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32. Limestone Stela Fragment of Worshippers - Egypt, 19th-20th Dyn. 1800 BC. 5"x 5-3/8", Squared slab of tan colored stone, the lower part of a New Kingdom stela. Two kneeling figures above a horizontal band of hieroglyphs, with hands in submissive positions facing an altar with papyrus fronds. Feet and plant crops from another scene above. Intact with fragmented borders, shows good age patina. Ex John L. Waltz, Consul General to Egypt in 1950s. 3500 1500 |
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Egyptian Wood Mummy Mask - 26th dynasty, 664-525
BC. 20-3/4"H., 13"W. Facial section of a wooden sarcophagus in low relief
with large black and white painted eyes, dark green-gray hair and lappets,
yellow ochre face and layered, multicolored collar. Some chipping and
paint loss as normal, some parts reattached and glued, generally quite
nice and very attractive. NJ private col. 3000 1400 |
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Etruscan Terracotta Head - Ca. 5th Cent BC. Just smaller than life-sized,
9"H. Hollow molded brown-buff terracotta (typical coarse tempered clay
with specks of shimmering black obsidian), woman's head with sensitive
features. She wears a close cropped hairdo with short curls at the top,
straight locks at bottom and a "page-boy" front showing that she was a
woman of high fashion for her day. Realistic portrait with excellent detail,
not the typical generic votive head, this is a portrait and probably made
in the likeness of a woman of some means who actually existed and whose
name is long since forgotten. Tip of nose professionally restored and
a stable age crack at the anatomical left eye through the page-boy. Old
custom stand (unchanged from Mr. Arrau's days of ownership). Nice. Ex.
Claudio Arrau Col. 1960's; Harmer Rooke, 1992., Private West Coast Collection.
4500 1900 |
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Apulian Red-Figure Bell Krater - South Italy, Ca. 350 BC. 11-3/8"H.,
12-3/8"D. Lovely wine mixing vessel on footed pedestal base with flared
rim and two graceful handles on the body. Scene depicts a seated nude
male youth holding a thyrsus and a tambourine. Chiton clad maiden stands
to his left and offers a platter to him, thyrsus in her right hand. Filler
decoration throughout, key design below and vine pattern under rim. Generic
reverse shows two standing, toga clad men. Intact but some redness on
the rim from the reduction process in the firing not being complete. 7000
3750 |
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Roman Marble Relief Fragment - Ca. 1st Cent. BC.10-1/2"H., 15-3/8"
widest measure, Sarcophagus fragment depicting an in image of a war trophy
monument showing panoply of captured armor. The empty cuirass shows well
defined musculature and decorated attachment straps. The round shield
by its side shows the body of a nude warrior, possibly depicting Hercules.
A lovely fragment. 4500 2800 |
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Roman Bronze Eros - Ca. 2nd cent. AD. Just shy of 5"H. Well cast voluminous
nude youth in animated pose holding a branch in upraised right hand which
runs behind his back with trailing runner. Finely incised feather pattern
on wings and sweet face with outlined almond eyes and wavy hair under
Phrygian cap. Nice condition and surface with deep green patina and minor
abrasion under chin to forearm on front and missing left foot and tip
of cap and wing. Complete with custom mount. A lovely bronze. 4750
2500 |
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Roman Gold Clasped Hands Finger Ring - 1st to 3rd Cent. AD. Ring size
6, 3/4" inside diam. Flat tapered gold band, wider at the bezel which
holds the clasped hands bezel which is in a circular setting and soldered
on. Intact. 875 450 |
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Gilt Bronze Church Censer - Byzantine, Eastern Europe. 9th-13th cent.
AD. 13-1/8"L. Rare bronze implement with recessed chamber for incense
and enameled tondo behind and a hollow, slip shaft for pole attachment.
Used by a priest to anoint his congregation with holy incense. Highly
decorative with nearly full remains of the inlaid enamel into the incuse
areas. Areas of bronze showing through but near fully gilt. Hinged lid
for front compartment gone, else quite exc. 4500 2000 |
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Nishapur, Persia Plate - Iran, Ca. 1200 AD.9-1/2" D. Lovely deep dish
plate on low ring base with flared rim. Exquisite turquoise blue color
with heavy black painted design over the whitish terracotta. Broken and
reassembled as normal with a very small amount of restoration, professionally
rendered and near invisible. On wall mount.Estate of William Frye Owen,
collected by Mary Belle Owen, Milwaukee, WI, early 1940's. 1250 450 |
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