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Art of the Ancient World
Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine, Eg yptian, & Near Eastern Antiquities
Celebrating our
68th Anniversary
Volume XXI - 2010
royal-athena galleries
new york
london
No. 87 - Art of the Ancient World - Vol. XXI - January 2010
We are pleased to issue this catalog
celebrating our 68th anniversary of dealing in
classical numismatics and our 56th year of dealing in ancient art. It illustrates in full color 252
selected antiquities priced from $1,500 to over
$450,000.
This publication is one of a continuing series
primarily illustrating new acquisitions featured
in our New York and London galleries, where
over two thousand fine works of art are on
permanent display. All of the antiquities in this
catalog are displayed at our New York gallery,
the largest and most extensive collection of
the ancient arts ever exhibited for sale.
In addition to the many masterworks
of ancient art, there is a wide variety of fine
items on display priced from $100 to $1,000
and up, including Greek and Roman coins, Old
Master prints and drawings, and antique
Egyptian prints and photographs, perfect for
the beginning collector or for that very
special gift. A few of the pieces illustrated may
not be available since they were sold while the
catalog was in preparation, but a number of
other newly acquired objects will be on display
in our New York gallery and on our website:
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Back cover:
Attic red-figure column krater by the Naples
Painter Ca. 450-430 BC. H. 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
No. 144
Text and catalog design by
Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D.,
and F. Williamson Price
Photographs by Brent M. Ridge
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Table of Contents
CLASSICAL ART
Greek Marble Sculptures
Roman Marble Sculptures
Roman Limestone Sculptures
Greek Bronze Sculptures
Etruscan Bronze Sculptures
Roman Bronze Sculptures, etc.
European Bronze Age Art
Ancient Arms and Armor
Ancient Terracottas
Early Greek Vases
Attic Black-figure Vases
Attic Red-figure Vases
South Italian Vases
Etruscan and Roman Vases
Ancient Varia
Classical Silver
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Classical Gold Jewelry
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BYZANTINE AND MEDIEVAL ART
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EGYPTIAN ART
Egyptian Stone Sculptures and Reliefs
Egyptian Bronze Sculptures
Egyptian Faience
Egyptian Wood and Cartonnage
Egyptian Silver
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NEAR EASTERN ART
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COLLECTING ANCIENT ART
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ROYAL-ATHENA GALLERIES
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Expertise and Ethics
Royal-Athena Galleries Catalogs Inside back cover
Photo above: Roman marble relief panel. Erotes binding sheaves and making wine.
3rd-4th Century AD. H. 11 7/8 in. (29 cm.); L. 39 3/8 in. (100 cm.). P. 20, no. 31.
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Introduction
2 HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF
HERAKLES The demi-god and hero
has powerfully expressive features, large
eyes beneath a prominent brow, and long
wavy hair bound with a fillet and tied
at the nape. Ca. 2nd Century BC.
H. 13 in. (33 cm.) Ex Münzen und
Medaillen sale, Basel, October 5, 1963,
no. 185; L. Money Collection, England;
private collection, California.
Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient
World, vol. XII, 2001, no. 2.
As we enter our 56th year of dealing in ancient art we are pleased to present in our 87th
publication an outstanding selection of antiquities assembled primarily from old collections in the United States and Europe. A large number of these objects were originally
purchased from us over the past several decades and we are delighted to offer them again
to a new generation of enthusiasts.
We are also proud to offer in this catalogue a group of antiquities from several famous
European collections: Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint Nicolas-Las-Arras,
France; Louis de Clercq (1836-1901), Paris, France; Dr. Athos Moretti (1907-1993),
Bellinzona, Switzerland; and Dr. Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Zurich, Switzerland.
We have devoted over half a century to selling carefully attributed works of art with
particular attention to their provenance. This diligence has resulted in an astonishingly
low percentage of claims against legal ownership – less than 0.0006% or one out of
every 2000 objects! In view of the increasing legislation being passed in several countries
to restrict the trade in illegally exported antiquities (which we applaud), we may assure
our clients that we continue to proudly conduct a very ethical business and take all of
the proper steps to insure that our inventory is free of any possible claims.
