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.
Repousse gold amulet of Tauret, depicted as a pregnant female hippopotamus with ferocious expression, wearing a wig, the hind legs of a lion and the tail of a crocodile. New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasty, 1550-1070 B.C. 5/8 inches high. Intact with intact suspension loop. From an old German collection, collected in the 1950s. Tauret's most common role was as a protectoress of pregnant women.
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.
Normally depicted as a pregnant female hippopotamus, wearing a tripartite wig, with human breasts, the hind legs of a lion and the tail of a crocodile. Late Period, 600-332 B.C. 7/8 inch high. Intact with intact suspension loop. Ex. Private NYC collection, acquired more than 30 years ago. Tauret's most common role was as a protectoress of pregnant women. Hematite is a silvery, shiny hard opaque stone that almost looks like metal.
An erect detailed bronze cobra figure in a striking position. Probably from a crown. Late Period, 600-332 B.C. 1 1/4 inches high. Intact. Mounted. From an old New Jersey collection. The uraeus appears as a symbol worn on the crown or headdress of royalty or a deity. It is used as a protective symbol, the Egyptians believed that the cobra would spit fire at any approaching enemies.
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.
Greek figure of a goddess wearing a pointed cap and a diadem with large petals. 6th Century B.C. 4 1/8 inches high. Mounted. Ex. Dutch private collection. Collected in the 1960s.
