A Lifetime of Discovery
Updated August 5, 2026
| Date | August 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | A CUT ABOVE AUCTION |
| Location | WARWICK, New York, 10990 |
| Lots | 150 |
We are pleased to present an exceptional auction highlighted by the opening offering from the lifetime collection of a respected dealer and collector whose passion for history 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, 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 offered here have remained in private hands for decades, while others were among his final acquisitions. This auction marks the beginning of what will be an ongoing presentation of this remarkable collection. The featured offering is complemented by a select group of property from private estates and consignments. As additional material is cataloged, new lots will continue to be added throughout the auction, giving collectors even more opportunities to discover exceptional objects before the sale closes. As always, our catalog descriptions reflect our research and opinions, and bidders are encouraged to examine each lot carefully and form their own conclusions. Thank you for participating in our auction. Please save us to your favorites and follow our future sales, as many more fresh-to-the-market discoveries from this extraordinary collection remain to be offered. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
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In this auction (150 lots)
Categories: Pottery, China & Glass · Fine Art & Prints · Jewelry & Watches · Coins & Currency
- Lot 0001 — STOP. READ THIS FIRST.
- Lot 0002 — Ethiopian Silver Devotional Pectoral Cross
- Lot 0003 — Near Eastern Black-Glazed Zoomorphic Rhyton-Form Vessel, Possibly Assyrian
- Lot 0004 — Pre-Columbian West Mexican Tripod Rattle-Leg Vessel, Circa AD 400
- Lot 0005 — Pre-Columbian Chimu Blackware Vessel with Bird-Form Finial
- Lot 0006 — Rare Dan Ritual Mask with Iron-Tacked Forehead and Fiber Attachments, Liberia
- Lot 0007 — Chinese Archaistic Bronze Phoenix-Form Lamp Stand, Ming-Qing Dynasty, Possibly Earlier
- Lot 0008 — A Cizhou Painted Pottery Jar, Probably Jin-Yuan Dynasty
- Lot 0009 — Chinese Carved and Gilt Lacquered Hexagonal Altar Pedestal, Late Qing Dynasty or Later
- Lot 0010 — Taino Stone Cohoba Inhaler Depicting A Zemi Figure, Late Second Phase, Circa A.D. 1000-1200
- Lot 0011 — Apulian Trozzella Vessel
- Lot 0012 — Tusyan Plank Mask, Burkina Faso
- Lot 0013 — A Large Sepik River Ancestral Ceremonial House Panel, Papua New Guinea
- Lot 0014 — Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Prestige Chair
- Lot 0015 — Cameroon Grassfields Iron Figure, Possibly Bamileke, Western Cameroon
- Lot 0016 — A Large Female Shrine Figure, Cote d'Ivoire
- Lot 0017 — Bwa Plank Mask (Nwantantay), Burkina Faso
- Lot 0018 — Southwestern Handwoven Rug with Double Diamond Motifs
- Lot 0019 — An Antique Persian Sarouk Carpet
- Lot 0020 — Rare Kuba Raffia Prestige Textile, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lot 0021 — A Long Embroidered and Mirror-Work Toran, Gujarat, Western India
- Lot 0022 — A West African Dyed Cotton Textile Panel
- Lot 0023 — A Persian Tribal Wool Woven Bag
- Lot 0024 — Peruvian Andean Embroidered Textile Panel
- Lot 0025 — An Anatolian Village Yastik Rug, Central Turkey
- Lot 0026 — Collection of Six Large Turquoise Nugget Specimens
