The panels with extraordinary depictions of a gender-based division of labor.
The hunting scene shows a naked man with a spear grasping at a bird hidden behind a large ivy leaf which may represent the forest grove.
On the other side a woman with diminutive head and outstretched arms. Assuming that plants are denoted by contouring dots, she is standing next to three trees in her garden.
Figural depictions on this type of pottery are rare...
Very large black-glazed cup with single handle. Covered with fine quality black gloss inside and out.
The deep bowl with an almost flat, inward sloping rim. Standing on a low ring foot. Underside reserved.
For a similar cup close in size, cf. item no. 6211a 1 in: Morel 330-300 BC
Ceramic
Greek Campanian, 350-300 BC
D. 15.5 cm (6.1 in)
W. over handle 19 cm (7.5 in)
H...
Daunian krater with bulbous body, short funnel-shaped mouth and slightly upturned handles.
The shoulder area with bluish-black bands and hanging angles underneath.
Ceramic
Daunian, Subgeometric II, 550-400 BC
H. 16.3 cm (6.4 in)
W. over handles 29 cm (11.4 in)
Small shard out of the mouth restored, otherwise intact and fine...
Ancient Greek. Campanian, c. 4th Century BC.
A highly attractive Campanian black-glazed dish with impressed floral design at the center.
The piece with a finely preserved glaze and slight iridescence.
Diameter: 14,5 cm.
Condition: Choice nearly superb but with a minimal chip to the underside of the rim, only visible from the back.
Ex German collection, aquired between 1972-1994.
Low bodied Attic jug with horizontal flanges at the belly and the base. The beaked spout flanked by two applied knobs rendered as rotelles. The high-swung strap handle from neck to shoulder.
The cushion shaped top with five delicate palmette stamps linked by very fine incised arcs.
The reserved incurving area between the flanges and the broad flat base show the distinct orange-red color of Attic clay.
For a related Atticizing epichysis from Northern Apulia cf. item no...
Salmon-colored "Plastic" head of a feline, with defined eyes, alert ears, whiskers and feline expression. Vent hole on back. 2 5/8 inches high. 6th Century BC. Originally acquired from Royal Athena gallery, ex. Dr. Jean Laufenburger, Geneva.
‘Plastic vases’ are vessels made in figural shapes, including animal figures. Their name derives from the Greek verb plassein meaning ‘to mould’...
Vase of outstanding provenance, acquired in 1962, well before the UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972.
Black glazed sieve guttus with a raised molding around the perforated sieve at centre. Pairwise cannelures on the cushion-shaped body. The ring handle placed at right angles to the straight spout. Ring foot reserved underneath.
For a related example, cf. inv. no. Cp 3333 in the Louvre Museum database.
Ceramic
Greek Sicilian, 4th-3rd century BC
D...
Elegant black-glazed pelike of globular body, incurving neck and flared rim. Band handles to the sides.
Standing on an evert foot.
Covered with a dull glaze, area around the foot reserved.
For a smaller example with similar glaze, cf. inv. no. 66.072 in the RISD Museum database.
Ceramic
Apulian, late 4th Century BC
H...
PAINTED POTTERY SHALLOW BOWL
Greek - Hellenistic period; 300 - 100 BC
Time of Alexander the Great
With a ring base and two shaped handles on the side.
Dimensions:
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 18 cm
Condition: Minor chip as shown otherwise intact
Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land
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#643287
TERRACOTTA PERFUME JAR
GREEK - HELLENISTIC PERIOD 330 - 50 BC
"Time of Alexander the Great"
Globular body with a ring base and a shaped neck folded outwards
Measurements:
Height: 13 cm
Diameter: 12 cm
Height on stand: 17.5 cm
Condition: Minor repair hard to see otherwise intact
Found in Hebron south “City of Abraham” south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Large vase decorated with red-figure scenes. A chiton clad woman with a small box stands in front of a naked youth holding a taenia; the youth’s cloak is wrapped around his arm.
Volutes and flowers in the field, a discus placed between the heads.
Cloaked youths with strigilis and a walking stick on the reverse.
The side handles with a central ridge, the areas below show heavy palmettes with lateral volutes and bellflower blossoms. The neck with a laurel wreath.
The ...
Single handled kyathos with incurving rounded bowl. The outside of the rim is decorated with red-brown and umber bands. The same colors are used for the hourglass symbol inside the bowl.
Standing on a flat base.
For a related example, cf. vase no. 119, p. 34, pl. 41 in: Filli Rossi. Ceramica Geometrica Daunia della Collezione Ceci Macrini. Bari 1979.
Ceramic
Daunian, Sub Geometric II, 550-400 BC
D. 13.7 cm (5.4 in)
H. to handle 9.1 cm (3.6 in)
Fair con...
Rare Attic red-figure cup-skyphos with draped young men.
The athletes on the left wear the spiked wreath for the winner of the torch-race and stand opposite draped youths.
Some hold a strigilis in their outstretched right hand.
The scene represents a ceremony performed after winning the torch-race.
In this type of race, a torch was passed in a relay. The goal was to finish the race with the torch still burning. As a reward the winning team was allowed to light the f...
Large Attic pelike of the Kerch style decorated with an Arimasp on horseback fighting off two griffins. The Amazon is riding a prancing horse, turns back and raises her sword-wielding arm above the head.
The woman wears a Phrygian cap and is clad in an oriental costume with trousers. Her defeated companion lays on the ground. The griffins with reserved wings.
Three draped youths on the reverse, the leftmost holding a staff. Their cursory style is reminiscent of the Group G(riffin)....
Large black-figure skyphos decorated with reclining men facing rams. Female attendants on either side walk away as they look back.
The men rest on mats, their elbows propped on pillows, three loaves of bread at their sides. The men are of different ages, the older one has a beard.
Both wear the petasos, the hat of travelers and farmers, and are dressed in a white chiton and a heavy himation decorated with red dots.
The rams in front of them show incisions and details in appl...
An interesting, small collection of ancient pottery items from a range of cultures, incl. Greece and Rome, 600 BC-200 AD.
The collection consist of:
- a rare pottery sieve restored from several large pieces, Roman 1st.-3rd. century AD
- a large shard of pottery decorated with a high relief face of Appollon, Greek hellenistic period (fragmentary)
- A very large pottery sharp, which is a side of a mega-vessel, decorated with early Greek decoration, probably c. 60...
A very attractive and exquisite ancient Phoenician massive pottery trading vessel over 2,800 years old that sank in the Mediterranean sea with two handles, pointed base, wide mouth and a short rim enjoying a great looking sea encrustation shells patina
This wine transport amphora dates from 900 - 600 BC
Measurements: Height: 45 cm – Width: 31 cm – Height on stand: 50 cm
Condition: Untouched, not repaired and restored as shown
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Large fragment of a Greek red figure Crater, c. 4th. cent. BC.
Figural decoration with part of a female.
Size: c. 15 cm. long and 8 cm. wide.
Ex. Old private Collection, comes with COA from Clive Sawyer 'Antiquities and Ancient Coins'