Antiquities, Ancient & Pre-Columbian Art

Pre-Dynastic, 3500-3000 BC. Piriform stone weapon with cylindrical drill hole in center. Once attached to a wooden shaft and used as a weapon to stri

Egypt, ca. 19th-20th Dynasty, 1307-1070 B.C. Olive green glazed composition flask, of lentoid shape. These vessels are known as "New Year'...

This is a small Egyptian vessel with flattened rim and made of two separate parts. Jars like this were mostly used for ointment. The vessel most likel

Dating to Egypt's Third Intermediate Period, approximately 1070-712 B.C. Of typical simple form with pale blue glaze, with exquisite and crisp d...

This is an absolutely huge amulet in the shape of the wedjat-eye, or the eye of Horus. Amulets like this, measuring less than a centimeter up to a few

This is a wonderful and rare faience ring displaying an openwork wedjat-eye. The ring dates to the New Kingdom, late 18th dynasty, more specifically t

Egypt, 26th-30th Dynasty. Rare to find with hieroglyphs on back plinth alone. Light green faience shabti. 4-1/2"H. Intact/generally very goo...

This is a small amulet with a beautiful blue colour, depicting a coiled uraeus or cobra. The head of the animal is erect and the hood is open. The bod

This is a well detailed shabti for the King's Acquaintance and Shaven Priest Sa-Aset. The indication "King's Acquaintance" was an ...

Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C. Pale blue in color, chalice-shaped, inscribed in a contrasting darker glaze with hieroglyphs naming

This is a composition offering cup with a cylindrical form, tapering near the base and neck to form a bulging body. The cup has a slightly flared rim,

This is a long, tapering funerary cone, made of clay. The circular short end contains four registers of hieroglyphs, reading: "The overseer of ...

Egypt, Dynasties 18-20, 1550-1296 BC. Egyptian amulet mould of “Tiyt“ Isis Knot made from terracotta nile clay; deep-cut detail, some nicks to edges

Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 300 BC. Hollow-molded clay reclining statue depicting the god Hathor – goddess who personified the principles of love

Small, but gorgeous! Egypt, 21st / 22nd Dynasty. Deep blue glazed faience ushabti with simple band of glyphs identifying the owner. 2-7/8"H,...

Egypt, 29th/30th Dynasty, ca. 399-343 BC. Fine quality molded faience ushabti holding crook and flail with central pillar on reverse for support. Ten

Egypt, Late Dynastic, 26th dynasty, ca. 685 to 525 BC. 4"H. Affixed to clear lucite block. Intact. Provenance: Ex-G. Bingham Collection, ...

Egypt, Late Period, dating to approximately 664-323 B.C. Solid cast bronze statue of Osiris, god of the afterlife, bearded, mummiform and holding the

Egypt, Late Period ca. 664-525 BC. Cast bronze figure of Osiris wearing atef crown and carrying the symbolic crook and flail, attributes which he inh

This is a very large bronze, hollow-cast animal coffin of rectangular form, displaying a three-dimensional representation of an entwined snake on top.

Egypt, dating between 664 and 380 BC (Late Period). In rituals for the gods, special instruments were used by priests / priestesses to invoke the deit

This is one of the most remarkable representations I have ever seen of the Oxyrhynchus fish. The animal is depicted in its typical form, with a distin

This is a beautiful composite shabti with well defined details and a lovely, warm turquoise-green colour. His smiling face gives him an enormous &qu...

Egypt, Late Period or later (747-332 BC). Brilliant blue faience amulet in the form of one of the Sons of Horus, representing the falcon-headed deity

Egypt, Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Composed of varying shades of ancient blue and green faience tube and disk beads; arranged as a co

Egypt, Late Dynastic, 664 - 525 BC. Pale blue faience mummiform figure holds crook and flail, with net over his left shoulder. Very crisp detailing.

This is a multicolored fragment from a mummy cartonnage, showing one of the four children of the Egyptian god Horus, human headed and standing within

Egypt, Late Period, 26th - 27th Dynasty. Uninscribed figure wears a full length tripartite wig that reaches over the shoulders, to the length of a lon

Egypt, Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (42 mm, 69.45 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 246-243 BC. Diademed ...

Egypt, Dynasty 21-22. Pale blue faience ushabti inscribed for the chantress of Amun, Neskhons. Translation is "The Osiris, the chantress of Amu...

Egypt, Dynasty 21-22. Pale blue faience ushabti of the god's father of Amun Padikhons. Translation-- "The Osiris, the god's father of...

Ca. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. Clay figure of Bes, an apotropaic deity, protector of the home. As such, he is often depicted on everyday househ

Ca. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. Hollow terracotta pottery seated figure of a woman with both arms raised. 4-7/8"H. Broken/repaired. ...

