An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.

An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.

An Asmat spirit costume, jipae.

An Asmat drum with abstract incised and relief carving on the body; the handle with openwork carving in the form of a sequence of three birds and curvilinear forms possibly representing snakes.

An old Blackwater River stone boundary marker with carved sprit face.

An alabaster figurine of a bird (possibly a goose).

Pre Columbian pottery shallow vessel with painted designs in red, black and white pigments.

Egyptian painted limestone ithyphallic figure portrayed naked and seated on his groin, holding his phallus, which extends to the top of his head.

Egyptian serpentine eroticon depicting a seated figure gazing forwards, both hands supporting a cylindrical vessel that rests on his oversized, erect phallus.

A limestone canopic jar lid in the form of Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus and guardian of the liver.

Chinese large tri-legged bronze lidded vessel in the Warring States style

Chinese Warring States style bronze food vessel.

A Ming Dynast bronze fixture, possibly a base from a larger object.

Pretty Khorassan bronze ink pot with engraved decoration.

Islamic bronze incense burner, open work lid with cockerel.

Khorassan bronze jug with lid with engraved Kufic text and decoration; bird on lid.