Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek (22)

A highly illusive and interesting pair of pottery figures of Dogs, Greece, 1st. millenium BC.

Both dogs beautifully made, very vivid and lively with some engraving of the surface to make details. Possible play toys of perhaps offerings, we're not certain.

Size: 4-5 cm. long each, one is nicely mounted on a plexi base.

Ex. German private Collection.

A Romano-Egyptian terracotta bottle for holding incence or perfume, Egypt under the Romans, ca. 1st. century BC-1nd. century AD.

Interesting intact vessel, in the shape of a pointy garlanded Amphora and with a loop on the back to carry it.

Size: 75 mm.

Condition: Completely intact, with remnants of original decoration.

Ex. Dr. Lammers special Egyptian collection, Hamburg, aquired prior to 1966.

A large and massive Hellenistic tanagrina, terracotta statue from Tanagra (Greece), 4th.-3rd...

Late 5th.-early 4th. glazed pottery Lekythos, likely from Southern Italy.

The small Lekythos of a Squat design, single handle and decorated in reddish brown and black colours.

Size: 7,8 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice! Minor wear to glaze and tiny chips, but basically intact and very attractive.

Provenance: Old larger Danish Collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities.

Pointed aryballos decorated with fine symethric brown slip decoration, Protocorinthian aryballos. Corinthian style 675-625 B.C., but made in Cyprus witha typical Cypriot decoration.

Awesome condition vessel with fine proportions and great warm decoration.

Size: 57 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice, miniature chip to the rim, mentioned only to be correct, it's really unimportant...

A Cypro-Geometric (1100 — 700 B.C) bichrome-on light ground-kylix (Bichrome III Ware).

The kylix is decorated with horizontal lines and bands, vertical lines and crosses, preserving the strict symmetry of the vessel’s decoration, which is characteristic of the Cypro-Geometric period...

Ancient Greece, Cyprus, early 1st millennium BC.

A lovely wheel-thrown pottery plate or low bowl with a round base, wide walls, and applied handles with loops for hanging.

The underside is adorned with several sets of concentric circles, the rim and handles with sections of thin linear bands, and the interior with wide, swirled circles, all in black slip.

Size: 12 cm...

An authentic ancient Cypriot bichrome ceramic Wine Jug, Cypro-Archaic I period and dating to the 750-600 B.C.

The piece has a spherical body with a ring base, flaring neck and pinched spout, surmounted by an arching handle. The terracotta jug has a white slip coated surface, decorated with black concentric circles around the neck and shoulder, with multiple encircling bands below...

Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd. century BC.

A utilitarian, buff vessel with a wide, well-defined shoulder, a round, slightly flared foot, a conical neck, a thick mouth, and a ribbed strap handle. The lagynos is an ancient form designed to hold oil (in smaller form) or, as this one, wine. This is a beautiful example of a rare form.

Height: 17,2 cm. and 18,6 cm. wide.

Condition: Superb.

Ex. German Private Collection, 1955-1990.

Outstanding example of a Megarian bowl dating from the Hellenistic Period during which much of the Aegean and Western Asia were under the influence of Alexander the Great.

The bowl in red terracotta made in an elegant thin-walled style and ornately decorated with a pattern of symethric floral decoration in high relief, mold made. A flower in the center.

Size: 13,6 cm. in diameter and 7,4 cm. tall.

Ex. Old German Collection, sold at antiquities auction in 2014...

Pointed aryballos decorated with fine symethric brown slip decoration, Protocorinthian aryballos. 675-625 B.C.

Awesome condition vessel with fine proportions and great warm decoration.

Size: 10,5 cm.

Ex. (Several) German Collections, since the 1980s.

A beautiful ancient Greek Apulian net Lekythos, dating to approximately 350 B.C.

The bottle with disc base, spherical body, elegant neck and collared rim, a small loop handle arches from the neck to the shoulder of the piece. Decorated with black net pattern.

Pieces such as this were used for storing perfumes and othe valuable cosmetics in antiquity.

Height: 19 cm. tall!

Condition: Choice, repair to neck and handle, small chips, othervise intact...

A wonderful intact Greek blackware bowl, Apulian, ca. 4th. century BC.

Fine little vessel with a fluted upperside of body and a concave base.

Size: 65 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Choice and intact, fine silverish patina to the glace.

Ex Marta Bryl, Paris, 2009 and Ex Collection A.Z. Schweiz.

A very choice and fully wearable silver seal ring, Greece, 5th.-2nd. century BC.

The bezel engraved with a standing figure, interesting archaic style.

Ring-Size: 19 mm. US size 9-9 1/8

Ex. Collection of Dr. Grözinger, Germany, before 1962.

A superb Kylix, Magna Graecia, South Italic, ca. 350 BC.

The Kylix is a very large wine cup. This fine stemmed black glazed kylix is of a highly attractive form with a raised stem, and a pair of gently sweeping loop handles, the wide shallow body with a corseted shoulder and slightly flaring rim

Diameter: 17,8 cm. incl. handles, it's ca. 8 cm. tall.

Condition: Superb, guaranteed unrepaired and perfect.

Ex Marta Bryl, Paris, 2009 and Ex Collection A.Z...

RARE LARGER GREEK MARBLE FRAGMENT OF BUILDING ELEMENT, FROM ATHENS AGORA 1960

Interesting very old collection Marble fragment of the Athens Agora, dating 6th.-3nd. century BC.

The piece with fine carved details. With old collection sticker and ink writing. Looks like a piece of a base.

Size: 12 cm. wide and 8 cm. high ca. 6,5 cm. thick.

Ex. Collection of Dr. G.S., Nürnberg, 1958 - 2003. Part of older collection of Hans Piehler (1874 - 1961)

A fine and rare blackstone seal, Greco-Persian, 6th.-2nd. century BC.

The seal is rectangular and engraved with a horse.

Size: 2,3 cm.

German Private Collection

FINE GREEK BLACK GLAZED KOTHON, GNATHIAN WARE, 4TH. CENTURY BC.

The vessel very attractive with a fine decoration at the neck.

Height: 10,9 cm.

Condition: Choice. Tiny chip at rim mended, othervise completely intact.

Ex. German Collection of H.S., bought between 1971-1998.