibetan Silver-Mounted Ritual Conch Trumpet (Dung-Dkar) with Turquoise and Coral, Early 20th Century
• Lot 0026 — Early Islamic Persian Polychrome Buff-Ware Bowl with Radial Floral Decoration, Probably Nishapur
• Lot 0027 — Yombe Carved Wooden Commemorative Ancestor Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Lot 0028 — Roman Bronze Single-Handled Vessel (Kyathos Type), Roman Empire, 1st–3rd Century AD
• Lot 0029 — Solomon Islands Giant Clam Shell Wealth Ring (Bakiha or Poata)
• Lot 0030 — Chinese Crackle-Glazed Archaistic Vase with Taotie Mask and Ring Handles
• Lot 0031 — Korean Goryeo Celadon Bowl with Incised Lotus Scroll Decoration
• Lot 0032 — Pair of Chinese Decorative Gilt Inksticks with Original Presentation Boxes
• Lot 0033 — Chinese Crackle-Glazed Celadon Cupstand (Tuozhan), Song Style
• Lot 0034 — Andean Carved Alabaster Ritual Votive (Illa), Probably Aymara, Bolivia
• Lot 0035 — Taíno Carved Black Stone Anthropomorphic Zemí Three-Pointer (Trigonolito), Greater Antilles
• Lot 0036 — Needlepoint Floral Sampler in Rotating Wooden Display Stand
• Lot 0037 — Japanese Studio Stoneware Bowl with Abstract Relief Decoration
• Lot 0038 — Chinese Sancai-Glazed Miniature Four-Lug Jar with Matching Ceramic Tripod Stand, Tang Dynasty Style
• Lot 0039 — Probably Nishapur Islamic Slip-Painted Earthenware Dish with Abstract Black Decoration, Persia, 10th
• Lot 0040 — Persian Painted Buff-Ware Conical Bowl
• Lot 0041 — West Mexican Terracotta Anthropomorphic Female Figure, Probably Colima Culture
• Lot 0042 — Chinese Green-Glazed Pottery Zoomorphic-Handled Ladle, Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220)
• Lot 0043 — Chinese Green-Glazed Pottery Tomb Attendant, Ming Dynasty
• Lot 0044 — Chinese Archaistic Bronze Mythical Bird-Form Ritual Vessel
• Lot 0045 — Carved Bone Tube with Geometric Decoration
• Lot 0046 — Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Covered Bowl, Late Qing Dynasty
• Lot 0047 — Chinese Green-Glazed Scholar's Water Pot, Traditionally Attributed to the Liao Dynasty
• Lot 0048 — Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Anthropomorphic or Zoomorphic Effigy, Mesoamerica
• Lot 0049 — Chinese Green-Glazed Pottery Zhadou, Tang–Five Dynasties Period
• Lot 0050 — Large Pre-Columbian Tri-Foot Pottery Bowl
• Lot 0051 — Japanese Blue and White Glazed Stoneware Handled Dish
• Lot 0052 — Syro-Hittite Terracotta Bird-Faced Female Idol
• Lot 0053 — Persian Blue and Black Underglaze Fritware Jug, Probably Kashan, 13th Century
• Lot 0054 — Vintage Murano Aventurine Art Glass Tulip-Form Candlestick
• Lot 0055 — Japanese Hand-Painted Studio Pottery Floral Vase
• Lot 0056 — Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Floral Bowl, Late Qing Dynasty
• Lot 0057 — Vintage Murano Pink Aventurine Art Glass Pheasant Figure
• Lot 0058 — Chinese Archaistic Carved Jade Double-Dragon Plaque
• Lot 0059 — Heavy West African Cast Bronze Currency Anklet, Probably Baule/Akan
• Lot 0060 — German Nuremberg-Style Pewter Noah Plate, After Paulus Oham
• Lot 0061 — German Nuremberg-Style Pewter Equestrian Relief Plate
