A striking silver gilt Roman bronze applique, depicting a bust of a youth inside a frame with incised border, with well-defined facial details,long incised wavy hair and wearing a garland around his neck. 2nd Century A.D. 3 3/4 inches X 3 3/4 inches. Ex. California private collection.
Gilded and polychrome Egyptian wood falcon. Ptolemaic Period, 300-50 B.C. 5 1/4 inches long. Some encrustations and minor losses. Ex. New Jersey private collection.
A brilliant blue faience handle from a sistrum. With a vertical line of hieroglyphic text along with vertical columns of elaborate design. Late Period, 600-332 B.C. 2 inches high. Intact as shown. From a French collection.
An ancient Egyptian limestone bust of a young girl. Wearing an elaborate tripartite hairstyle, with widening hair starting from the top of her head down to her neck. On her back, her hair is divided into three long plaits. Traces of original pigment. 2 inches high. XII-XIII Dynasty, 1963-1650 B.C. From an old French collection. For similar, see Pharaohs and Mortals, Egyptian Art In The Middle Kingdom, Fitzwilliam Museum Exhibition, April 19-June 26, 1988, #118.
The lid with two red-figure female heads on opposite sides, floral design on opposite sides, vertical lines around perimeter and a rosette on the knob handle, bowl on a round low foot and with twin handles. 3rd/4th Century B.C. 6 3/8 inches bowl handle span. Bowl and lid intact. From an old New Jersey collection.
With funnel spout, long neck and curved handle, scroll design on body and floral design on shoulder. 3rd/4th Century B.C. 4 inches high. Intact. Ex. Old New Jersey private collection.
Mold-made, hemispherical in form, the base with leaf and floral design and band of floral design on side. 2nd Century B.C. 4 1/4 inches diameter. Intact. Ex. NYC estate of Winifred Karpf, collected before 1980.
With a squat ribbed body on a low foot, with ring handle, molded lion-head spout, and with holed discus. 4th Century B.C. 4 1/2 inches wide. Some surface cracks. Otherwise intact. From an old New Jersey private collection.
Bronze attachment from an Osiris crown with three uraei. Uraei with remains of inlay. Late Period, 600-332 B.C. 5 inches high. Intact as shown. Ex. Belgian collection.
