$1,750 USD
Designed to hold a honing stone, this superb device comprises a hollow socket and handle cast in the form of a vivacious ibex-shaped protome. The socket forms...
$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...
$3,500 USD
Exquisitely carved from white-blue chalcedony, the dog recumbent with its head laying on its outstretched front legs, the hind legs curled up under the body,...
$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: ...
$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.
$5,000 USD
Finely carved red sandstone figural fragment depicting the youthful Lakshmi, goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity with partial bust, wearing an elaborate crown and holding...
$3,500 USD
Exquisitely carved from white-blue chalcedony, the dog recumbent with its head laying on its outstretched front legs, the hind legs curled up under the body,...
$7,500 USD
featuring a very finely carved offering scene; carved in linear design, depicting a bearded priest or worshipper with a domed hair-style, a band above his...
$1,500 USD
from the Age of Hammurabi, a black hematite stone cylinder seal decorated with a standing warrior holding a spear, together with a horned animal and...
$1,750 USD
constructed from fine red clay, featuring a disk foot, the ovoid body rising to a slender neck and splayed mouth. A single, elegant strap handle...
$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...
$2,950 USD
a very pretty necklace featuring alternating teardrop pendant beads of dark blue glass and lighter blue ovoid beads, two ribbed gold beads feature at the front, together with...
$1,750 USD
Designed to hold a honing stone, this superb device comprises a hollow socket and handle cast in the form of a vivacious ibex-shaped protome. The socket forms...
$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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