- Lot 0027 — Feathered anthropomorphic figure, possibly Tupa, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Lot 0028 — Japanese Hina Ningyo Court Attendant Figure, Meiji Period
- Lot 0029 — A Rare Carved Stone Cong-Form Ritual Object, China
- Lot 0030 — Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Porcelain Censer with Lion Mask Handles
- Lot 0031 — Taino Ground Stone Gaming Sphere, Greater Antilles
- Lot 0032 — Kuba Carved Hardwood Mortar or Prestige Vessel, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Lot 0033 — A Small Blanc-de-Chine Crackle-Glazed Pear-Form Vase
- Lot 0034 — Ligbi bird mask, Cote d'Ivoire
- Lot 0035 — A Grassfields Cast Brass Prestige Vessel
- Lot 0036 — A Colima Anthropomorphic Effigy Vessel
- Lot 0037 — Chinese Oxblood-Glazed Bonsai Planter or Jardiniere
- Lot 0038 — An Engraved Steel Figural Tinder Lighter in the Form of a Feline
- Lot 0039 — Chinese Dragon and Carp Decorated Oval Ceramic Tray with Inscription
- Lot 0040 — Japanese Cast-Iron Koro With Animal-Mask Handles and Cast Foundry Mark, Meiji-Taisho Period
- Lot 0041 — Central African Carved Stone Seated Ancestor Figure, Congo Region
- Lot 0042 — Large Chinese Archaistic White Jade Oval Bi Disc with Chilong Dragons
- Lot 0043 — A Kashan Pottery Footed Bowl with Molded Relief Decoration
- Lot 0044 — Green-Glazed Amphora-Form Vessel
- Lot 0045 — Pre-Columbian Zoomorphic Effigy Vessel
- Lot 0046 — Chinese Celadon-Glazed Archaistic Tripod Altar Vessel with Lion Mask Handles
- Lot 0047 — Luba-Hemba Figural Ceremonial Axe
- Lot 0048 — A Pair of Swiss Pewter Flagons
- Lot 0049 — Islamic Brass Vessel with Silver and Copper Inlaid Calligraphic Ornament Possibly Syria or Persia
- Lot 0050 — Mosaic Mask Sculpture in Turquoise-Colored Stone and Abalone Shell
- Lot 0051 — An Archaistic Bronze Lamp Stand or Chamberstick, Possibly Middle Eastern or South Asian, 18th/19th C
- Lot 0052 — A Chinese Crackle-Glazed Tripod Censer
- Lot 0053 — A Chinese Gilt-Bronze Figure of Buddha on a Lotus Throne
- Lot 0054 — A Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Covered Box with Butterflies, Late Qing Dynasty
- Lot 0055 — African Terracotta Anthropomorphic Head Fragment of Considerable Age
- Lot 0056 — Pair of Twisted Metal Currency Rings, Bauchi Region, Nigeria, 19th Century or Earlier
- Lot 0057 — An Indo-Persian engraved copper aftaba, probably Northern India, 19th century
- Lot 0058 — Pre-Columbian Painted Pottery Female Figure, Greater Nicoya Culture, Costa Rica or Nicaragua
- Lot 0059 — A Chinese Bronze and Gilt-Decorated Vase with Coiled Dragon
- Lot 0060 — Possibly TaÃno Carved Stone Lobed Sphere, Greater Antilles, Pre-Columbian Period
- Lot 0061 — West Point Cadet Kepi
- Lot 0062 — Chinese Cizhou-Type Pottery Vase with Bird and Floral Decoration, Probably 19th Century
- Lot 0063 — Continental brass and bisque porcelain panel night light or tea warmer, circa 1900
- Lot 0064 — Chinese Bronze Buddhist Tripod Censer and Cover, Bearing an Apocryphal Qianlong Seal Mark
- Lot 0065 — Important Akan (Ashanti) Brass Covered Vessel with Leopard Attacking Goat Finial
- Lot 0066 — Possibly Ancient South Italian Miniature Pottery Vessel, Hellenistic Period or Later
- Lot 0067 — Important Djenne Culture Terracotta Seated Female Figure, Inland Niger Delta, Mali
- Lot 0068 — West African Bronze Ram-Headed Ritual Offering Stand with Bells, Mali Region
- Lot 0069 — Tibetan Boar Tusk Ceremonial Gorget, 18th/19th Century
