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"Ancient Egyptian Steatite Scarab Bead with Heiroglyphs - 1.3cm"
"Ancient Egyptian scarab beetle with hieroglyphic text. Professionally cleaned and polished to show original details. This item includes a free gift bag as well as a lifetime authenticity certificate.Material: steatiteCondition: Very Fine / Intact / see photosDate: 2nd intermediate period c. 1782 B.C - 1570 B.C.Size: 13mm; 0.5gramsItem ID a152Provenance: The Supplier warrants that is has obtained this lot in a legal manner.Obtained from an old British collection acquired from a London collector. The scarab beetle was a significant god in ancient Egypt representing the God of the Sun Khepri who it was believed rolled the ball of the sun through the heavens during the day and through the caverns of the underworld during the nighttime. One of the most popular amuletic charms in ancient Egypt the upper surface is finely carved with the details of the beetleWhen bidding and buying items from us you can be assured that:You will find an interesting variety of antiquities and coins.Items offered are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic.Postage will be handled quickly and professionally.All items are posted up to 48 hours after payment is made with registered mail.For multiple purchases shipping will be combined and discountedIf you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.Important information.The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot.The seller will take care that any necessary permits will be arranged.The seller will inform the buyer about this if it takes more tha a few days"Read more
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" Ancient Roman Legionary Glazed Terracotta Jar with 2 Handles - 16.5x14cm"
"Description: A terracotta jar. Very nice details. This item includes a lifetime authenticity certificate.Material: TerracottaCondition: Very Good / Intact / see photosDate: Circa 200 A.D.Size: 165x140mm; 767gramsProvenance: The Supplier warrants that is has obtained this lot in a legal manner.Obtained from an old British collection property of a London collector purchased between 1960-1990. When bidding and buying items from us you can be assured that:You will find an interesting variety of antiquities and coins.Items offered are unconditionally guaranteed to be authenticPostage will be handled quickly and professionally.All items are posted up to 48 hours after payment is made with registered mail.For multiple purchases shipping will be combined and discountedIf you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.Important information.The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot.The seller will take care that any necessary permits will be arranged.The seller will inform the buyer about this if this "Read more
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"Ancient Roman Terracotta Flask - 13.4"
"Description: Rare Ancient Roman tear catcher flask - Lacrimarum ""Vale of Tears"". Tear Catchers were commonly used during Ancient Roman times with mourners filling glass bottles with their tears and placing them in tombs as a symbol of their respect for the deceased. It was also used to show remorse guilt love and grief. The women cried during the procession and the more tears collected in tear bottles meant the deceased was more important. Professionally cleaned and polished to show original details. This item includes a lifetime authenticity certificate.Material: GlassCondition: Very Fine / Intact / see photosDate: Circa 1st - 2nd C ADSize: 134mm; 37gramsID: t425Provenance: The Supplier warrants that is has obtained this lot in a legal manner.Obtained from an old British collection.When bidding and buying items from us you can be assured that:You will find an interesting variety of antiquities and coins.Items offered are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic.Postage will be handled quickly and professionally.All items are posted up to 48 hours after payment is made with registered mail.For multiple purchases shipping will be combined and discountedIf you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.Important information.The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot.The seller will take care that any necessary permits will be arranged.The seller will inform the buyer about this if it takes more than a few days."Read more
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Gandharan Schist Stone Head of a Bodhisattva
Modeled in the traditional Graeco-Buddhist style with full voluminous face, fine almond eyes sensitive mouth and elaborate hairdo atop head drawn into a bun. Size 6-3/4 inches L. + custom mount. Sheered off, missing back and abraded. Excellent signs of authenticity and quality. Ex Collection of Will Barnet, (b. 1911) an American artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent dreamlike worlds. A longtime resident of the National Arts Club, Barnet died in New York City on November 13, 2012, at the age of 101.Read more
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Ancient Roman Mould Blown Glass Perfume Flask in the Shape of a Date
