$550 USD
the earliest form carved from black steatite and incised with stylized vegetation motif, a hole drilled for suspension. Early seals such as this example were manufactured...
$1,950 USD
carved with dual caprids and repeated chevron motifs (stylized trees). Condition: The seal is intact and in very good condition overall with excellent definition. Presented...
$1,200 USD
carved from red jasper, considered by the Egyptians to be the par excellence of red stones, the protector god is shown standing nude, hands on...
$2,500 USD
this is an excellent example of black-topped red pottery of pre-dynastic Amratian design. The vessel stands on a small, flat base tapering outward to a...
$950 USD
a pair of gold and garnet drop earrings, having an upper floral element decorated with a fine granulated border. Condition: Probably originally having a pearl...
$4,000 USD
of pearly grey stone, slight wedge shape stylized bird is one of the unique types of artifacts produced by the Valdivian culture. Narrow at the top, with two...
$950 USD
of conical form, the oval face with finely impressed text in raised relief that reads: "The mayor of Thinis, festival leader of Osiris, and overseer...
$650 USD
Unlike most beads in which the decoration is applied over a solid color core bead, this millefiori glass bead is entirely made from a slab...
$25,000 USD
Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Lekythos, this lovely perfume type vase is decorated using a particular technique: line drawing in matt on a white ground for the composition, whereby a few strokes provide facial detail or render bodily volume. A delicate polychromy enhanced the drapery; barely fired, it has now partially disappeared. The scene here is most interesting and unusual for it shows a woman selling olive oil to a customer; such scenes are known, but normally on pelikai. She has drawn a sample of oil out of a pelike with a dip stick, and offers the youth a full alabastron. Behind her, a lekythos on the wall is also for oil.
Background: In the late 500s B.C., Athenian potters began to cover the natural reddish color of their pottery with a highly purified clay that turned white when fired. Initially, artists applied this technique to a variety of shapes decorated with a wide range of scenes. Just before the middle of the 400s B.C., however, artists began limiting the use of this technique to a specific shape--the lekythos, a small oil container used in funerary ritual--and the decoration on the vessels shifted almost exclusively to funerary scenes. This change was due to the fragile nature of the white slip, which did not wear well but served the one-time use of a funeral quite nicely.
Published: K. Deppert, Griechische Vasen (1984) Nr. 20. v,gl.: Beazley ARV2, 662ff.
Condition: Expected minor repairs with cosmetic overpainting, overall in very good condition.
Dimensions: Height: 7 1/4 inches ( 18.4 cm)
Provenance: Dr. Wilhelm Hartwig, Weinheim, Germany, acquired David Cahn auction 9/27/2005, published, 1984.
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