Terracotta oil lamp with a long nozzle
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 3rd Century BC

Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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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'

A very early archaic bronze figure of seated Kore, Italic bronzeage, Etruscan, c. 7th. century BC.

A lovely figure with fine details of Kores archaic features, the elaborate gown and the wonderful expression. She wears a spiked diadem holding her long hair.
Very unusual depiction of Kore half seated, where the usual depiction is a motionless standing image.

Size: c. 69 mm. for the figure alone and 120 mm. incl. the vintage stepped podium.

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A very beautiful and very large terracotta head of a young girl, Greece, Hellenistic period, c. 3rd.-2nd. century BC.

Exceptional details with the efeu wreath and elaborate headdress.

Size: 10,2 cm. tall and 8,5 cm. wide.

Condition: Very fine, partly corroded, but sound hard, ready to display.

Ex. Collection of P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, Germany, aquired 1980-2006.

A fine condition greek pottery amphora or Kantharos with black and red belt decorations, Southern Italian, c. 4th.-3rd. century BC.

The vessel with twin handles and very elegantly moulded and painted.

Size: c. 10,5 cm. tall and 13,8 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice Very fine, a few tiny edge chips othervise intact.

Ex. Dr. Heim collection, 1970s, sold at Hirsch 2019 / auction 245 lot 175.

A very attractive greek pottery Olpe with black and red belt decorations, Southern Italian, c. 4th.-3rd. century BC.

The jug with a high loop strap handle and extremely nice painting!

Size: 17,5 cm.

Condition: Choice Very fine, a few very small edge chips othervise intact and with the decoration finely preserved.

Ex. Dr. Heim collection, 1970s, sold at Hirsch 2019 / auction 245 lot 175.

Greek Apulian Lekanis, Lady of Fashion - Ca. 350 B.C., from the ancient Greek colony of Apulia, in southern Italy. Terracotta lidded pottery vessel with footed base, dome-shaped lid and knob handle. Lid painted in red-figure style with series of two Lady of Fashion in profile and two palmette panels. The Lekanis was used in antiquity to store soaps and scented perfumes...

Attractive Greek Campanian red-figure squat lekythos with palmette. Late 4th century BC.

Height 10,8cm, ø corpus 5,1cm.

Condition: The jug intact, with minor ancient chip to the rim and encrustations. The decorations are finely preserved on this vessel. Small pinhole drilled in antiquity in the base rim.

Interesting large glass amulet tessera, drilled to use as pendant, black glass, dated to the Ptolemaic period, c. 200 BC, but could perhaps malso be early Roman (see id card)

The unusually large and finely preserved piece decorated with a Lion in high relief.

Size: 28 mm. wide and 17 mm...

Late Corinthian plate with nice polychrome painting, dating to 5th - 4th century BC.

Very attractive dish that was made with two holes in the rim for hanging it.

Size: 16,9 cm.

Condition: Nice VF, one fragment reattached and restored nicely.

Ex. pre-2nd. world war Bavarian collection.

Head of an antique Lady carved in high relief. Given the thickness, it is likely to be a fragment of a sarcophagus. It is a Roman or a Greek.The quality is fine, the carving is precise, the finish is neat and the marble has a beautiful patina, but I think it is a 19th century creation in the style of the antique. The fragment is mounted on a green marble cube. Total height: 28cm, the fragment alone 20cm. Some chips on the base otherwise good condition.

White ground lekythos decorated in black-figure with two quadrigae at full speed to right, one overlapping the other by about a horse's length.
The charioteers lean forward in their chariot boxes and hold goad and reins.
The artist creates a mix-up with the different teams – the leading horses appear on the foreground while their charioteer is hidden behind the following team.
The frieze with a band of checkerboard pattern above and of enclosed dot rosettes below.
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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...

This is a bronze Scythian brooch from an ancient Eurasian Steppe culture dating back to the 6th-4th Century B.C. The brooch is shaped like a recumbent deer, with a slender body and pronounced musculature. The legs are folded beneath the body, and the head is large, with round eyes, facial features, and stylized antlers. The reverse side has its original clasp for attachment...

Very rare pair of Greek jewelry pendants in high grade 22+ carats Gold.

The nicely crafted pendants depicting Pommegranates. The original gold chain still attached on both. In the picture it looks like one is shorter but they are both the same length. Quite heavy ancient gold jevellery!

Condition: Choice, Still wearable and can be used as earrings or in a necklace.

Size: Up to a length of 2,8 cm.

Weight: 3,18 grams.

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A large greek terracotta figure of a high born Lady standing on a high base, Greek/South Italy, 4th-3rd century B.C.

The bust depicts a lady with a fine gown swept on and she holds it with her right hand. The left hand carries something over her right shoulder. She wears a large headress or crown.

Size: 24 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and completely intact with remains of pigment and patina.

Ex. Old German Collection, aquired before 1980.

A rare large archaic style pottery figure of a lady with raised arms, Greek, likely South-Italian workshop, ca. 6th.-4th. century BC.

Impressive large mouldmade figure; She has a long neck and small head and is standing with a twist in her hips and slight bend to her left knee. Her arms raised as if she is dancing. Her gown is draped in folds on the front of the figure

Size: c. 22 cm...

A very attractive tall pottery figure of a standing female or deity, Magna Grecia, ca. 3rd. century BC.

The figure is standing with a slight bend in her left knee and one arm above her head perhaps correcting her large headress. She is veiled and clad in elegant garments.

Size: 16,5 cm.

Condition: Superb for type, intact with remnants of white pigments.

Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980.