The glass is of a dark brown color, and the exterior has been carefully worked to imitate the wrinkles and folds of a real date. Most date flasks were blown in two part molds with a continuous, visible seam, but this piece was blown in a three-part mold with the seams carefully disguised as wrinkles. The fact that such care was taken with a vessel that was among the most common of the 1st century A.D. mold-blown forms clearly marks it as an exceptional example of its type. The majority of known examples of such flasks have come from the Near East, Phoenicia. Along with the rest of the Syro-Levantine coast, Phoenicia was the glassmaking center of the ancient world and was prized not only for its glass workshops, but also for its date palms. It is probably here that most of these vessels were manufactured.Read more
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Ancient Winiama Carved Wood Shrine Figure
A curious and expressive abstract sculpture composed of a spherical facemask section, pierced at the mouth with an upper section of a human figure extending from the top, the body abstractly thin and the angular arms bent at the elbows and held at waist. Varied nut brown patina and wear and heavy encrustation to surface. 23 in H. (58cm) + Custom Mounted. Dr. C Roy suggests....It was used for many years as a shrine, so it must have belonged to a very elderly Winiama man. Powerful example. Ex George L Sturman Collection, Exhibited Africa Speaks, 1998 Exhibition at the Las Vegas Art MuseumRead more
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Tumaco La Tolita Polychrome Effigy Seated Figure
A lovely expressive example of a seated female figure, expressive with hand gestures and fabulous paint remaining. Good size: 3-5/8 in H. Wonderfully expressive. EX NY Private Collection (Steinberg). Well preserved and crisp details. Cp. Pre-Columbian Art of South America by Alan Lapiner and Amerindian Signs, 5000 Years of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador by Valdez for similar examples of this type.Read more
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Ancient Greek Bronze Mirror with the Face of a woman
The mirror, which was cast, has a slightly concave edge and shows a series of circular lines, incised or in light relief, drawn with a compass during the finishing on a potter's wheel. The female mask was hammered in repousse from a thin bronze plate: originally, it certainly belonged to the lid of a box mirror. The contour of the face, oval and very even, is framed by the animated mass of the hair which forms an undulating line on the forehead. As is often the case during this period, the facial features of the young woman are gentle and idealized, although being a bit impersonal and mechanical at the same time; the smooth, tight skin does not reveal any muscles or wrinkles. The eyes are almond shaped, with the iris and pupils incised, the eyelids are arch-shaped and somewhat heavy; the lips are full and the chin is prominent, albeit rounded; unlike other female heads decorating mirrors, which simply resemble medallions, the metalworker who made this object added a small neck to support the face of the woman. A central part divides the hair on the skull: the hair falls to the temples and the ears in large, wavy locks furrowed by thin sinuous incisions; the ears are entirely covered. As the different state of preservation and the hollow formed by the hair on the upper head would prove, the woman might have worn a diadem or a crown, now lost: this detail is relevant, because the presence of such an adornment would allow us to confidently identify the woman with a mythological figure, perhaps Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. According to many scholars who have studied these mirrors, when the crown is made of ivy or vine leaves, the face would be to identify with Ariadne: the young woman was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, the mythological king and queen of the island of Crete. After aiding Theseus in overcoming the Minotaur (who was her half-brother), Ariadne was abandoned in Naxos. On this island, Dionysus noticed her and, struck by her beauty, married her before taking her to Mount Olympus with him: from the god of wine, she received as a gift a gold diadem crafted by Hephaestus.Read more
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Ancient South Italian Gnathia Ware Epichysis
A vessel know as an epichysis, which shows a jug with a squat body, a high slender neck ending in a pinched beak-spout tilted sharply upward, and a high raised handle that slightly protrudes from the spout; it is worth noting that the spout is decorated on each side with a leonine protome.Read more
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Tanagra Terracotta Votive Draped Female
A beautiful and graceful example, she strands wearing a himation over her chiton, holding the folds together at her right hip, her long straight hair parted in the middle flows down her back. Good remains of original white slip remaining. Size: 7 inches H. (17.6cm.) Ex NY Collector M.S.; A Dutch private Collection before that. Compare similar examples and read about the types in Higgins, Reynold, Tanagra and the Figurines; Princeton University Press 1987.Read more
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Narino Gold Circular Disc with Monkeys