3 GREEK MARBLE VEILED HEAD OF A
GODDESS, turned slightly to her left, her
oval face with wavy center-parted hair
pulled back over the tops of her ears, the
gently-arching brows, the lidded eyes deepset, her small mouth with bow-shaped lips;
wearing a veil over the top of her head,
falling forward on her left side with deep
folds. The back of the head is unfinished,
perhaps for placement within a niche.
Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph. D.
4th Century BC.
H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.)
Ex Ebrahimoff Family Collection,
Switzerland, acquired between 1956-69.
Greek Marble
Sculptures
1 CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD
FROM AN IDOL, Chalandriani
variety, spade-shaped with two incised
horizontal lines, a dot between, on
either side of the nose bridge.
Early Cycladic II, 2300-2200 BC.
H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.)
Ex K. collection, Germany;
D.W. collection, Ontario, Canada.
Cf. J. Thimme, Art and Culture of
the Cyclades, Karlsruhe, 1976, no.
228; Boston Museum of Fine Arts,
no. 61.1089; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early
Cycladic Art in North American
Collections, no. 71, and for the
incised eyes, no. 70.
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4 GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL WITH MELON COIFFURE, one of the so-called ‘little bears’ of
Artemis. Ca. 4th Century BC. H. 6 1⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) Ex American collection. Cf. P. Themelis, Brauron: Guide
to the Sanctuary and the Museum, 2002, pp. 70-71; C. Vermeule and A. Brauer, Stone Sculptures, Harvard,
1990, no. 27. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. X, 1999, no. 8.
Roman Marble Sculptures
6 ROMAN MARBLE YOUTH AS THE
YOUNG HERAKLES wearing a lion skin over
his head, its forelegs tied around his shoulders.
1st Century AD. H. 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.)
Ex M. A. collection, Paris.
G re e k L i m e s t o n e
5 GREEK LIMESTONE RELIEF OF MAENADS HUNTING STAGS Three maenads in an ecstatic state,
wearing chitons and billowing himations and holding thyrsoi, hunt stags. The pair in the center of the
composition are about to impale a small stag with their swords, the one at left grasping the hapless sacrifice
by its horns. The figure at far right runs toward the central pair holding a spear or her thyrsos like a spear.
The figure at the far left, her hair having come undone, dashes toward the edge of the panel, about to hurl
her spear at an unseen quarry. From Taras, South Italy, 4th Century BC. Ex English collection.
L. 26 3/4 in. (68 cm.); H. 7 1/4 in. (18.3 cm.) Cf. J.C. Carter, “The Sculpture of Taras,” Transactions of
the American Philosophical Society, vol. 65, part 7 (1975), pp. 167-173, pls. 43-49.
Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XII, 2001, no. 9.
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7 ROMAN MARBLE NUDE TORSO OF
APHRODITE ANADYOMENE based upon a
Hellenistic prototype ultimately derived from the
work of Praxiteles, ca. 370-330 BC.
1st-2nd Century AD. H. 12 1/2 in. (32 cm.)
Ex French collection.
Aphrodite was the goddess of erotic love, young
lovers, fertility, beauty, and marriage.
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ROMAN MARBLE NUDE TORSO OF
APHRODITE ANADYOMENE
Ex French private collection acquireod in 1960.
2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
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ROMAN REPUBLICAN MARBLE PORTRAIT
HEAD OF A YOUTH, the face framed by a full
head of roughly worked curls, the features sensitively
carved. Central Italy, 3rd-1st Century BC.
H. 10 in. (25.5 cm.) Ex Parisian
collection, acquired from Galerie Serres, Paris.
Cf. Aquileia, Catalogo delle Sculture Romane,
Rome, 1972, nos. 90-92.
