Auction 38: Fine Ancient Artifacts

An attractive Greek terracotta face of a woman, c. 6th - 5th Century BC, the frontal part of a molded head, the features nicely detailed and wearing a

A Greek robed Tanagra terracotta female figure, c. 3rd Century BC, wearing chiton and himation, her features pleasant and her hair styled back in wide

A large terracotta figure of Aphrodite, Eastern Mediterranean, c. 4th - 2nd Century BC, standing on rectangular integral base, partially robed, wearin

A lovely Greek terracotta head of a woman, c. 3rd - 2nd Century BC, wearing an elaborate headdress, her features serene and in pleasing style. H: 2 1/

A Canosan Greek terracotta figure of a tortoise, c. 3rd - 2nd Century BC, naturalistically molded with traces of white slip and earthen deposits. L: 2

A Roman terracotta figure of a woman, c. 1st - 2nd Century AD, wearing chiton and himation, her right hand supporting a water jar sat atop her head, h

A Roman terracotta head of bearded satyr, c. 1st - 2nd Century AD, perhaps Silenos, wearing wreath of grape vine, his features exquisite and his beard

A Byzantine female head with yellow glaze, c. 8th - 10th Century AD, with attractive features, traces of a headdress in another substance remain and s

A large Central Asian terracotta male head, c. 5th - 7th Century AD, with well-rendered features and wearing an elaborate headdress. A lovely piece re

Lot of three Holy Land vessels. Lot includes a small Bronze Age handled cup, c. 3000 - 2500 BC, a small Iron Age vase, c. 1200 - 800 BC, and a Roman j

Lot of three Holy Land vessels

A pair of nice Holy Land vessels. Lot includes a amphoriskos, c. 2700 - 2200 BC, with ovoid body, tiny spout and two pinched handles, decorated in a r

A large Islamic ceramic flask with pentagram, c. AD 800 - 1200, the body round with flattened side, two loop handles flanking the spout with collared

A Persian ceramic jar with ram head protome, c. 8th - 6th Century BC, the body squat with flatten base, lightly flared mouth and single loop handle, t

A choice Persian ceramic flask, c. 4th - 3rd Century BC, molded, one half in the form of a stylized turtle geometric decoration and raised boar and go

A tall Phoenician collared jar, c. 7th - 5th Century BC, the body tubular with rounded base decorated with concentric ridges, the neck lightly taperin

A nice Mycenaean stirrup jar, Late Helladic IIIC, c. 1200 BC, the rounded body with raised disk foot, narrow spout with flared rim and a pair of loop

A Mycenaean squat jar, c. 1200 - 1000 BC, with rounded bottom, angled sides and a narrow neck with rounded rim, a pierced lug handle at each side. The

An attractive Cypro-Mycenaean shallow bowl, c. 1400 - 1200 BC, nicely decorated with concentric bands in red and deep brown slip, a star motif at the

A nice Early III - Middle Cypriot III knob-lug bowl, c. 2000 - 1800 BC, hand modeled, with beautifully burnished surfaces and a small pierced knob on

A choice Cypriot Red Polished Ware Jug, Early Cypriot III - Middle Cypriot I, c. 1900 - 1650 BC, beautifully decorated with glossy red slip and bands

A Cypriote banded skyphos, c. 850 - 750 BC, with pedestal foot and two loop handles angled upward, the interior and exterior decorated with wide bands

A nice Cypriote ceramic juglet, c.850 - 750 BC, well-formed and decorated with bands in dark brown slip, H: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm). Intact with light depo

A pair of Daunian ceramic vessels, c. 4th Century BC, both decorated with varying bands in orange slip. The first is a juglet, with tall handle, (H: 4

A small Corinthian aryballos decorated with figures and floral pattern, H: 21/4 in (5.7cm). Ex South German private collection of an artist and art co

A large Corinthian stamnos, c. 6th Century BC, the ovoid body decorated with wide and narrow bands in medium to dark orange slip, a band around the sh

A Corinthian aryballos depicting and incised Harpy, c. 6th Century BC, the body ovoid with wide flat rim and small handle. Traces of the decoration re

A huge Etrusco-Corinthian Black-Figure Olpe, c. early 6th Century BC, the body decorated with four registers of Lions, Bulls, Ibex, owls and other bir

A nice Greek black-glazed skyphos, c. 5th - 4th Century BC, with vertical black line decoration near foot. A nicely potted vessel resembling Athenian

A lovely Greek guttus with central female face, Magnia Graecia, 4th Century BC, the foot slightly raised and the sides ribbed for grip, as this vessel

A Greek Red-Figure owl skyphos, Magnia Graecia, mid-4th Century BC, each side with and owl standing left, head facing, framed by laurel sprigs, on res

A nice Greek phiale or Omphalos bowl, c. 4th- 3rd Century BC, known to the Romans as a patera, decorated with three parallel bands in red slip, centra

A nice Greek black-glazed feeder vessel, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, with ribbed body, ring foot, single loop handle and small spout in form of

A large Gnathian-ware bell krater, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, on tall pedestal base, a wavy vine motif with rosettes on either side. A large a

An attractive Greek footed cup, c. 4th - 3rd Century BC, the near-round body with incised vertical ribbing and a pair of loop handles, the pedestal ba

A Greek red-figure lekythos with palmette, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, scattered earthen and mineral deposits inside and out. H: 3 4/5 in (9.7c

A large Apulian Greek Red-Figure skyphos, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, one side depicting female wearing chiton and himation, holding a plate in

An Attic Red-Figure Nolan amphora, c. 500 - 450 BC, by the Ethiop painter depicting robed man with walking stick, Maeander pattern below, and the uppe

An Attic Red-Figure oinochoe depicting a satyr, c. 5th Century BC, with chlamys over left arm and holding a wreath, ovolo band above. The vessel is ni

A nice Greek Gnathian-ware aryballos, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, with a vivid netting pattern around the body, tongues around the shoulder, di

A lovely Campanian black-glazed kylix, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, the bowl with impressed palmettes at center, the black glaze extremely well-

A marvelous Greek black-glazed drinking cup, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, the extremely well-preserved surfaces which retain their high gloss, w

An attractive Greek pyxis with palm motif, c. 4th Century BC, with a pair of close-fitting handles and well-fitted lid. The body is decorated with a w

An attractive Campanian Greek ceramic feeder vessel, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, the sides ribbed for grip and tall ring base. The central conc

A pair of Greek ceramic vessels. Lot includes a Xenon-ware handled jar, Magnia Graecia, c. 330 - 300 BC, the body squat with ring foot, short neck wit

A handsome Greek handled cup, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, the body beautifully decorated with geometric bands and a lovely wave pattern in a de

A very nice Greek handled cup, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, the tall body beautifully decorated with a floral band in a deep orange slip, vertic

A nice Greek black-glazed skyphos, c. 5th - 4th Century BC, neatly potted with large loop handles and well-preserved glossy black surfaces. W: 5 1/2 i

A nice Campanian Greek black-ware olpe, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, the body nicely ribbed in imitation on metal-ware. H: 2 ¼ in (5.7 cm...

A choice Campanian Greek black-glazed kylix, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC, the wide, shallow bowl with ridge mid-wall, the interior adorned with