Flat hammered gold disc with twin monkeys embossed opposite a ground line. Pierced for suspension. Size: 4 ½ inches diameter; weight: 34.7 gms. Includes a custom presentation mount Provenance: Jerrie Cobb Foundation. Published Capturing The Sun, Master Craftsmen of Ancient Mesoamerica, gallery exhibition October 2017Read more
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Ancient Mesopotamian Pyxis with Three Feet
Despite superficial wear under the feet, the vessel is complete and the very well preserved glaze partially retains its luster. The body, whose profile has a slight ogival curve, is divided into two segments by two plastic edges: the upper cylindrical part with a simple rounded edge serves as a spout, while the V-shaped lower part is provided with three vertical stems that are applied from the central edge and turn into small feet. The lid was held in place by two pierced tenons visible inside the rim. The decoration is limited to the glossy effect of the light blue glaze, simply highlighted with black lines drawn on the neck in a net pattern. It is worth noting the presence of a very similar form in Mesopotamia a few centuries later, as attested by two "Egyptian blue" frit examples, one from Babylonia and now in the Louvre, the other found in Assyria, and by a cup made of multicolored glass from Assur.Read more
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Ancient Egyptian Limestone Round top Stele For Amun Seramun and his
The ancient Egyptians are qualified as the first aesthetes by social critic Camille Paglia, because of their reverence for style, form, and grace. Ancient Egyptian art was also Freuds favorite form of art, both for its visual uniqueness and the mythology that accompanies it. This tablet was created as an offering by wealthy deceased couple from the priest class, made to the ka (spirit) of the Egyptian god Osiris. The tablet depicts the couple, Amun Seramun and his wife Tjent-Tjertjer (center and right), as well as the god Osiris (seated, left) The priest and his wife are both making an offering gesture towards Osiris, whose presence is implied through the language in the hieroglyphics below. Osiris, a powerful male god, is one of the core gods of ancient Egyptian theology: the god of death, reincarnation, and rebirth, and of the flowing, never-ending, eternal cycle of life. Egyptian legend tells of Osiris continually under attack from various enemies, yet somehow always rising from the dead to live again and rule over his domain. One legend describes Osiris, the supreme ruler of Egypt, brutally murdered by his jealous brother Set, who chopped Osiris body into hundreds of pieces and scattered the pieces around the kingdom. The pieces were collected and reassembled by Isis, a feminine goddess figure, who performed a mysterious ritual and reincarnated Osiris back to life from his reconstructed body parts, after which she and Osiris conceived a son, Horus. Osiris is a microcosm of the human psyche, and the continual cyclic process of death and reincarnation are metaphors for transcendence. The couple depicted on the tablet would have had this tablet specially crafted on their behalf, as well as buried themselves with their most prized possessions as an offering to Osiris in exchange for good fortune and abundance for themselves if reincarnated and their ancestors and community. The tablet is very similar to our modern-day memorial plaques in which wealthy patrons dedicate money in service of their chosen religion organization in hopes of ensuring a benevolent and abundant future for posterity. We have worked with a world renowned Egyptologist to provide an accurate translation of the hieroglyphics, which are outlined below and illustrate the intentions of the deceased couple. This tablet has been cleanly repaired and is an excellent state of preservation with some visible surface erosion. It was acquired from private collection at Castle Chenay, France, before 1970, originally bought in an auction sale in Rouillac. Size: 15 inches (38 cm) Height x 12-1/2 inches (32 cm) Width + custom mounted. TOP LEFT (ABOVE OSIRIS): May a royal offering be given to Osiris, lord of Abydos, the great god. TOP CENTER, CONTINUING DOWN BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN: For the ka of the wab-priest of Amun-Ser-amun, true of voice, and for the ka of the songstress Tjent-Tjertjer, true of voice. FIVE HORIZONTAL LINES: May a royal offering be given to Amun-Re, Horakhty, Atum, and Horus who sails across the sky, so that they may (in turn) give bread, beer, oxen, and fowl ? everything good, pure, and sweet on which the gods live ? for the ka of the Osiris, the wab-priest of the front of (the procession of) Amun, the wab-priest of the temple of Amun and overseer of builders of the temple of Amun, Ser-amun, true of voice, and for the ka of the lady of the house, the songstress (?) of Wepwawet, lord of Asyut, Tjent-tjertjer, true of voice.Read more
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Ancient Roman Gold Ring with Engraved Figure of a Soldier
This rare and extravagant piece displays no fewer than eight gemstones set at equal intervals around a thick gold hoop. The central stone is a carnelian with an engraving of a Roman foot soldier. There are five green chalcedony stones, one facet emerald, and one sapphire.Read more
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Pair of Chimu Gold Appliques: Musicians and Attendants
