Archaic naked dwarf standing in squat position and holding his hands in front of his belly. The head with big almond-shaped eyes and nice archaic smile.
This kind of paunchy dwarf figurines is thought to be inspired by the Egyptian Paitakos, the dwarf god patron of children.
For a Rhodian example: S. Mollard-Besques, Catalogue Raison ...click for details
Handmade southern Italic vessel of bag-shaped body and double strap handles.
The top of the rim enhanced with tiny dots, encircled inside and outside by black lines. Panels with red band and four semicircular lines with short vertical strokes at center. Horizontal lines on the handles.
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Bellied body with a sloping shoulder curving up to form a slight neck. Applied red and black decoration below the short flaring rim.
For similar decoration on the belly cf. plate 49 in: Ettore de Juliis. La ceramica geometrica della Peucezia. Rome 1995.
The Peucetians were located in South Italy ruling the important towns of Canosa, S ...click for details
Mummyform shabti with with expressive features wearing a tripartite wig and a false beard. The crossed hands holding pick and flail. A small seed bag suspended over the figure’s left shoulder.
The shabti is standing on a pedestal and provided with a rudimentary back pillar.
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Rare Etruscan miniature kyathos with shallow bowl and tall vertical handle in the shape of a stylized animal head with pronounced horns. The flat base shows an impressed cross and dots.
Kyathoi were used for drinking wine at symposia held by the Etruscan elite. The symposium was a Greek custom adopted by the Etruscans, who depicted these banquets in paintings on the walls of their tombs.
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Uncommon hand-modeled Villanovan kyathos with broad rounded body tapering to a flat base. The strap handle with two stylized horns.
The kyathos belongs to the Ansone Culture which was located in Campania and formed part of the Villanova culture.
For similar shapes from the Ansone Culture; cf. plates 36.1 and 36.3 in G. Gasparelli et ...click for details
Rare portrayal of Harpokrates seated on a throne. The god is depicted as a child with well delineated crisp features; an enormous stippled floral wreath rests on his head.
The throne is richly decorated with turned legs and detailed foot-chair. On the side a square pillar providing support to a round pot hold by Harpokrates with his left arm. The pot still shows remains of red pigment; it is like the cornucopia a s ...click for details
Egyptian pottery basket with slightly flattened base. The outside with impressed decoration to look like a stylized flower.
The piece may have been used as a loom weight.
For an undecorated example in the Petrie Museum cf. museum no. UC19322
Ceramic
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Stylized stone head of a bull with neat carving to separate snout, triangular head and horns. Some incisions near the eyes.
The hole for suspension is drilled just below the horns.
Stone
Near Eastern, 2nd/1st Millennium BC
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Highly stylized head of a bull of angular shape. Neat cuts for the mouth, the nostrils and the horns.
The hole for suspension is drilled through the eyes.
Stone
Near Eastern, 3rd/2nd Millennium BC
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