• Lot 0062 — German Pewter Ferdinand III and Six Electors Relief Plate
• Lot 0063 — Bura-Asinda-Sikka Terracotta Anthropomorphic Head, Niger
• Lot 0064 — Japanese Polychrome Enameled Pottery Bowl with Rakan, Edo Period
• Lot 0065 — Nigerian Terracotta Female Figure, Nok Culture, Sokoto Style
• Lot 0066 — Koma Terracotta Seated Figure, Komaland, Ghana
• Lot 0067 — Ancient Iranian Terracotta Bull-Form Vessel, Probably Parthian
• Lot 0068 — Japanese Raku Ware Chawan Tea Bowl, Impressed Raku Mark
• Lot 0069 — Pre-Columbian Caribbean Zoomorphic Effigy Vessel, Taino Tradition
• Lot 0070 — Japanese Giltwood Figure of a Standing Buddha, Edo-Meiji Period
• Lot 0071 — Chinese Jade Carving of a Recumbent Bixie
• Lot 0072 — Pre-Columbian Anthropomorphic Pottery Figure
• Lot 0073 — Indian Brass Figure of Kamadeva on a Bird Vahana
• Lot 0074 — Victorian Mat-Su-No-Ke Art Glass Footed Bowl
• Lot 0075 — Chinese Archaistic Bronze Mythical Beast-Form Furniture Handle
• Lot 0076 — Nayarit Lagunillas Polychrome Pottery Standing Male Figure
• Lot 0077 — Russian Pictorial Enamel Charger, Ruslan and Ludmilla
• Lot 0078 — Japanese Kosaigama Hasami Ware Square Dish
• Lot 0079 — Murano Art Glass Amphora Vase with Applied Green Handles
• Lot 0080 — Chinese Archaistic Hardstone Yue-Form Ritual Axe Blade
• Lot 0081 — Bronze Relief Depicting the Amazonomachy
• Lot 0082 — Japanese Kyoto Ware Bamboo-Decorated Double-Gourd Cup
• Lot 0083 — Chinese Grey Pottery Hu-Form Jar
• Lot 0084 — Japanese Tenmoku-Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
• Lot 0085 — Antique Indian Hand-Carved Black Stone Kharal Bowl
• Lot 0086 — Ethnographic Clay Female Votive Figure
• Lot 0087 — Korean Buncheong-Style Crackle-Glazed Stoneware Ewer
• Lot 0088 — Large Taino Style Polished Stone Ceremonial Celt
• Lot 0089 — Signed Studio Pottery Speckled Stoneware Bottle Vase
• Lot 0090 — Japanese Shigaraki Ware Rian Kiln Boat-Form Suiban
• Lot 0091 — Japanese E-Karatsu Style Iron-Painted Stoneware Tea Bowl
• Lot 0092 — South Indian Bronze Mother Goddess with Child
• Lot 0093 — Japanese Crackle-Glazed Three Friends of Winter Vase
• Lot 0094 — Pre-Columbian Style Polychrome Rattle Pedestal Vessel
• Lot 0095 — Pre-Columbian Colima Terracotta Standing Male Figure
• Lot 0096 — Chinese Sanxingdui-Style Bronze Head
• Lot 0097 — A Chinese Bronze Scholar's Incense-Tool Vase on Integral Stand
• Lot 0098 — Large West Mexican Jalisco-Style Terracotta Seated Female Figure
• Lot 0099 — Important Chinese Gilt-Bronze Buddhist Altarpiece, Northern Qi-Sui Dynasty
• Lot 0100 — Safavid Persian Engraved Tinned-Copper Bowl with Animals and Birds
• Lot 0101 — Andean Recuay Style Carved Stone Anthropomorphic Figure
• Lot 0102 — French Art Deco Verlys Opalescent Glass Duck Vide-Poche
• Lot 0103 — Chinese Provincial White-Glazed Stoneware Covered Ewer
• Lot 0104 — Japanese Oribe Green-Glazed Handled Vessel
• Lot 0105 — Chinese Qing Cloisonne Buddhist Altar Pricket Candlestick
• Lot 0106 — Chinese Carved Pale Green Hardstone Peony and Cabbage Ornament
