Well modeled plate of shallow floor and upcurving rim. The bulged outside of the rim with a marked groove below. Standing on a ring foot which shows two pierced holes for suspension.
Faint traces of fingertips around the foot where held when dipped into the glaze medium. Covered with black glaze that turns into a warm red-brown color.
Ceramic
Greek South Italian, 3rd century BC
D. 15.4 cm (6.1 in)
H...

Couple of Daunian drinking cups of shallow bowl and single loop handle. One decorated with faint bands of brownish slip inside and out.
Ceramic
Daunian, 4th Century BC
D. 9.5 cm (3.7 in) and 10.2 cm (4 in)
W. over handle 12.4 cm (4.9 in) for both
The undecorated cup intact and thin-walled with slight chipping inside and out...

Greek Campanian Black-glazed Dishes, 350-300 BC Black-glazed dishes of shallow form with thick wall and slightly flared base. One with a small offset between the rounded lip and the foot. Shallow rounded floors.
Traces of fingertips around the bases, where held during dipping into the glaze.
Ceramic
Campanian, 350-300 BC
D. 6.3 cm (2.5 in) to 8.1 cm (3.2 in)
Intact...

Native Apulian jug of globular body with everted rim and strap handle.
Red-brown glaze on the inside of the rim, several bands around the belly, short strokes on the outside of the handle. Standing on a flat disk base.
Ceramic
Apulian, Messapian, 450-400 BC
H. to rim 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
H. to handle 11.8 cm (4.6 in)
Intact and fine...

A very beautiful head of an armored horse Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic period 750–600 BC.

The finely made head with remnants of pigments It's drilled for mounting in the bottom but does not come with a base.

Size: 55 mm. long

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection

A lovely Greek pottery figure of a goose or duck in red terracotta with remnants of white pigments, 4th.-3rd. century BC.

An interesting and attractive figure of the bird on a rock.

Size: 11,2 cm. long and 10,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Superb.

Ex. German Collection, aquired before 1980.

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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Thin-walled creamware cup with narrow base, rounded body and slightly flared rim. Single strap handle from belly to rim. Bichrome linear decoration inside and out.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Database vase no. 1009801.
Ceramic
Daunian, 4th century BC
H. 8.7 cm (3.4 in)
D. 9.9 cm (3.9 in)
Intact and fine...

Black glazed drinking cup with steep wall, slightly everted rim and single horizontal handle. Standing on a low ring foot. Covered with fine quality black gloss inside and out.
Common Apulian type. For a similar example, cf. item no. 101, p. 61 in: John W. Hayes. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1984.
Ceramic
Apulian, around 350 BC
Size: H. 5.2 cm (2 in)
D. 9.5 cm (3.7 in)
W...

Very tall bottle with elongated foot, tapering body, long thin neck, and bulging rim.
Ceramic
Greek, Hellenistic Period, 4th-2nd century BC
H. 25 cm (9.8 in)
Broken neck reconstituted. Some wear and accretions on the body.
Swiss private collection. Acquired in the German art market, June 2008.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.

Black-glazed jug with flared rim lip and low strap handle. The tapering wall slightly offset from the flat base. The flat underside reserved.
Covered inside and outside with a glossy black glaze.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Archive vase no. 9032269.
Ceramic
Apulian, 375-350 BC
H. 8.8 cm (3.5 in)
Intact with lustrous black glaze. Surface wear in places. Indentation in the wall.
Swiss private collection.

The authenticity of the o...

Black glazed dishes with rounded wall and slightly incurved rim. One standing on a conical foot, the other on disk feet. Two dishes with brilliant black glaze.
Ceramic
Campanian, late 4th century BC
D. 6.9 cm (2.7 in) to 8.7 cm (3.4 in)
H. 3.3 cm (1.3 in) to 5.2 cm (2 in)
Intact. Black glaze with minor surface wear, one dish with peeled off glaze.
Ex Swiss private collection.

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Glazed jug of globular body and evert neck. Three raised knobs around the shoulder. Arching strap handle with tiny knobs at the topmost point, standing on a bulged base.
The upper side covered with a black glaze that turns into a red-brown in places.
For the same type, cf. vase no. 126, p. 75 in: J. W. Hayes. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 1984.
Ceramic
Greek Campanian, 3rd century BC
H. 8.2 cm (3.2 in...

Choice grey pottery terracotta oil lamp with profiled ring handle and a discus shaped body, Greek hellenistic, c. 3rd.-1st. century BC.

This lamp was made as an 'imitation' of the metal lamps of the period, but in pottery for the lower classes!

Size: c.10,5 cm. long.

Condition: Good Very fine and intact.

Provenance: Bärbel Kasper collection, Germany since 1950.

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. 60...

Glazed jugs of ovoid body and steep shoulder. Arching strap handle, standing on a flat base.
Covered with a greenish brown glaze. Faint traces of fingertips around the base from dipping the vase into the glaze.
The shape connects to form 5221a1 in: Jean-Paul Morel. Céramique Campanienne: Les Formes. Rome 1981.
Ceramic
Apulian, 400-350 BC
H. to handle 6 cm (2.4 in)
D. belly 6 cm (2.4 in)
Intact and fine. Both with a nice brownish black glaze, one...

An interesting pair of ancient Greek wheel-made pottery lamps in orange clay, dating to 4th-1st cent AD.

Both lamps with a central, conical tube. The concave rim turned inwards and rounded short nozzles with large wick holes. Old collection tags on both pieces

Size: 5 & 6 cm across at the nozzle.

Condition: Choice and intact lamps with wear for type and age.

Ex. German collection.

Glazed jugs with flared rim lip and low strap handle. The tapering wall slightly offset from the flat base. Both jugs standing on a flat base and covered with a brownish glaze.
Marks of fingers along the belly of one item. The other jug with faint traces of fingertips around the base from dipping it into the glaze.
The shape of the larger jug connects to type 5335, from Ordona, in: Jean-Paul Morel. Céramique Campanienne: Les Formes. Rome 1981.
Ceramic
Apulian, 350-3...