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Roman Bronze Handle with Dolphins, 2nd/3rd Century AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 940466
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 280
Figural bronze handle in the shape of two stylized dolphins meeting at a central knob. The dolphins show vestigial fins on the sides and swung fin tails of almost floral shape. The handle was attached to a wooden box. Hammered bronze wires clasp the handle. They were inserted trough the wooden board and bent behind. Flat washers of square perforation for fixation on the front. Bronze. Roman, 2nd/3rd century AD. L. 11.3 cm (4.4 in), H. with fixing wires 7 cm (2.75 in). Intact, with fine pati ...click for details

Etruscan Spiked Bronze Mace, Late 6th-4th Century BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 932421
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Socketed Etruscan bronze mace with three levels of sharp spikes. For a related mace cf. item no. 246 in: Alessandro Naso. I Bronzi Etruschi e Italici del Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum. Mainz 2003. Bronze. Etruscan, late 6th-4th century BC. H. 3.4 cm (1.3 in), D. 3.2 cm (1.25 in), W. over spikes 4.6 cm (1.8 in). Intact, except for few broken spikes. Good quality and condition. Reddish patina and soil deposits. Swiss art market.

Etruscan Bronze Figure of Herakles, 4th-3rd Century BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 932420
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 2600
Herakles standing in an appealing contrapost with his weight on the right leg. The hero is naked except for a lion skin covering his head, the shoulders and wrapped around the left forearm. The lion’s paws knotted at the chest. The missing right hand holding the club, the outstretched arm with remains of a bow. Early Hellenistic example with classical reminiscences. Related to the so-called Trieste Group. Bronze. Etruscan, late 4th/3rd century BC. H. 10.9 cm (4.3 in), H. with stand 17.8 cm ...click for details

Graeco-Egyptian Head of a Child, 1st century BC/AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 930503
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 150
Little child with chubby features and knob-like eyes wearing some kind of casket. Terracotta. Egypt, 1st century BC – 1st century AD. H. 3.7 cm (1.45 in), H. with stand 10 cm (3.9 in). Broken at the neck level. Nice preservation. Israel Antiquities Export Approval.

Egyptian Terracotta Ear of a Cow, ca 2nd/3rd Century AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 930501
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Very rare terracotta ear of a cow. The cow is one of the symbols of Isis. Terracotta. Egypt, probably 2nd/3rd century AD. H. 4.9 cm (1.9 in). Thin chip out of one edge. Otherwise intact. Israel Antiquities Export Approval.

Rare Attic Mug with Ribs, Athens, ca. 400 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 929078
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 680
Attic ribbed mug with straight, slightly tapering wall. A loop handle set vertically just below the rim. Covered with black glaze except for a small area on the bottom and the ring foot. Provably inspired by mugs made in metal. Ceramic. Athens, ca. 400 BC H. 7.4 cm (2.9 in), D. rim 7.8 cm (3.1 in), W. over handle 10.4 cm (4.1 in) Broken and reconstituted from fragments. Good quality and condition. Black glaze slightly mottled. Careful setting of the horizontal ribs. English art market.

Egyptian Bronze Osiris, Late Period, 712-332 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 929074
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 1350
Full cast Osiris wearing the white crown with uraeus and flanking plumes over goat horns. The head with pleasant features and a false beard. The mummiform god of the Egyptian underworld is holding the crook and the flail; his fists are positioned horizontally at the same level. Bronze. Egypt, Late Period, 712-332 BC. H. 12.4 cm (4.9 in), H. with stand 14.6 cm (5.75 in). Good quality and condition. Losses on the sides of the crown. Green and red cuprite patina. Inserted in a wood stand. Swi ...click for details

Egyptian Bronze Osiris, Late Period, 712-332 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 929073
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 480
Mummiform Osiris figurine standing on a trapezoidal plinth. The god of the Egyptian underworld is rendered with a false beard. The atef crown he wears shows a marked running down uraeus and is accented by flanking plumes over goat horns. The Osiris is holding a cordlike crook and the flail; his fists are positioned one upon the other. Bronze. Egyptian, Late Period, 712-332 BC. 10.4 (4.1 in), 11.7 cm (4.6 in). Superb quality and condition. Grainy green patina. Mounted on a wood stand. Swiss ...click for details

Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Hen Figure, 202 BC-220 AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 929071
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 450
Chinese funerary figure of a sitting hen showing traces of polychromy. Skilful modeling of the head; schematic rendition of the wings and the prominent tail. Chickens and birds were common mortuary figures during the Han dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) and the North Wei dynasty (386–534 AD). Terracotta. China, Han Dynasty, 202 BC-220 AD. H. 7.5 cm (3 in), H. with stand 12.7 cm (5 in), L. 8.5 cm (3.3 in). Intact with remains of red and black color. Root marks. Swiss private collection.

Egyptian Bronze Amulet of Hapokrates, 712-33 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Holy Land: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 924959
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 380
The seated Child Horus with his feet resting on a rectangular base, his arms by his sides. The nude god is schematically rendered, the cursory head with indistinct features. A braided sidelock with spiral curl falling onto the shoulder. Bronze. Egyptian, Late Period, 712-33 BC. H. 9.8 cm (3.85 in), H. with stand 11.1 cm (4.4 in). Intact, cursorily rendered. The pendant loop behind the neck damaged. Dark patina with incrustations. Swiss art market (data will be provided to the buyer).

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