Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek (66)

A nice and basically intact greek pottery bowl, c. 4th.-2nd. century BC.

A nice bowl, nearly 10 cm. wide, with a small almost invisible hairline and some wear to the glaze, othervise completely intact.

Ex. collection of W. B. (1895-1973), Rheinland, Germany.

A delicate black ware cup or Kylix with long handles at each side Apulia, c. 4th. century AD:

Nice piece fully intact and with some minor wear to the glaze at the edges.

Size: 12 cm. wide.

Ex. Old collection, bought in the late 1970s, with colletors tag in the bottom.

A lovely delicate Xenon ware cup or Kylix with long handles at each side and palmette patterns in orange for decoration, c. 4th. century AD:

Remarkable piece fully intact and with a finely preserved glaze!

Size: 10,4 cm. wide.

Ex. Old collection, bought in the late 1970s, comes with document.

A fine ancient spindle flask, Asia minor / Holyland, 2nd. cent. BC.

The flask in grey pottery slip over red, in intact condition, with some minor wear to the rim and body.

Size: 13,7 cm. tall.

Ex. Collection of W. B. (1895-1973), Rheinland, Germany.

An early type of pottery Jug, Asia Minor / Holyland, Ironage, early 1st. millenium BC.

Interesting and scarce in a fine condition for the type.

Size: 7,7 cm.

Ex. collection of W. B. (1895-1973), Rheinland, Germany.

Interesting nice greek pottery jug with black glaze, 4th.-3rd. century BC.

The jug with a hemispheric buddy, a low foot and a strap handle.

Size: c. 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and perfect with some uncleaned dirt to the surfaces.

Ex. collection of W. B. (1895-1973), Rheinland, Germany.

Of a fine early Roman style, c. 1st. century AD and with inspiration from archaic art. Light red clay with a beige overlay. die-formed. Standing Aphrodite with her cloak wrapped around her legs and holding a shell in each hand. Provincial?! Head, one foot and large parts of the shells are missing.

Height: 16 cm.

Ex. Private collection, aquired before 1980.

A large greek terracotta figure of a Herm, Greek/South Italy, 4th-3rd century B.C.

The bust depicts a male deity with a high radiating segmented crown, underneath the long curly hair. Short wavy strands covering the forehead. In the middle of the statuette the male genitals are shown in relief. Herms like the present one were placed at crossroads, borders or gates to ward off evil...

Piriform Aryballos, Late Proto-Corinthian, ca. 645 - 630 BC.

A nice and affordable authentic Corinthian Aryballos. The piriform body ornamented with red and black tongues on the shoulders and on the mouth, the body with red concenthric bands, applied strap handle.

Size: 10 cm. tall.

Condition: Fine, mended cracks with round restored area restored and one side, othervice complete.

Ex. German private Collection

A rare and very beautiful Amphoriskos, decorated with an array of animals, perhaps game, incl. an exeptionally detailed wild boar, a deer and a bull.

The upper and lower part of the vessel is decorated with a star-shaped and symethric patterns in black.

Size: 75 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice for the type! Spout w handle reaattached, othervise completely intact with slight wear to glaze.

Ex. Old Private Collection aquired before 1980.

A very attractive fragment of the upperpart of a Tanagra female pottery figure, Greece, Boetia, ca. 4th. cent. BC. Mounted to a wooden base

Size: 13,5 cm. tall

Condition: Very fine, fragment with parts of the original pigments preserved.

Ex. Private Collectio, aquired before 1980.

An interesting terracotta figure of a greek godess. She is standing with a slight twist and left knee bent and right arm lifted to hold some a top of her head. She is veiled and clad in a loose draped gown.

Size: 16,5 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact with remnants of pigments and dirt in the details.

Ex. Private Collectio, aquired before 1980.

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.

Greek terracotta figurine portraying a nursing woman. Such a depiction is considered a kourotrophor: a protector or nurturer of children. She is wearing a chiton and a veil and she is nurcing a naked boy. Likely Etruscan or Sicilian, ca. 6th-5th. century BC.

Size: c. 16 cm. tall and 8 cm. deep.

Condition: Choice and intact still with most of it's pigment preserved.

Ex. Old Private collection, aquired before 1980.

A large greek terracotta figure of a high born Lady standing on a high base, Greek/South Italy, 4th-3rd century B.C.

The bust depicts a lady with a fine gown swept on and she holds it with her right hand. The left hand carries something over her right shoulder. She wears a large headress or crown.

Size: 24 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and completely intact with remains of pigment and patina.

Ex. Old German Collection, aquired before 1980.

An absolutely lovely large terracotta head of a female deity, perhaps Aphrodite/Venus, Hellenistic or early Roman, 2nd. century BC-1st. cent AD.

The unusual head is not hollowcast but solid and done in the fine Hellenistic or early Roman style. She is tilting her head slightly to her left and has an elaborate headdress.

Size: c. 10 cm. tall and 7 cm. wide and weighing 252 grams.

Awesome style that we haven't had much better!

Ex...

A lovely and rare Greek bronze ladle or Simpulum, 5th.-3th. century BC.

Interesting piece with a fine green patina and of fairly sound strong metal. The head of the duck or swan finely engraved with facial details.

Size: 25 cm. long.

Condition: Choice, tiny closed crack in the laddle

Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980.

Campanian red-figure lebes gamikos with lid. About 350 B.C.

A lovely vessel with good style painting with head of woman and bird, palmettes on the side.

Size: 18,2 cm. high and 11,8 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice for the type, with some restauration of lid and handle and smaller chips etc. but nice for the fragile type.

Ex. Old collection from Baden-Württemberg, Germany aquired before 1979...