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FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT
HEAD OF A BEARDED MALE, his hair combed
upward, perhaps indicating a priest.
Ca. AD 250-275. H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.)
Ex Palazzo Braschi, Rome, purchased ca. 1850, by a
Danish nobleman, Slagelse, Denmark; thence by descent.
Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World,
vol. XI, 2000, no. 17.
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ROMAN MARBLE BUST OF A
YOUNG PATRICIAN sensitively
carved with a serious expression,
aquiline nose, and light beard and
moustache. He wears a chiton about
which a toga is loosely draped.
Ca. AD 230.
H. 20 5/8 in. (52.5 cm.);
H. with socle 25 3/8 in. (64.5 cm.)
The back of the bust is engraved with
an inventory number: 144; the socle is
18th or 19th century.
For portraits of this type see:
K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog
des Römischen Porträts in den
Capitolinischen Museen und der
anderen kommunalen der Stadt
Rom, Mainz, 1985, nos. 86a-d and
87a-d.
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12 LATE HELLENISTIC MARBLE
BUST OF A YOUNG SATYR
His head is turned sharply to his
right, a cloak over his right shoulder.
A wreath of leaves and berries lightly
binds the tousled locks of hair. The
overall carving is sensitively executed
from the arched eyebrows to the quizzical expression and down to the musculature of his chest. 1st century BC/AD.
H. of bust: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.);
H. including socle: 16 in. (40.6 cm.)
Ex French Collection, acquired about
1950. Very fine style.
13 ROMAN MARBLE HERM BUST
OF APOLLO, the sun god; the god of
light, music, the arts, and prophesy. He
is depicted with an unusual hairstyle
centering three rows of snail curls
flanked by waves pulled to the back
and falling to his shoulders.
1st-2nd Century AD.
H. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.)
14 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF
DIONYSOS, the god of wine and
patron of agriculture and the theater.
He is depicted here bearded and
wearing a crown of ivy; from a
herm. 1st-2nd Century AD.
H. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm.)
15 ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT
HEAD OF A FLAVIAN MALE
Ca. AD 70-80.
H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.)
Ex collection H.J., Sun City,
Arizona. Exhibited at Kresge Art
Museum, Michigan State University,
1985-2009. Published: J. Eisenberg,
Art of the Ancient World, vol. 4,
1985, no. 257.
16 ROMAN LIFE-SIZE MARBLE
PORTRAIT BUST OF A BOY
wearing only a fringed paludamentum
joined over his right shoulder
by a circular fibula with a head of
Medusa in relief. 3rd Century AD.
H. of bust: 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
H. including socle: 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.)
Ex Old French collection, Montpelier,
acquired in Paris in the 1980s.
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ROMAN MARBLE OVER-LIFESIZE
HEAD OF APHRODITE, her wavy
hair, pulled back into a chignon, is
bound by a striped fillet and paired
with a diadem tied with a Gordian
knot, symbol of permanence; traces of
original pigment. After a Greek original of the 4th Century BC.
1st Century AD. H. 12 in. (30.5 cm.)
Ex Parisian collection, acquired from
Galerie Serres, Paris.
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ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APHRODITE,
depicted with a serene expression on her face, her
head tilted and turned to the right, the wavy hair
centrally-parted and dressed with a diadem
around her head, the elaborate curls drawn back
into a loose chignon, some escaping at the base of
the neck, the frontal tresses swept into a topknot,
the wide-set eyes beneath a softly curving browline, the full lips slightly parted.
1st-2nd Century AD. H. 10 1/2 in (26.8 cm.)
Ex English private collection, acquired in Paris
in the 1960s.
This head is of the Venus de Medici type, named
after a Hellenistic marble statue of the goddess
dated to the 1st Century BC, now in the Uffizi
Museum, Florence. This type is thought to date
originally to the early part of the 3rd Century BC.
Cf. M. Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic
Age, New York, 1955, p. 20, fig. 28.
See cover photograph.
