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Costa Rican Tripod, Late Period, 1-500 AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 835766
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 480
Atlantic watershed cup with slightly flared rim standing on three pointed legs. Incised geometric decoration on the outside wall heightened with applied white pigment. Ceramic. Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Late Period, 1-500 AD. H. 8 cm (3.1 cm), D. 11.9 cm (4.7 in) Pristine condition with carefully burnished surface. One leg reattached, otherwise intact. Legs and incised decoration enhanced with applied white color. Root marks. Swiss art market.

East-Greek Potbellied Dwarf, Archaic Period, 530-520 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 830520
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 880
Naked dwarf squatting on a rectangular plinth and holding his hands in front of the belly. The head with big almond-shaped eyes, thick nose and nice archaic smile. The hair on the back with horizontal steps. This kind of paunchy dwarf figurine is thought to be inspired by the dwarf god Paitakos, the Egyptian patron of children. For a Rhodian example cf. S. Mollard-Besques, Catalogue Raisonné des Figurines et Reliefs en Terre-Cuite (1954) 38 fig. B221. Terracotta. East-Greek, 530-520 BC. H. ...click for details

Egyptian Bone Head, Roman/Coptic, 3rd-5th Century AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 830514
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 460
Carved female head with round face, linearly drawn large eyes with faint irides, straight nose and full lips. The hair drawn upward over the short forehead. Bone. Egyptian, Roman/Coptic Period, 3rd-5th Century AD. H. 5.6 cm (2.2 cm), H. with stand 15.1 cm (5.9 in). Broken at neck level. Expressive carving. Swiss art market.

Middle Corinthian Oinochoe, around 600 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 828929
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 3600
Broad-bottomed vessel decorated with two panthers facing each other, two grazing ibexes and a third feline between them. The decorated area reminds of the style of the Elvehjem Painter. Ceramic. Corinthian, ca. 600 BC. H. to handle 15.5 cm (6.1 in), D. 13.5 cm (5.3 in). Intact except for a missing shard out of the trefoil spout. The black glaze is delicate and worn, the incisions on the animals and the ornaments are however neat and clearly visible. Swiss public auction.

Attic Black-glazed Kantharos, 320-280 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 828925
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 780
Black-glazed vessel with ribbed body. The low pedestal foot with double molding. The vertical handles are combined with flat spurs at top. For the same shape cf. lot no. 53 in: J. Hayes. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto 1984. Ceramic. Athens, 320-280 BC. H. 9.7 cm (3.8 in), D. 8.4 cm (3.3 in), W. over handles 16.4 cm (6.4 in). One spur reattached, otherwise intact. The grayish color suggests that the item was exposed to fire. Glaze pitted in places. ...click for details

Corinthian Aryballos by the Burrell Painter, 570-560 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 828924
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 5200
Flat-bottomed aryballos with two neatly incised male busts showing big eyes and pointed chins. The hair is tied in a tuft (krobylos) by a fillet and falls gently along the shoulder. The busts alternate with geese. Rosettes in the field. Radiating strokes on shoulder and rim. Best parallel for the style is Utrecht Univ. 60, Male sirens facing swan, in: D.A. Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period (1988), 180:B-7. Ceramic. Corinthian, 570-560 BC. H. 11.2 cm (4.4 in). Reconstitut ...click for details

Roman Bronze Attachment with Eros, 1st/2nd Century BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Bronze: Pre AD 1000 item# 820097
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 560
The winged Eros is holding a phial with both hands to pour out some liquid. A cloth is wrapped around the god’s belly, the upper end flapping in the wind in front of the wing. The appliqué was attached to a bronze vessel as discernible from the remains of solder at rear. Bronze. Roman, 1st/2nd Century AD L. 5.5 cm (2.1 in). Intact. Swiss private collection.

Egyptian Terracotta Head of Harpokrates, 1st Century AD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pre AD 1000 item# 820091
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 260
Nice Egyptian terracotta head of a boy with chubby features. The face with smiling and slightly purse lips, a fleshy nose and heavy eyelids. Tiny holes on the cheeks and Venus fold on the neck. Terracotta. Egyptian, 1st Century AD. H. 4.5 cm (1.7 in), H. with stand 10.8 cm (4.25 in). Excellent modeling. Broken below the neck, back side of the head missing. Art market.

Egyptian Wooden Shabti, 19th Dynasty, 1293-1185 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Wood: Pre AD 1000 item# 820087
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 650
Tarred mummyform figurine with distinct features wearing a tripartite wig. The crossed arms with well delineated hands. Down the belly traces of faded yellow inscription inside a rectangular register. The hieroglyph HTP is discernible on the bottom. Tarred wood. Egyptian, 19th Dynasty, 1293-1185 BC. H. 21.5 cm (8.5 in). Good quality and condition. The slender figurine with missing feet. Surface abraded in places. Hieroglyphs faded. Swiss art market.

East-Greek Potbellied Dwarf, Archaic Period, 530-520 BC Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000 item# 809912
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 680
Naked dwarf standing in squat position and holding his hands in front of the belly. The head with big almond-shaped eyes, thick nose and nice archaic smile. This kind of paunchy dwarf figurines is thought to be inspired by the dwarf god Paitakos, the Egyptian patron of children. For a Rhodian example cf. S. Mollard-Besques, Catalogue Raisonné des Figurines et Reliefs en Terre-Cuite (1954) 38 fig. B221. Terracotta. East-Greek, Archaic Period, 530-520 BC. H. 4.9 cm (1.9 in), H. with acrylic p ...click for details

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