sold - june 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #545148
sold - jun

An elegant black glazed pottery lekythos with a squat body, slender neck and wide spout. The body is decorated with moulded vertical lines forming a continuous frieze around the outer edge of the vessel. Vessels designed with this type of spout were specifically used for pouring oils. The rim was designed in a way to avoid dripping and wastage. Greek, South Italian Colonies, 4th Century BC Repaired from several pieces, area of infill (pale patch below handle), surface glaze worn. Size: 13.1... Click for details

Sold - Aug 08

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #545146
Sold - Aug

A large pottery vessel with extensive incised and painted decoration. The body is divided into three horizontal registers, the upper and lower registers are decorated with continuous lines of rays and lappets, the central frieze is decorated with a procession of various animals. To the front of the main panel (below the trefoil spout) is a quatrefoil lotus flower, either side of the flower are two birds with outstretched wings facing each other. Behind the birds are two leopards which are depi... Click for details

SOLD - July 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #545142
SOLD - Jul

A black glazed pottery drinking vessel in the form of a round cup with two horizontal handles, mounted on a stemmed flaring foot. Both sides of the cup were originally painted with white decoration and each side still retains some traces of this. One side was painted with a garland of vines and flowers, the other with a band of dots either side of a horizontal line. This type of vessel was used to drink wine. Greek, South Italian colonies of Gnathia, late 4th Century BC. One handle re-attach... Click for details

sold - june 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian Pre AD 1000: item #545138
sold - jun

A fine quality and large deep blue glazed faience amulet in the form of a bunch of grapes. The back is mounted with two suspension loops made from paler blue faience, note that the upper loop is set vertically while the lower loop is horizontal. Presumably this would suggest that it was designed as a central piece in an elaborate necklace. Egypt, Tell- el Amarna, reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten, 1379-1362 BC. A chip to one side, otherwise intact. Size: 3.3 x 1.8 cms Provenance: Ex: private c... Click for details

sold - june 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #545129
sold - jun

A dark grey burnished pottery cup with a single handle and incised surface. The outside of the body is decorated with concentric circles, chequer-board patterns and diagonal cross-hatched lines. This type of shape was used both as a drinking vessel and as a scoop for raising liquids from containers. Cyprus, Early Bronze Age, 2700 - 2200 BC. Repaired with areas of restoration affecting the rim and handle. Size: 12.3 x 4.5 cms Ex. Private collection, UK.

sold - Sept 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #545127
sold - Sep

A very fine and sophisticated bronze oil scraper (strigil) used to wipe scented cleansing oils from the skin during bathing. The handle is stamped below the scoop of the blade with the name of its maker, it is not quite clear enough to discern but appears to read "ANVAVS". The back of the handle is inlaid in silver with a long foliate tendril terminating in a trefoil bud. The rectangular cast handle is pierced by a squared-off attachment hole which appears to retain traces of a bronze chain. T... Click for details

sold - june 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #545126
sold - jun

A red pottery fragment moulded in the form of the head of a Molossion hound. Of the canine breeds mentioned by classical authors, the best known were the small, swift Laconian (Spartan) and the heavier Molossian, both of which were native to Greece and used by the Romans for hunting (canis venaticus) and to watch over the house and livestock (canis pastoralis). "Never, with them on guard," says Virgil, "need you fear for your stalls a midnight thief, or onslaught of wolves, or Iberian brigands ... Click for details

Sold - oct 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #545120
Sold - oct

A bronze fishing hook with a barbed point and typical curved body. An amazing survivor! Roman, 1st to 3rd Century AD Intact save for some erosion to the upper tip (to which the line was attached). Very good patina. Provenance: Ex. Private collection, Denmark. Acquired before 1970.

Ancient Roman Glass Sprinkler Jar

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #541276

The earliest man-made glass predated the Roman empire by 2000 years, but the Romans used a greater quantity and variety of glass than any other civilization before the Renaissance. The discovery of glassblowing in the first century B.C. transformed glass from a luxury item into the medium for making objects for everyday use. Glass had a long history of production in the eastern Mediterranean, and the majority of common glass objects were produced in Syria and Israel during the later centuries of... Click for details

SOLD - July 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman Pre AD 1000: item #540660
SOLD - Jul

An attractive pale but bright blue glass vessel. The heavy squat conical base is set with a tapering neck which in turn is completed by a funnel-shaped folded rim. Roman, c. 2nd Century AD Intact except for a very small ancient crack or firing fault in the rim. Size: 6.8 x 4.7 cms Ex Private Collection, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.