$4,000 USD
A fine silver pin with beautifully cast finial in the form of a goats forebody with long horns and prancing forelegs. Dimensions: Length: 3 3/4 inches (7.62 cm)...
$8,500 USD
This openwork finial, cast using the lost wax method, comprises a figural register in a heavy square frame supported by a hollow shank. The top...
$8,950 USD
hollow cast in the round using the lost wax method and elegantly proportioned, with naturalistic details, depicted seated with its forepaws together, its tail curving forward...
$2,950 USD
Very fined rendered wood and polychrome statuette, body painted in soft cream with deep red lozenge-pattern to each side, perhaps representing stylized wings. At the front,...
$3,000 USD
Amulets representing the head and forepart of a snake were worn to ward off snakebite, common in Ancient Egypt, and as greatly feared by the...
$295 USD
Condition: Minor chip to the right side of the head that does not detract, otherwise intact and in very good condition overall. Dimensions: ...
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Finely cast in solid bronze using the lost wax method, this superb bull will appeal to collectors of ancient and modern alike. The sensitively sculpted...
$6,000 USD
Set in an 18 karat gold pendant with ruby cabochon and hung on a braided gold chain, an ancient Greek coin from Larissa, capital of Thessaly. The...
$45,000 USD
This beautifully decorated water vessel (Hydria) portrays fierce Greek colonists and Samnite warriors clashing in the height of battle. The Greeks depicted naked but for greaves, shields and flying cloaks, fight Samnite warriors identified by their distinctive white tunics and iconic broad belts. All warriors wear helmets and carry weapons including swords, spears, axes, and clubs.
Water vessels such as this example were used at Greek symposiums to water down wine as it was considered uncivilized to consume undiluted wine. No doubt this battle scene would have been used to recount historic events, celebrate battle wins and/or commiserate losses.
The manufacture of South Italian vases reached its zenith between 350 and 320 B.C., then gradually tapered off in quality and quantity until just after the close of the fourth century B.C.
Published: K. Schauenburg, Studien zur unteritalischen Vasenmalerei, vol. XIIXII, Kiel, 2008, pl. 183 a-c. and Royal Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, XIV, 2014.
Cf. amphora, ex-Hope Collection, in the LACMA by the Ixion Painter, with a similar scene.
Condition: Minor wear to the rim and professionally rejoined and in very good condition overall.
Dimensions: Height: 23 3/8 inches (59.4 cm)
Provenance: Ex-private collection, Munich, Germany, 1980-early 1990s.
$45,000 USD
This beautifully decorated water vessel (Hydria) portrays fierce Greek colonists and Samnite warriors clashing in the height of battle. The Greeks depicted naked but for...
$6,500 USD
a graceful appliqué of the young Eros wearing a low tunic, exposing the right shoulder, the sweet chubby face finely detailed with idealized nose, ears, and mouth. His...
$4,950 USD
Finely detailed solid cast bronze river god, shown reclining in a boat, holding a cornucopia in his proper right hand. The figure is bare-chested with...
$8,500 USD
This openwork finial, cast using the lost wax method, comprises a figural register in a heavy square frame supported by a hollow shank. The top...
$4,000 USD
A fine silver pin with beautifully cast finial in the form of a goats forebody with long horns and prancing forelegs. Dimensions: Length: 3 3/4 inches (7.62 cm)...
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From the collection of French novelist, memoirist, and socialist George Sands (1804 – 1876) and composer Frédéric Chopin (1837–1847). The goddess portrayed seated on a...
$4,500 USD
Of hammered sheet gold, the centre rising to a peak, a repoussé decoration around the edge, the centre featuring a radiate figure, the ends pierced...
$4,000 USD
This fine ceramic wagon is one of many examples of an artistic type well known from the early second millennium B. C. Such models were...
$6,500 USD
This large, and remarkably well-preserved bronze patera (or offering dish), features a shallow concave bowl with square lip; a single oval loop handle attached to the...
$3,000 USD
Excavated in Babylon, this thick square tablet of pale beige clay is larger than most examples of similar type. The cuneiform inscription contains a long...
$19,500 USD
Seated in the classic dhyanasana position, a posture of meditation, in which the legs are locked in full-lotus position and the soles of the feet turned upwards so...
$2,950 USD
Very fined rendered wood and polychrome statuette, body painted in soft cream with deep red lozenge-pattern to each side, perhaps representing stylized wings. At the front,...
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