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Anatolian Marble Idol, Bronze Age II, 2700 to 2400 BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000   item# 1132871

Anatolian Marble Idol, Bronze Age II, 2700 to 2400 BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 2400 

Idol with a disk-head on a long neck and a pouch-like body with arm stumps. Kusura-type, cf. item 520 in: Jürgen Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976.
Marble
Anatolian, Early Bronze Age II, 2700 to 2400 BC
H. 5.1 cm (2 in) ...click for details



Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Baboon, Late Per 664-332 BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Bronze: Pre AD 1000   item# 1131512

Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Baboon, Late Per 664-332 BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 3200 

Hollow cast bronze figure of a baboon squatting on a stepped plinth.
The animal is seated on his haunches with the forepaws on his knees. The tail is drawn around the body to his right, the genitalia are exposed.
The cape-like mass of fur is incised with dotted scales. Skin folds along the forepaws and on the sides. ...click for details



Tarentine Female Statuette, Hellenistic, 3rd Cent BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000   item# 1129301

Tarentine Female Statuette, Hellenistic, 3rd Cent BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 1250 

Female figure standing in nice contrapposto accentuated by a virtuous drapery. The turned head with the elaborate hairdo is covered with a pointed sun hat.
Terracotta
Tarentine, 3rd century BC
H. 18.5 cm (7.3 in) ...click for details



Anatolian Marble Idol Early Bronze AgeI 2700 to 2400 BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000   item# 1128273

Anatolian Marble Idol Early Bronze AgeI 2700 to 2400 BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 3200 

Rather large Anatolian idol with small head on a long neck, the pouch-like body with stylized arm stumps.
Kusura-type. Larger variant of item no. 520 in: Jürgen Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976. Marble
Anatolian, Early Bronze Age II, 2700 to 2400 BC ...click for details



Anatolian Kilia Head, Early Bronze Age II, 2700-2500 BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000   item# 1128272

Anatolian Kilia Head, Early Bronze Age II, 2700-2500 BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 320 

Stylized marble female head with flat forehead and triangular face.
Head of an early Anatolian idol usually referred to as a 'star gazer' figure.
For general remarks on the Kilia-type, cf. page 182 and items 560-566 in: J. Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976. ...click for details



Egyptian Apis Bull Statue, Late Period, 712-30 BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Bronze: Pre AD 1000   item# 1127416

Egyptian Apis Bull Statue, Late Period, 712-30 BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 2600 

Cast bronze statuette of Apis striding on a rectangular base. The sacred bull carries the solar disk with uraeus between the horns and shows an incised triangle on the brow.
On the back the usual saddle cloth framed by open-winged scarabs. The heavy neck with an incised broad collar.
Apis was worshipped as a manifestation of the Memp ...click for details



Late Corinthian Aryballos of Cinquefoil Type 575-550 BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000   item# 1127415

Late Corinthian Aryballos of Cinquefoil Type 575-550 BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 550 

Globular vessel with a cinquefoil grouped around a central wheel motif. Three leaves filled with red cores, the other two reserved.
Row of dots along the shoulder. The disk rim with a broad band and concentric lines, one more band around the rim edge.
A cursorily rendered star below the strap handle. ...click for details



Egyptian Relief Alabastron Roman Period 2nd/3rd Cent AD

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pottery: Pre AD 1000   item# 1126492

Egyptian Relief Alabastron Roman Period 2nd/3rd Cent AD
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 1200 

Decorated with an erotic scene next to the small loop handle. The belly with a frieze of Bes figures framed by rosettes.
The dwarf god Bes was the protector of women in childbirth, neonates and the human body in general.
For a related pottery alabastron in Cairo cf. lot no. 50b, p. 102 in: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae ...click for details



Greek Apulian Guttus with Satyr, 350-340 BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000   item# 1124830

Greek Apulian Guttus with Satyr, 350-340 BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 1300 

The medallion decorated with the head of a satyr with wild locks and curled heavy beard. The face shows a fleshy nose, full lips and wide open eyes topped by marked eyebrows. The bold head with fine floccus. Goat-like ears.
Satyrs and silens were a very popular subject in the decoration of gutti.
The head is from the same mold as inv. ...click for details



Apulian Guttus with Nereid on a Hippocamp, 350-300 BC

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000   item# 1124828

Apulian Guttus with Nereid on a Hippocamp, 350-300 BC
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland


$ 880 

Black-glazed vessel with a medallion showing a Nereid riding on a Hippocamp – a prancing horse with a fish tail – to the left. The Nereid is holding an ovoid shield that covers her left arm and her shoulder.
The depiction belongs to a cortege of Nereids carrying the arms of Achilles. The Nereids were sea nymphs and sometimes shown riding dolphins or ketoi (sea snakes). ...click for details


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