Pair of Greek Spectacle Brooches

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #784507
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Late 7th Century B.C The "Spectacle" type of spirally wound wire with straight connecting link from top of one spiral to bottom of other, originally from Bohemia, Silesia-Poland area between 1200-1100 B.C. There are four types of Spectacle brooch, this piece constitutes type two, which date from eleventh century, being found in the greatest numbers in Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Italy and Greece, within Greece limited to no further south than Boeotia. **Price is for pa... Click for details

Hellenistic Greek bronze head

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #779051
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Hellenistic Greek Bronze Head of a Goddess. With finely moulded and carved details, the eyes recessed for inlay, the lips set slightly apart. the curly and finely detailed hair held by a filet.Period: 100 B.C.-100 A.D. Dimensions: 2,2 cm Material: Bronze Condition: Very Good Provenance:Previously in a German Private Collection. Exhibited Maastricht, Netherlands 2002. Sold at Bonham's, London, U.K. 2005.

AN ANCIENT GREEK BRONZE HELMET

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #775087

An ancient East Greek bronze helmet with rounded cheek pieces and curved neck guard. Cheek pieces and neck guard attached to helmet with rivets. Holes on top would have held a crest. 6th Century B.C. 9 ½ inches high. Ex. Sloans and Kenyon. Rare type. Similar to Chalcidian. For similar parallel, see Antike Helme, # 51, pg. 441.

MILITARY BRONZE BELT, URARTU, 8th ctry. B.C.

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #774564

URARTU MILITARY BRONZE BELT, 8th ctry. B.C. Still elastic bronze sheet with brownish green patina, Anatolian, Uratu, 8th ctry. B.C., 134 cm x 9.5 cm intact with fine decoration of dots all around, the end terminating in a circular clip, some cracks but basically intact, no restoration, very rare in complete condition! - Bronze belts were most important parts of ancient armour as injuries of the bowels were absolutely lethal until World War I. Only after the discovery of antib... Click for details

Sweet Greek Bronze Squat Lekythos

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #768450

This sweet Greek bronze vessel is known as a "squat lekythos", and dates to the second half of the fourth century B.C., circa 350-300 B.C. This intact vessel is approximately 3.5 inches high by 3.5 inches wide at the top. This attractive piece has an exceptional emerald dark green patina with dark blue and light brown deposits. There are also minute lines that are extremely fine that run around the main body of the vessel, and it took an artist with a great deal of skill to engrave these fine... Click for details

Cypriot large Bronze Age spear

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #766390
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A very good quality large cast bronze spear head with a tapered point, leaf shaped blades and a sharp central ridge. The quality of the casting of this weapon is testimony to the advanced skills of the Mediterranean bronze-working industry at the dawn of the 2nd Millennium BC. Although the shape was influenced by imports from the East, the design has taken on its own identity which can be clearly recognised as Cypriot and Aegean. Due to the large dimensions of these blades some experts have c... Click for details

AN ANCIENT GREEK BRONZE HELMET

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #765895

Illyrian type ancient Greek bronze helmet. Of high domed form with long cheek-guards and everted neck-guard, parallel ridges on the crown, rivet in front used for attachment of the crest, perimeter of the cheek-guards and front of helmet finely incised with beading design. 6th Century B.C. 10 1/2 inches high. Ex. NYC private collection.

Massive Greek Mycenaean Bronze Armlets: X-Rare

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #763998

These massive Greek/Mycenaean bronze armlets date circa 1400-1100 B.C. and are extremely rare. Each of these striking armlets were cast as one piece, and are very heavy. These pieces were very valuable in antiquity, as a great deal of bronze went into these pieces, and only a wealthy individual and/or noble wore these pieces as a mark of rank and prestige. These pieces are approximately 3.6 inches in diameter by 2.6 inches high, and were likely worn by a very powerful male individual on the u... Click for details

ANCIENT GREEK BRONZE ARROW-HEAD PENDANT, 300 BC

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #755284

Directly from Jerusalem, ancient Greek bronze arrow-head pendant, dated from, 300 BC.

One of the reasons for the Greek soldier's success was their weapons. Besides his sword or spear, the most common weapon for a Greek soldier would have been his bow and arrow. Bronze weapons were far superior to soft copper blades. Arrowheads were produced in a variety of shapes and sizes ... Click for details

Ancient Bronze Axe Head

Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze Pre AD 1000: item #753726

This is a bronze, lugged axe or chisel. It dates to circa 1500 BC or earlier and is in spectacular condition. It appears to have been cast flat and ground only on one side as was common with these early pieces. It weighs 184 grams and measures just over 15 cm in length. See similar axe, Aegean origin: Deshayes J. Les outils de bronze, de L'indus au Danube (IVe au IIe Millenaire). Paris, 1960, pl. XIV, # 1131.