• Lot 0107 — Archaic Eastern Mediterranean Anthropomorphic Stone Vessel
• Lot 0108 — Persian Turquoise-Glazed Molded Pottery Bowl
• Lot 0109 — Chinese Bronze Tripod Censer with Xuande Mark
• Lot 0110 — Greek Corinthian Globular Aryballos
• Lot 0111 — Vietnamese (Annamese) Blue and White Bowl, 15th-16th Century
• Lot 0112 — Continental Renaissance-Style Patinated and Gilt Metal Ewer
• Lot 0113 — Scorpion Specimen in Amber-Colored Resin
• Lot 0114 — Japanese Arita Blue and White Kraak-Style Porcelain Charger
• Lot 0115 — Chinese Archaic Jade Cong
• Lot 0116 — Early 20th Century Turquoise Glazed Studio Pottery Vase, Signed
• Lot 0117 — Japanese Mingei Studio Pottery Serving Bowl, Signed
• Lot 0118 — Jun-Type Splashed Glazed Two-Handled Ceramic Jar / Censer
• Lot 0119 — African Bangwa Style Carved Wood Seated Figure
• Lot 0120 — Japanese Mashiko Ware Mingei Lidded Stoneware Jar
• Lot 0121 — Sino-Tibetan Gem-Set Gilt-Silver Snuff Bottle
• Lot 0122 — Chinese Bronze Figure of Songzi Guanyin and Child
• Lot 0123 — Anna Ehrner for Kosta Boda Atoll Yellow Art Glass Bowl
• Lot 0124 — Johansfors Swedish Art Glass Floral Candle Holder, Ch. Ramsey
• Lot 0125 — Pair of American Canary Uranium Flint Glass Vases, c. 1840-1860
• Lot 0126 — Chinese Carved Pale Green Hardstone Archaistic Teapot
• Lot 0127 — Chinese White-Glazed Porcelain Dragon Censer, Wang Bingrong Mark, 20th Century
• Lot 0128 — Ban Chiang Culture Painted Pottery Pedestalled Vessel, Northeast Thailand, ca. 500-200 BCE
• Lot 0129 — German Ruby-Flashed Engraved Glass Tankard, Klosterkirche Neuwerk, Goslar
• Lot 0130 — Japanese Shino Calligraphic Tea Bowl, Signed and Sealed
• Lot 0131 — African Brown Batik Bone Bead Necklace, Kenya
• Lot 0132 — Small Bohemian Yellow Art Glass Vessel with Webbed Decoration
• Lot 0133 — Green Pulegoso Glass Miniature Jug, Murano
• Lot 0134 — Tlatilco-Style "Pretty Lady" Ceramic Female Figure
• Lot 0135 — Possibly Ancient Carved Stone Box with Ring-and-Dot Decoration
• Lot 0136 — Near Eastern-Style Terracotta Zoomorphic Double Vessel
• Lot 0137 — Chinese Archaistic Bronze Bird-Form Zun
• Lot 0138 — Rare Incised Cizhou-Type Phoenix and Wave Conical Tea Bowl
• Lot 0139 — Pre-Columbian Style Carved Stone Female Figure
• Lot 0140 — Pair of Japanese Kyoto Ware Gojo Bridge Ceramic Plates
• Lot 0141 — Vietnamese Quang Duc Glazed Stoneware Storage Jar
• Lot 0142 — Pair of Antique Japanese Brass Shokudai Candle Prickets
• Lot 0143 — Korean Celadon Incised Floral Dish
• Lot 0144 — Japanese 1964 Tokyo Olympics Commemorative Ceramic Box
• Lot 0145 — Luba Carved Wood Kneeling Female Figure, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Lot 0146 — Hemba Carved Wood Male Ancestor Figure, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Lot 0147 — Kongo Ritual Power Figure with Bilongo Charge
• Lot 0148 — Dogon Carved Wood Male Figure, Mali
• Lot 0149 — Baule Carved Wood Seated Male Figure, Côte d’Ivoire
• Lot 0150 — Fang Carved Wood Female Reliquary Figure, Gabon
• … and 52 more lots

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