Pair of ancient Roman gold earrings consisting of roundels on front and smaller roundels on top and bottom of glass beads. 2nd/3rd Century. 1 1/8 inches high. From a NYC collection.
Pendant consisting of an ancient Roman glass bead with ancient gold roundel on top and on bottom with gold loop on top for suspension. 2nd/3rd century. 5/8 inch. From a NYC collection.
Depicting the head of Alexander The Great. With holes for attachment. Probably used as an ornament on clothing. 3rd Century B.C. 9/16 inch. Ex. NYC collection.
A fine Roman terracotta Aphrodite/Venus, standing nude in a sensuous pose on an integral base, pulling a voluminous cape around her back, with a dolphin depicted on her right side. Single line of inscription on the back of the base. 1st Century AD. 12 1/4 inches high. Repaired. From a NYC private collection.
Depicting an elderly man with well-defined eyes, high cheek bones, thin lips, wrinkled cheeks, crease on forehead, thick wavy hair, thick mustache and thick beard. 2nd/3rd Century. 5 1/2 inches high. Ancient losses. Mounted. From a West coast private collection.
With finely modeled facial details. She is wearing a polos above her brow of archaic style curls, with braids at both sides of her head. 6th Century B.C. 5 inches high. Ex. Dutch private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Tightly wrapped in her himation and chiton, standing with her weight on her left leg, the right knee slightly bent, with her foot emerging from beneath the drapery, her right arm straight down on her side, her left arm resting above her hip. Hellenistic Period, 4th/3rd Century B.C. 5 1/2 inches high. Intact with encrustations and remains of white slip. Old NYC collection
Hellenistic female head with prominent facial details, wearing earrings and long straight hair pulled back. 3rd/2nd Century B.C. 2 3/4 inches high. Mounted. Ex. Israeli private collection, purchased in the 1960s.
Female torso, wearing an elaborate himation with shallow folds and tied with a rope underneath her breasts. 2nd/3rd Century. 4 inches high. Intact as shown. Ex. NYC collection.
Greek terracotta figure of a pudgy comedy actor seated on a pedestal, wearing a mask, legs crossed at the ankles, his right arm bent at the elbow, his right hand holding his left arm, his left arm bent at the elbow, his head tilted slightly to his left, his head resting on his left arm. Hellenistic, 3rd/4th Century B.C. 4 7/8 inches high. Intact. Extensive remains of white slip and original pigment. From a NYC collection.
Roman marble torso of an Eros or a youthful Silvanus. The pudgy young male stands with his slightly raised right arm held out to his side, wearing some drapery over his left shoulder and chest, well-defined left hand grasping the drapery, drapery holding fruit, possibly pomegranites and with exposed male genitalia. Back left rough. Possibly from a relief or sarcophagus. 2nd/3rd Century. 8 inches high. Mounted. Ex. California private collection.
With thick wavy hair and pleasant carved facial expression. His left side unfinished. Possibly from a sarcophagus. 2nd/3rd Century. 4.5 inches high. From a NYC collection.
Roman bronze applique of the young Dionysos, the god of wine. With elaborate coiffure including grape clusters, his eyes inlaid with silver. 2nd/3rd Century A.D. 2 1/8 inches wide X 1 3/4 inches high. Mounted. Ex. St. Petersburg, Fla., collection, formed from the early 1950s-1970s.
Seated on an elaborate throne on top of an integral base. She is wearing a loose-fitting robe with deep folds and flanked by lions with thick manes. Open work between lion's front legs. 2nd/3rd Century. 7.5 inches high. Defective as shown. Remains of encrustation. Ex. old NYC collection. Cybele embodies the fertile Earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature and wild animals In Ancient Egypt at Alexandria, Cybele was worshiped by the Greek population as "Th ...click for details
The male figure depicted from below his small pot-belly stomach to his upper legs. With prominent male genitalia and full, rounded buttocks. 2nd/3rd Century. 11 inches high. Intact as shown. Mounted. From a NYC collection.