Made in Egypt during the Roman era, ca. 3rd - 4th century AD. Mold-made, kidney-shaped terracotta lamp with inward sloping rim and short tapered nozz

A very interesting and beautiful object, made of bone. It is a small spoon with a long handle, which is carved in relief with a three-dimensional repr

Late Bronze Age, ca. 1550 - 1200 B.C. As evidenced by the series of concentric circles in a style often referred to as a “target” flask, this vessel w

Greece, ca. 7th Century BC. This wonderful piece could possible be a brooch or even a ring. Its design corresponds well with the Greek Geometric per

Greece, Geometric Period, ca. 500 - 400 BC. Solid bronze statuette of a bull cast as one complete piece. with a wonderfully mottled patina and nice

Part of a 209 piece collection of ancient pottery featured in the book, "The Farwell Collection" published in 1953 by Franklin P. Johnson,...

Greek, Southern Italy, Daunia, ca. 6th - 4th BC. Terracotta horn-handled wine ladle with geometric decorations; round shallow bowl with painted thick

South Italic, ca. 400 BC. A very early… and published… hand-formed pottery single handled drinking cup. 4-1/2"D x 4-1/2"H, intact. Part...

South Italic, ca. 400 BC. Terracotta black-glazed twin-handled drinking vessel. 3-1/4"H x 5"W including handles, intact. Part of a 209 ...

Part of a 209 piece collection of ancient pottery featured in the book, "The Farwell Collection" published in 1953 by Franklin P. Johnson,...

Ca. 425 B.C. Terracotta twin-handled vessel with cream colour slip; decorated with brick-red geometric bands surrounding the body, handle and inside

Legally exported and published! Southern Italy, Ca. 425 B.C. Terracotta bi-chrome bottle. 3-1/2"H. Intact/generally excellent, save heavy s...

Part of a 209 piece collection of ancient pottery featured in the book, "The Farwell Collection" published in 1953 by Franklin P. Johnson,...

From Southern Italy, ca. 350 - 300 BC. Small terracotta bulbous-bodied pouring jug with flat, wide rimmed mouth and high strap handle. Buff ground wit

From Southern Italy, ca. 350 - 300 BC. Terracotta bulbous-bodied pouring jug with flat, wide rimmed mouth and high strap handle. Buff ground with pain

South Italic, ca. 350 B.C., from the ancient Greek colony of Apulia. Terracotta lidded pottery vessel with footed base, dome-shaped lid and knob hand

South Italic, ca. 350 B.C., from the ancient Greek colony of Apulia. Terracotta lidded pottery vessel with footed base, dome-shaped lid and knob hand

South Italic, Greek, Apulia, ca 350 BC.Beautifully potted and painted pottery vessel in the style known as Saint-Valentin. Upper section decorated i

From southern Italy, ca. 300 BC. Decorated in buff and black/red with single handle and rounded base. 8-3/4"H, intact. Provenance: Ex-prom...

Greek, ca. 400 BC. Simple blackware terracotta pouring vessel with tapered body and rounded base. Comes with lucite stand. 3-7/8"H, intact. ...

From the ancient Apulian colonies in South Italy, 4th Century BC. Black-glazed pottery wine skyphos decorated to either side with a figure of an owl

Cute pair! Greek, Southern Italy, ca. 4th century BC. Terracotta vessels, one twin-handled, the other a jug. Both redglazed. 1-3/4"T x 1-7/...

An Ancient Greek silver didrachm or nomos coin from Neapolis, Campania, dating to 320 - 275 B.C. The obverse with head of a nymph, surrounded by four

Silver diobol, SNG BM Black Sea 268 ff., SNG Cop 653, SGCV I 1673, weight 1.246 g, maximum diameter 10.6 mm, About VF. Mesembria mint, obverse crest

In the style of the more "famous" examples coming from Corinth (Greece), ca. 6th to 5th century BC. Terracotta vessels like these were use...

From southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 4th century BC. Black-glazed pottery jug done in red-figure, with concave neck pinched to form a broad shallow fronta

Part of a 209 piece collection of ancient pottery featured in the book, "The Farwell Collection" published in 1953 by Franklin P. Johnson,...

From the ancient Greek colony of Apulia, located in southern Italy, ca. 325 - 200 B.C. Apulian / Gnathian brown/blackware trefoil oinochoe with minor

South Italy, Apulia, Ca. 325 to 300 BC. The lid with a figure of a swan. ** For similar example, see Christie's Sale 5524, 28 April 2004, London...

Ca 300 BC, iron spear tip, much longer than normal with conical socket and long blade with pronounced blood ridge running up the center. Even after 23

Apulian, Southern Italy, ca. 4th Century BC. Terracotta lid to a pyxis vessel, decorated by a series of palmettes. 6-1/2"D (16.5 cm). Restore...

Greece, ca. 4th century BC. A pretty/ornate solid bronze handle from a water jar with beautiful leaf forms. Smooth green patina. Mounted on a cust

Ca. mid 4th Century BC. Thin-walled near-miniature jug with typical blackware glaze and applied pink/red decoration. Xenon pottery was a school of r

This is a large lidless mug with flaring mouth, decorated with reddish ochre and white slip. The decoration has been attributed by Dr. A.D. Trendall t

This is a superb Etruscan black bucchero ware kantharos (a high-handled drinking cup) of museum quality. The kantharos has high arching strap handles

From the late Villanovan to early Etruscan period of central Italy, ca. 7th Century BC. Terracotta kyathos, a type of vessel used to serve wine at ba

Ca. 2nd–3rd century A.D. Small bronze statuette of a running man. 2-3/4"H, custom stand. Ancient losses, as shown. Provenance: Ex-prominent...

