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Eastern Mediterranean Blue Pot, Hellenistic, 300-100 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Ceramics: Pre AD 1000 item# 1034830
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 650
Large pot of shallow rounded floor and inward raised wall, a couple of small strap handles attached just below the flat rim. Part of the outside enhanced with blue color to give the vase a metallic appearance. Bottom and inside reserved. The shape is known from the Levant. Ceramic. D. over rim 19.5 cm (7.7 in), H. 9 cm (3.5 in). Eastern Mediterranean, Hellenistic Period, 300-100 BC Intact. Surface and applied color partially worn. Swiss private collection (data will be provided to the b ...click for details

Gandhara Panel Buddha and Attendant, 2nd/3rd Cen AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Pre AD 1000 item# 1034827
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 1350
Gandhara stone panel with the Buddha and an attendant in the lower frame. The partially preserved Buddha is seated on a pedestal in the dhyana mudhra gesture. He is dressed in Gandharan style and showing a wavy hairstyle topped with the raised ushnisha. On the left a man in daring contrapposto and exaggeratedly turned upper body. The attendant is wearing a long garment and holding what could be a tambourine or an offering. The top adorned with an acanthus leaf design and a semicircular arch wi ...click for details

Gandhara Grey Schist Head of Buddha, 2nd/3rd Cent AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Pre AD 1000 item# 1034826
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The handsome face is rendered with half open eyes, a straight fine nose and well defined purse lips. A raised urna is positioned above the arched eyebrows. The wavy hair is parted over the forehead and topped by a richly ornamented crown. The head burst off from a larger statue. Grey schist. Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century AD. H. 14 cm (5.5 in), H. with stand 18.6 cm (7.3 in). Fragmentary. Minor hit on the tip of the nose, otherwise a very fine and precious example. Swiss private collection (d ...click for details

Gandhara Relief Fragment with Woman, 2nd/3rd Century AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Pre AD 1000 item# 1031332
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Fragmentary stone relief showing a downwards looking thoughtful woman. The expressively carved head with bangs topped by an elaborate headdress. The woman is wearing large earrings and a necklace. The full bosomed woman is clad with a folded dress; a shawl wrapped over one shoulder and her right upper arm. For a marriage scene with Yasudhara standing in a pensive pose cf. item no. PM_02747, page 81 in: Ihsan Ali, Muhammad Naeem Qazi. Gandharan Sculptures in the Peshawar Museum (Life Story of B ...click for details

Greek Bronze Pectoral, Geometric Period, 725-675 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 1031331
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Large North Greek bronze neck piece of triangular form with slightly raised rectangular collars off-setting the tapering hooked terminals. The front embellished with carefully incised and stamped ornament. A large wheel enclosing a rosette at center, the zones between the six petals stippled. Stamped concentric circles evenly distributed in the remaining field, all enclosed within a double border of hatched triangles. For a pectoral of similar form cf. lot no. 80 (fig. 1) in: D. von Bothmer. G ...click for details

Greek Apulian Xenon Ware Kylix, 400-350 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 1031330
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Miniature Greek South Italian kylix with a short steep wall and horseshoe handles. Chevron pattern between the handles and a band of vertical strokes around the entire belly. For related Xenon ware miniatures cf. items 202 ff. in: J. W. Hayes. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto 1984. Ceramic. Greek Apulian, Xenon ware, 400-350 BC. D. 6.7 cm (2.6 in), W. over handles 11 cm (4.3 in), H. 3.4 cm (1.3 in). One handle missing and restored. ...click for details

Rare Egyptian Mud Spheres and Ball, LP, 664-343 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pre AD 1000 item# 1031329
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Pair of roughly formed spheres of Nile silt each with abroad orifice on one side. Perhaps used to confection faience balls. For similar spheres assumed to be for the manufacture of faience beads cf. item UC55347 in the Petrie Museum. Mud. Egyptian, Late Period, 664-343 BC. H. 2.1 cm to 2.4 cm (0.8 in to 0.95 in). Intact. Joined by an imperforate mud ball. Swiss private collection (data will be provided to the buyer)

Greek South Italian Kernos, ca. 350 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 1031327
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Greek vase for multiple offerings composed of three globular vessels with short flared rim. The group is standing on stepped feet. A central loop handle at the join of the vases. Black-glazed pottery related to Xenon ware. Ceramic. Greek, South Italian, ca. 350 BC. H. 5.6 cm (2.2 in), W. 8 cm (3.1 in). Loop handle missing and restored. Black glaze slightly worn in places. Soil deposits. Swiss private collection (data will be provided to the buyer)

Egyptian Pottery Beaker, 18th Dynasty, 1570-1290 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 1028194
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 420
Thick-walled beaker with flared top. The outside enhanced with two registers of incised waves and dots. Interior wall blackened. For a slightly smaller piece found at Amarna cf. item UC8986 in the Petrie Museum. Ceramic. Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, 1570-1290 BC. H. 6.5 cm (2.5 in),D. 9.1 cm (3.6 in). Intact. Minor chips out of the flat rim. Fine condition. Soil deposits. Swiss private collection (data will be disclosed to the buyer)

Apulian Guttus with a Youth on a Hippocamp, 350-300 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 1028192
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 980
The vessel features a low, vertically ribbed body on a high foot, a single loop handle and a tall flared spout extended upwards at shoulder. On the medallion a young man riding on a hippocamp – a prancing horse with a coil up spiny fish tail. The youth is wearing a short tunic and holding a scabbard or a torch. The graceful depiction reminds of Tarentine coins with the young Taras riding on a dolphin. But there is also a close relationship to depictions of the Nereids carrying the arms of Achi ...click for details

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