Two near matched annealed sheet gold ornament groups, each depicting a central figure with headdress, tunic, earrings, and nose ring holding bells in each hand, flanked by two smaller figures with large headdresses crowns. Cut, folded and applique construction with pins at bases for insertion/attachment. Size: 2 inches Height x 2 inches Wide each. Provenance: From a Darien, CT Collection by descent; Germany before that. Published Capturing The Sun, Master Craftsmen of Ancient Mesoamerica, gallery exhibition October 2017Read more
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Huastec Openwork Shell Pendant
The openwork shell is incised with the Deity Chicahuaztli, a manifestation of the Aztec deity Xipe Totec, standing and with head in profile, arms outward at sides. Size 4 inches H. x 3-5/8 inches W. + custom mount. Intact. Ex Sothebys New York November, 22nd 1993, lot 301; Ex California Coll.Read more
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Graeco-Roman Pottery Oil Lamps (3)
This Roman red ware example is of oval form with spout and channel spout fill hole. Next is a molded lamp with square wide spout and tondo. Remains of umber pigment. Lastly is a frog lamp with a round stippled body and large round fill hole and spout. All are 3 inches L. Provenance: Ex estate G.E., Franken, Acq 1960s to1970s.Read more
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Greek Terracotta of a Bull and Rider
A nice size two part mold made and hand finished construction of a youth riding a rearing bull. Traces of polychrome pigment remain on the surface. Since Late Geometric times Greek koroplasts had produced rider terracottas and this is a well modeled example of nice size. Perhaps a childs toy. Size 5 inches (12.7cm) H. x 5 inches W. Provenance: Ex Jay Yamner, Brooklyn, NY. acq. Royal Athena Galleries NY; inventory no. MR1102. Rare.Read more
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Ancient Cypriot Terracotta Zoomorphic Rhyton
This rhyton was hand-modeled and its surface is covered with a reddish brown slip: the legs, the neck and the handle were made separately and attached before firing. The smooth, lustrous appearance of the vessel results from a careful polishing.Read more
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Fine Colima Pottery Parrot Vessel
A large deeply ribbed vase with flat rim and the vase stands on three lovely parrot legs, each with wings folded and tail feathers at the back; painted overall in deep reddish brown. Size 14 inches Diameter x 9-5/8 inches H. Excellent mineral staining. Massive and impressive in person. Provenance: Ex. private Poway California Collection.Read more
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Antique Indian Wood Shrine Carvings of a Domestic Couple (2)
These lovely wood carved figures are meant to represent a husband and wife dampati (donor couple). Couples with modest means could use these idealized effigies to emulate wealthy donors and obtain spiritual and material benefits from the deities of their chosen shrine. These domestic shrine dolls are of the finest artistic tradition of the artists of India. Size 10 inches H ea. Ex Collection of Will Barnet, (b. 1911) an American artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent dreamlike worlds. A longtime resident of the National Arts Club, Barnet died in New York City on November 13, 2012, at the age of 101. According to his wife Elaine Barnet, he received these wood sculptures trading with Mike Nevelson, son of Louise Nevelson, a friends of his the time.Read more
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Greek Terracotta Childs Rattle Ex Charles Ede London
Hollow two part molded figural grouping, which is hollow and constructed as a hollow rattle with a pebble inside. He sits atop the boar and holds a wreath. A good deal of red applied pigments remain. Size: 4-3/4 inches H. (12cm) Compare S. Mollard-Besques, Musee National du Louvre: Catalogue Raisonne des Figurines et Reliefs en Terre-Cutie, Vols I-IV (Pairs 1954-86) for the type. Ex Sid Port Collection. Ex Charles Ede Ltd no 5572. Particularly fine example!Read more
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Mezcala Serpentine Mask with Drilled Eye Pupils
An expressive carved grayish-green serpentine mask depicting a bold face with large ovoid eyes each containing a triple drilled pattern. Wide nose and large, ovoid, open mouth with corner drilling. Perforations in the two upper edges for attachment with the upper portion of the drill holes worn through and ancient roughness to the lips, otherwise intact. Size: 3-3/4H. x 3-5/8W. + custom base. Provenance: Collection of Allan L. Long, NYCRead more
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Fine Manteno Black Burnished Incensario
A wonderful standing figure with smooth brim headdress and soft beautiful facial features. He holds his hands at sides and wears a bandoleer, and ear spools. Cp. A. Lapiner, Pre Columbian Art of South America, 1976, Abrams and Amerindian Signs, 5000 Years of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador by Valdez and Ventimilla for the culture. Very Nice example. Condition: Size: 11 inches H. very good condition. Rare Ex NY Drs. Private collection.Read more