- Lot 0070 — Chinese celadon-glazed stoneware ewer, late Qing to Republic period
- Lot 0071 — Admiralty Islands polychrome ancestor figure, Papua New Guinea, possibly late 19th century
- Lot 0072 — Ottoman Balkan Brass-Mounted Powder Horn, Probably First Half 19th Century, Possibly Earlier
- Lot 0073 — Bamum ceremonial brass circlet with cast ancestral heads, Cameroon, late 19th/early 20th century
- Lot 0074 — Chinese Engraved Silvered-Metal Box with Horse and Crane, Late Qing-Republic Period
- Lot 0075 — Caribbean Polished Stone Celt, Possibly Taino, Ostionoid to Chicoid Period, circa AD
- Lot 0076 — Mezcala Carved Stone Anthropomorphic Figure, Guerrero, Mexico, Late Pre-Classic To Classic Period
- Lot 0077 — Mossi Cast Brass Prestige Ornament, Burkina Faso
- Lot 0078 — Taino Polished Stone Celt, Greater Antilles
- Lot 0079 — Chinese Archaistic Jade Zoomorphic Vessel, Qing Dynasty Or Earlier
- Lot 0080 — A Chinese Crackle-Glazed Stoneware Vase With Dragon Handles, Qing Dynasty Or Later
- Lot 0081 — Chinese Longquan-Type Celadon Censer With Dragon Handles, Probably Ming-Qing Dynasty
- Lot 0082 — Chinese Carved Jade Pectoral Ornament With Mythical Beasts, Han Style
- Lot 0083 — Chinese Archaistic Stone Cong, Possibly Ancient
- Lot 0084 — A Tibetan Buddhist Portable Gau Shrine With Seated Devotional Figure, 19th Century
- Lot 0085 — A Taino Black Stone Zemi Figure, Greater Antilles, Circa AD 1000-1500
- Lot 0086 — Chinese Carved Hardstone Mythical Beast, Ming-Qing Dynasty
- Lot 0087 — A Gilt and Glass-Inlaid Seated Buddha, Burma (Myanmar), Mandalay Style, Late 19th Century
- Lot 0088 — Chinese Carved Hardstone Rabbit Pendant Qing Dynasty
- Lot 0089 — Chinese Crackle-Glazed Archaistic Vase With Elephant-Mask Handles, Probably Qing Dynasty
- Lot 0090 — Portrait Of King Edward V, From Kings and Queens of England, John Faber the Younger (1694–1756)
- Lot 0091 — Chinese Jade And Hardstone Animal Carvings
- Lot 0092 — Collection of Chinese Bronze Seals, Buddhist Figures, Coins, and Decorative Fittings
- Lot 0093 — Rare Central African Kuba Figural Pipe, Congo, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
- Lot 0094 — Large Islamic Engraved Copper Alloy Ewer With Bird Finial
- Lot 0095 — A Large Famille Verte Porcelain Vase, Late Qing Dynasty To Republic Period
- Lot 0096 — Ancient Bura-Asinda Stone Anthropomorphic Figure, Niger/Burkina Faso Region, circa 3rd-13th Century
- Lot 0097 — Large German Neo-Renaissance Giltwood Portrait Frame by G. Bosse, Berlin, Circa 1885-1900
- Lot 0098 — Large German Neo-Renaissance Giltwood Portrait Frame by G. Bosse, Berlin, Circa 1885-1900
- Lot 0099 — Pair of Awaji Pottery Four-Handled Flambe Crackle-Glazed Vases, Japan
- Lot 0100 — Rare Chinese Celadon-Glazed Drum-Form Washer with Bagua Decoration, Apocryphal Qianlong Seal Mark
- Lot 0101 — Korean Inlaid Celadon Bowl, Probably Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-14th Century
- Lot 0102 — Large Vintage Dyed Bamboo Coral Bead Necklace
- Lot 0103 — Early Christian Coptic Earthenware Bowl with Impressed Central Medallion, Egypt, Probably 4th–7th
- Lot 0104 — Chinese Famille Rose Yellow-Ground Butterfly Pedestal Offering Dish
- Lot 0105 — Chinese Crackle-Glazed Relief Vase with Lion Mask Ring Handles, Late Qing Dynasty
- Lot 0106 — Ancient Egyptian Mottled Stone Globular Mace Head, Probably Naqada II-III Period, Circa 3500-3000 B.
