Luristan bronze pin with slightly flattened nail-shaped head. The top finely decorated with bands of delicately chiselled geometric ornaments.
For related items cf. no. 140-142 in: J. Rickenbach. Magier mit Feuer und Erz. Zurich 1992.
For a related example formerly in the Godard collection cf. fig. 151 in: Eric De Waele. Bronzes du Lu ...click for details
Luristan bronze pin with a rounded nail-shaped head set on a thickened area with bulges and bands of incised geometric decoration.
For related items cf. no. 143-147 in: J. Rickenbach. Magier mit Feuer und Erz. Zurich 1992.
For related (a bit finer) examples formerly in the Godard collection cf. fig. 166-167 in: Eric De Waele. Bronzes ...click for details
Luristan bronze pin with a rounded knob-like head set on a thickened area with incised geometric decoration.
For related items cf. no. 148-150 in: J. Rickenbach. Magier mit Feuer und Erz. Zurich 1992.
For a related example formerly in the Godard collection cf. fig. 164 in: Eric De Waele. Bronzes du Luristan et d’Amlash. Louvain-La-Ne ...click for details
Carved Roman bone pin with flying bird terminal. The bird may be a swan or a goose judging from the elongated neck.
Delicate carving of the long neck, the raised wings and the vestigial feet. The tail feathers bulged at the join to the pin.
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Roman bone pin topped by a finely carved winged horse. A suspension hole pierced through the shaft just behind the Pegasus.
Bone
Roman, 1st to 3rd century AD
H. 9.5 cm (3.7 in)
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Rare Roman hairpin with a flat terminal carved in the shape of a gryllos, a fantastical creature that is part human, part animal. The present example reminds of a bearded man with ram-like horns, converging with an elephant (?)
Grylloi were a popular subject on Roman intaglios.
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Carved hairpin ending in the shape of a recumbent animal, possibly a dormouse – symbol of comfort – a fox or a dog.
Bone
Roman, 2nd to 4th century AD
H. 11.3 cm (4.4 in)
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The diademed goddess seats on a block-shaped throne and wears a heavy cloak drawn over her head. Her hands rest on her knees; the feet are placed together.
For an almost identical piece cf. lot no. 37 in: P. C. Bol. Bildwerke aus Terrakotta aus mykenischer bis römischer Zeit. Melsungen 1986.
Terracotta
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Free standing female figure with flattish body, outstretched arms and concave base. The elongated face shows distinctive facial features with a pointed nose and a prominent chin. The goddess is wearing a flaring polos with a petal-like top.
The figurine is rendered as a plank idol and strongly reminiscent of a Daedalic style xoanon, wooden cult images used in Archaic Greece.
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Egyptian female head with slender face and an elaborate hairdo showing horizontally arranged curls topped by a coil of hair. The hair at the back of the head is braided.
Similar arrangements of the hairdo are common during the Trajanic period.
For a related head in the Louvre cf. item no. 712 in F. Dunand. Catalogue des terres cuites ...click for details
