Revere Auctions
Live Auction

September Day 2: Important Asian Art

Thu, Sep 23, 2021 11:00AM EDT
Lot 509

Grp: Stone Carvings Seal, Bear, and Wolf

Estimate: $300 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$300 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$500,000 $25,000
$1,000,000 $50,000
$10,000,000 $100,000
Group of three stone carvings including a seal, a bear, and a wolf. A sticker with "Isserkut" is adhered along the bottom of the wolf. "Drake" is carved on the bottom of one of the bear's paws and a label reading "A gift from Sagway Alaska Corrington's 99840" is adhered to the bear's belly. The seal is carved with the name "Joanassie" and partially illegibly numbers, possibly the artist's disc number. Carved by an Inuit or Yup'ik artist, one of the peoples indigenous to the North American Arctic frequently referred to as Eskimos.
Wolf; height: 3 in x width: 2 in x depth: 6 in. Bear; height: 3 1/4 in x width: 5 in x depth: 3 in. Seal; height: 5 1/2 in x width: 9 1/2 in x depth: 7 in.

Condition

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