Northern Italy, Ca 6th century BC. Terracotta wine cup done in the traditional bucchero technique. 7"W handlespan x 2-/4"H. Intact and ch...

Rome, ca. 200-400 AD. Solid bronze finger ring with impression of what appears to be an antelope. Custom mounted on lucite stand with clay impressio

Rome, ca. 1st - 3rd Century A.D. Obverse reverse bronze chest hasp in the form of a youthful herm figure with nice facial features, exposed breasts,

Found in the Golan Heights, dating to 2nd century AD. Nearly-identical pair of solid bronze plates / decorative elements that were affixed to exterio

Rome, ca 2nd to 3rd century AD, but purportedly found in Britain! Beautifully crafted bronze vessel with ribbed body, incised dots on neck shoulder a

Rome, ca. 1st century AD. Globular body on a flat pad base, with lathe-turned rings around foot, on the underside of the base and around the shoulder

Rome, 2nd-5th century AD. Solid bronze key rings. For lack of pockets in their togas, ancient people often wore keys to important boxes, etc on thei

Rome, ca. 100 to 400 AD. Solid bronze votive in the shape of a very small / erect phallus. Clear features, nicely-sculpted. Stands in at just over

This is a rare representation in bronze of the Egyptian child god Harpokrates, with his left arm around a large jar and the index finger of his right

Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2055-1650 BC. Carved in raised relief with a falcon-headed Horus facing right, holding a feather in his hands; remains of origi

Rome, ca. 5th to 4th Century BC. Solid bronze utilitarian implment. Custom stand. Chisel itself measures 4-7/8"L. Intact. Provenanance...

Rome. ca. 2nd century AD. Solid bronze handle shaped like a leaping horse where the horses feet and its snout would have joined to the body of the ve

Rome, ca. 200 AD. Solid bronze rabbit lunging at something, possibly a mouse. Great action and workmanship, possibly from a larger vase or a knife ha

Rome, ca. 2nd century AD. Solid bronze stautette standing with head turned back to its left and wings resting. 1/3/4"H. Intact, wonderful pa...

Rome, ca. 1st-3rd century AD. Solid bronze decorated pin with nice green patina. Hairpins made of bronze, carved wood, etc. were used in ancient time

Rome, 138-161 AD. RV Annona with grain ears. Modius on prow. Approx. 3/4"D w/case. Scratches. Good detail and attractively toned. In PNG ...

Rome, ca. 1st - 2nd Century AD. Cubical dice marked twice with four through six. Bone colored. 3/8"cube. Both intact. Provenanance: Ex-Harl...

Rome, ca. 1st - 2nd Century AD. Cubical dice marked twice with four through six. Black. 3/8"cube. Both intact. Provenanance: Ex-Harlan J. ...

Rome, ca. 2nd Century AD. Set in a silver ring, Agate gemstone 15 mm, ring size 9. Excellent condition Provenanance: Ex-Harlan J. Berk, Chicago,

Rome, ca. 3rd century AD. Green ancient glass vessel, known as a "sprinkler" (modern day name given to a flask of this type, as it was des...

Dating to approximately 80 - 200 AD, most likely from Syria or Lebanon (glass centers of the Roman Empire). Aqua-blue/green glass, with bell-shaped b

Rome, ca. 200 AD. Pale green glass drinking vessel of slightly flaring form, with three bands of lathe-cut circumferential decoration just under rim

Gorgeous color! Roman Empire, Ca. 100 - 300 A.D. Dark green / teal squat glass vessel with with flared opening, rolled rim. 2-1/4"H, intact. ...

Rome, ca. 3rd century AD. Greenish-yellow ancient glass vesse with swirled design in body, applied handle and rolled rim. Bronken pontil on base. Am

Rare shape! Dating to the 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Aqua-blue glass unguent with straight sides, inented neck and rolled lip. 3-3/8"H, intact. ...

Near East, Ca. 200 - 300 AD. Dark green pouring vessel with wide base, thin neck and rolled rim. 3-1/8"H. Overall pocked surface, rim losses ...

Ca. 1st century AD. Transparent light-green in color, the square body mold-blown, the flat base with a molded pin-wheel; with slightly 'sunk&#...

Near East, ca. 6th to 8th century AD. Thicker-walled glass vessel, blown and wheel cut, surface cut with circular facets in a honeycomb pattern. This

Rome, ca. 3rd century AD. Transparent glass vessel, globular body with shallow vertical tooled ribs, the straight-sided cylindrical neck flaring outw

Rome, ca. 2nd to 4th century AD. Delicate aqua-blue unguent with bell-shaped body; long, tapering neck and rolled rim. Sits slightly askew, as shown