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Ancient Roman Mirror with handle
This mirror impresses by its preservation as well as by its elegant form and proportions. It consists of two elements separately melted and then welded, the disk and its handle, thin and vertical. Its original appearance (silver color), which appears under the surface patina, is caused by the high tin content of the alloy (a high tin content makes the surface lighter and whiter but the metal obtained is less malleable and more brittle).Read more
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Toma Wood Female Fetish Figure
A wonderfully abstract figural element from the top of a staff, this female is carved kneeling; she has pendulous breasts and hands to thighs. Lots of fetish material remaining and deep dark patination. Size: 8-3/4 in H. + custom mount. Ex French Private CollRead more
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Dayak Ancestral Wood Hampatong Figure
Ngaju Dayak Ancestral Guardian Figure standing upright with bent knees and holds a box at his front. Superior strength iron wood with varied light-brown weathered surface patina. height 57 inches (144.8cm) Provenance: Emile Deletaille, field collected ca. 1960.Read more
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Chancay Pottery Standing Cuchimilco Figure
Hollow made and standing on thick legs with paddle-like hands held upward. The face is decorated with eyes, headband and beard. The body is wonderfully monolithic and roundish with male anatomy exposed. Compare with similar examples in Ancestors of the Incas, The Lost Civilizations of Peru by Kauffmann-Doig, Presented by Wonders, 124/125. Size: 22 inches H. Provenance: Ex. John Ohara Collection acq 1960s-1970s.Read more
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Fine Vera cruz Nopiloa Mother Holding a Child
Hollow molded pottery standing female figure holding a child on her left shoulder. Very finely detailed long hairdo. Wearing a headdress and long layered garment. Some remaining cream slip surface pigment. Size: 9-1/8 inches H. Provenance: Robert M. Peters collection. Ex Sothebys NY, May 1992, Lot 136Read more
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Ancient Hellenistic Greek Glass Bowl
This is a beautiful example of a Hellenistic grooved bowl, probably produced in the Syro-Palestinian coastal zone, which, under the reign of the Seleucid kings, became one of antiquity’s most prolific producers of glassware. This bowl is hemispherical in shape and is decorated with lathe-cut grooves just below the rim. Like many glass vessels of this type, the glass is naturally translucent but somewhat “muddy” in appearance as the glass is a fragile material and easily affected by exterior conditions.Read more
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Ancient Kyathos with black figures
The vase is whole but reattached; Some fragments (especially in the upper half of the room) are restored. The paint is partially shiny black with white and purple highlights to highlight some details of the decoration (eyes, clothes of figures, hair, etc.). The style and technique of this vase are remarkable. The kyathos is a form that seems to have been introduced into the Attic repertoire by the potter Nikosthenes in the third quarter of the 6th century. Av. In order to satisfy the demands of the Etruscan market, the first kyathoi, shaped into bucchero or impasto, originated from the central decades of the seventh century. Their use was limited to the banquet, where they were used as ladle for serving wine directly from the crater to the cup.Read more
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Wari Huari Recumbent Dog Vessel
A spotted pup effigy, he lays sideways and has good facial details. Strap handle and spout atop. The recumbent canine is a motif that appears in this period and usually with the teeth pronounced as is the case here. Similar canines are illustrated in Pre Columbian Art of South America by Alan Lapiner fig 541 & 579. Size: 4-3/4 inches Length. Ex Orlando Florida Collector. Excellent condition, intact, minor signs of wear. Also compare with examples of animal vessels in - Wari, Lords of the Ancient Andes, page 14.1Read more
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Tlatilco Pottery Two Face Pretty Lady
A solid pottery standing female figure depicted with wide, curved hips and a double face, sharing a center eye, Applied hair tufts with some remaining ocher and red pigment highlights. Size:4-5/8 inches H. + mount. Scattered mineral deposits on the surface. Intact, excellent condition. Extremely rare type. Provenance: Collection of Albert J. and Monique Grant, NYC., acquired 1950s-60s, collection #H7. It is an extraordinary and sensitive portrayal of dualism, perhaps representing male/female; youth/old age; or life/death.Read more
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Ancient Egyptian Faience Kohl Jar
This beautiful faience jar is both ornamental and practical, a wonderful example of an Egyptian vessel. In the shape of baboon grasping two facing rams (one by the horns, the other by its body). The jar is an ivory colored faience, with details (the horns, hoofs, tails of the rams, and the ears of the baboon) in brown. On the top of the baboon’s head is a small hole which would have allowed the owner to access the contents of the jar.Read more