- Lot 0107 — Ancient Western Iranian Painted Buff Ware Tripod Vessel, Probably Luristan, Late Bronze Age
- Lot 0108 — Korean Goryeo Celadon Bowl with Carved Lotus-Petal Decoration
- Lot 0109 — Korean Goryeo Celadon Bowl with Incised Scroll Decoration
- Lot 0110 — Chinese Carved Hardstone Recumbent Mythical Guardian Beast, Probably Ming-Early Qing Dynasty
- Lot 0111 — Chinese Carved Green Serpentine Pagoda
- Lot 0112 — Possibly Nuragic Sardinian Bronze Votive Male Figure, Early Iron Age
- Lot 0113 — Korean Gray Stoneware Pedestal Offering Cup, Probably Silla Kingdom, Three Kingdoms Period
- Lot 0114 — Old Baule Cast Brass Pendant Mask, Côte d'Ivoire
- Lot 0115 — Ghanaian Asante Cast Brass Royal Court Scene with Chief Under Ceremonial Umbrella
- Lot 0116 — Vintage Murano Opalescent Art Glass Kingfisher Figure
- Lot 0117 — South Indian Engraved Ceremonial Spearhead with Bird-Form Yali Terminals, Probably Thanjavur
- Lot 0118 — Old Zulu Leather-Reinforced Milk Calabash (iGula), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Lot 0119 — Meissen Porcelain Rococo Revival Two-Handled Cachepot with Applied Flowers and Putti
- Lot 0120 — Ancient Indian Bronze Elephant Shrine Group
- Lot 0121 — Colima Polychrome Pottery Anthropomorphic Effigy Vessel
- Lot 0122 — Chupicuaro Polychrome Tripod Bowl, West Mexico
- Lot 0123 — Ceramic Serpent-Handled Ceremonial Dipper, Probably Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
- Lot 0124 — Fischer & Mieg (Pirkenhammer) Bohemian Covered Sugar Bowl
- Lot 0125 — Alfredo Barbini Murano Pink Opalescent Art Glass Basket
- Lot 0126 — Chinese Carved Hardwood Openwork Covered Incense Box
- Lot 0127 — Ancient Byzantine Cast Bronze Open Oil Lamp with Bird-Form Handle
- Lot 0128 — Italian Gilt Bronze Figure of Infant St. John, Probably 18th Century
- Lot 0129 — Inca Hollow Silver Female Votive Figure, Peru, Late Horizon Period, Circa 1400–1533
- Lot 0130 — Chinese Nephrite Ceremonial Knife Blade, Possibly Longshan-Erlitou Tradition
- Lot 0131 — Luba Figural Wooden Hair Comb, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lot 0132 — Old Lega (Warega) Passport Mask with Fiber and Bead Ornament, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lot 0133 — Old Kumu Articulated Wooden Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lot 0134 — Kuba Carved Wooden Anthropomorphic Vessel, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lot 0135 — Yoruba Carved Wooden Equestrian Figure, Nigeria, 20th Century
- Lot 0136 — Bamana (Bambara) Carved Wooden Equestrian Figure, Mali
- Lot 0137 — Mambwe Carved Wooden Ancestor Figure, Zambia / Southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lot 0138 — Baule or Yaure Carved Wooden Standing Female Figure, Côte d'Ivoire
- Lot 0139 — Luba Figural Wooden Hair Comb, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lot 0140 — Old West African Anthropomorphic Leather Ritual Fetish, Probably Mali or Burkina Faso
- Lot 0141 — Old African Wooden Utility Pin or Peg with Forged Iron Cross Pin
- Lot 0142 — Old Baule-Type Carved Wooden Bell Mallet (Lawle), Côte d'Ivoire
- Lot 0143 — Old Senufo Figural Wooden Loom Heddle Pulley, Côte d'Ivoire
- Lot 0144 — Dan Wooden Mask, Liberia / Côte d'Ivoire
- Lot 0145 — Old West African Ritual Medicine Amulet with Cowrie Shells
- Lot 0146 — Baule or Guro Carved Wooden Mask with Elephant Crest, Ivory Coast
- Lot 0147 — Japanese Studio Pottery Ikebana Flower Vase with Integrated Stem Holder
- Lot 0148 — Chinese Coconut-Shell Covered Box with Mother-of-Pearl Floral Inlay
- Lot 0149 — Japanese Bizen Ware Tokkuri and Matching Guinomi Sake Set
- Lot 0150 — Old Indian Carved Hardwood Mithuna Relief Panel
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