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Romano Egyptian Terracotta Equestrian Figure
Two part mold construction of a gladiator on horseback, helmeted and holding a shield. Some white, red and yellow polychrome paint remains. Perhaps a childs toy. Size: 7-1/2 H x 4.5 W x 7 D Provenance: Ex Jay Yamner, Brooklyn, NY. acq. Royal Athena Galleries NY; inventory no. BLN129. Rare.Read more
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Ancient Etruscan Mesomphalic Phiale
This black glazed phiale is a wonderful example of Etruscan pottery. The phiale is “mesomphalic”, so-called because of its central knob or “omphalos” (literally: navel), and is almost entirely covered in black glaze. The ornament is provided by a series of fourteen concentric reserved rings (seven of which decorate the interior of the vessel, the remaining seven, the exterior). Within the vessel, the seven reserved rings are marked with decorative dots in black glaze; on the exterior, the rings are unadorned.Read more
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Ancient Roman Lamp representing the half head of a Satyr
This bronze lamp is in the shape of the left half head of a bearded satyr and is placed on a semi-circular base. The companion of Dionysus is portrayed bald, his forehead encircled by a garland of vine branches with finely rendered leaves that cover his temple and terminate in a small bunch of grapes. The twisted lamp handle recalls the goat’s horns that crown the head of this zoomorphic being, when mature. The anatomical details are depicted meticulously and with great naturalism: the broad nose, the wide-open eye beneath the prominent forehead, the small rounded ear, the thick curly beard, the sensual lips. The filling hole is pierced in the corner of the mouth. The beard terminates in a protruding nozzle, just below the suspension ring. On the perfectly flat side of the piece is a rectangular area delineated by a thin incision and whose color is slightly different from the rest of the lamp. This is the trace left by the soldering of the tenon in relief, now lost, which allowed this half head to be joined to its other half, identical but provided with a rectangular indentation into which the tenon of our example could have been inserted. Iconographically, there are no documented close parallels for our lamp, although satyrs’ heads are well attested among bronze lamps in relief. Examples composed of two perfectly functional halves are, however, very rare, numbering fewer than ten. The only specific study on such objects (Franken 2005) reveals that this truly admirable artistic achievement seems to have long been popular among the Roman elite, since the dating of the listed examples varies between the 1st and the 3rd century A.D. The subjects represented are diverse: two tragic theater masks, two heads of Africans, a boar’s head and only one satyr’s head (or comic theater mask), whose rendering differs from ours, discovered in Aquileia and now housed in the Archaeological Museum of Milan (Sapelli 1986, no. 6, pp. 223-226). The exact use of these lamps, beyond their utilitarian purpose, is still under discussion. Franken suggests, in an interesting hypothesis, that such artifacts were specifically commissioned for the wedding or the departure of a loved one, with each member of the couple keeping one half of the object (Franken 2005, p. 128).Read more
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Ancient Greek Gold Staters (2) Alexander the Great Cufflinks
Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III (The Great). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena in profile; Rev: Goddess NIke holding a wreath and ship mast at left (EY) below left wing. Compare Price #3966-8. Set into modern 14k gold cufflinks. Ex Stanley Indig Brooklyn N.Y.Read more
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Pre Columbian Colima Redware Reclinario
A two-tone pottery avian vessel depicted with a profile, long beaked head, large incised concentric ring eye, fantail and small side wings, highlighted with cream slip. Two support legs and a head spout on the reverse. Overall scattered mineral deposits and root marks. Intact, excellent condition. Size: 8-1/2 inches H. x 7-1/2 inches W. Provenance: Private Nevada collection, ex. Dr. David Harner collection, Arkansas, 1950s-1960s. Exhibited at the Marjorie Barrick Museum, UNLV, 2000.Read more
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Mayan Polychrome Painted Ritual Cylinder Vessel
A ritual vessel with wonderful decoration. Overall surface painted with important device; serpent or water Lilly head. Good condition with normal surface age signs and deposits. Strong painted surface. Size 6-1/2 inches Height. Ex Poway California Coll JH.Read more
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Ancient Roman Glass Perfume Flask in the Shape of a Date
This vessel is intact; the glass is of an even, beautiful golden brown color. The elongated and cylindrical neck flares into a rounded-edge lip. Like the other examples, the body of this flask shows vertical grooves that recall, in a very realistic manner, the wrinkles and folds of a date.Read more
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