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ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A NYMPH
with her head turned to her left, her wavy
hair centrally parted and pulled back above
the ears, the shoulders are bare but framed by
the heavy folds of a mantle.
1st Century AD. H. 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.)
Ex French private collection, ca. 1940.
For the type compare the bust of a nymph
from the "Invitation to Dance" group, in
A. Pasquier and J-L. Martinez, Praxitèle,
2007, fig. 203.
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ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF
APHRODITE slightly tilted to the
right, her long hair gathered into a
chignon at the back and crowned
with a diadem. 2nd Century AD
H. 7 5/8 in. (19. 5 cm.)
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ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A
GODDESS WEARING A
DIADEM, probably Aphrodite, her
centrally parted hair pulled to the
side and back into a bun.
1st-2nd Century AD
H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.)
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ROMAN OVER-LIFESIZE MARBLE HEAD
OF A GODDESS, probably Aphrodite, her centrally parted hair is crowned with a diadem.
Her head is turned to the right, leaning forward
slightly; the base worked for insertion into a bust
or statue. Ca. 2nd Century AD.
H. of bust: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm.)
Total height: 23 1/2 (59.7 cm.)
Ex English collection, acquired in 1970.
23 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A PATRICIAN DAUGHTER OF THE ANTONINE PERIOD,
sensitively carved with an elaborate court coiffure of braids and curls in the highest style. Her ears are
pierced to receive earrings and a hole in the center of her hair at the front probably also served to anchor a
jewel. Ca. AD 120-140. H. 11 in. (27.9 cm.). Ex M.H. collection, New York, acquired before 1959.
24 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG
WOMAN Early 3rd Century AD.
H. 5 in. (12.8 cm.) Ex French collection.
25 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG
WOMAN, her hair parted in the middle and
bound with a fillet. 1st Century AD.
H. 2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm.) Ex French collection.
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ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF
FAUSTINA II, AD 161-176 .
sensitively carved with an
elaborate imperial hairstyle.
Annia Galeria Faustina the
younger (Faustina II), the
daughter of Antoninus Pius
and Faustina I, was married to
Marcus Aurelius in 145.
In late 147 she received the
title Augusta after the birth
of her first child.
Ca. 150-180 AD.
H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.)
Ex M.H. collection, New York,
acquired before 1959 from an
estate in Bel Air, California.
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ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE PORTRAIT HEAD with a slender oval
face, the modelled brows arching over
her unarticulated, large almondshaped eyes, with heavy upper and
lower lids, a delicate nose, and a small
mouth with fleshy lips, her centerparted hair scalloped into deep waves
mostly concealing her ears.
2nd Century AD.
H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.)
Ex Ebrahimoff Family Collection,
Switzerland, acquired between 19561969. For a related coiffure see the
portrait from the so-called Temple of
Aphrodite in Cyrene, no. 263 in S.
Walker and M. Bierbrier, Ancient
Faces, Mummy Portraits from
Roman Egypt, London, 1997.
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ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST
OF AN ARISTOCRATIC WOMAN Her
broad oval face framed by undulating waves
of hair finally formed into two plaits that
are loosely coiled to form a flat spiral in the
nape of the neck. Her eyes are large, her lips
full, and her expression calm.
3rd Century AD.
H. of bust: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
Total height: 20 1/2 in. ( 52.1 cm.)
Ex French collection, acquired about 1950.
This coiffure is typical of the Severan period.
The coiffure of the empress Plautilla served
as a model. Cf. her portrait on a denarius,
minted at Rome, AD 202-205 now in the
Getty; K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog
der romischen Portrats in den
Capitolinischen Museen, vol. II, 1983, p.
99, no. 144, pls. 171-172.
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ROMAN LIFE-SIZE MARBLE
BUST OF TRANQUILLINA, WIFE
OF GORDIAN III, AD 239-244.
Her hair is dressed in the recognized
style of the period and she wears a
stola. She was the daughter of the
newly appointed chief Praetorian
prefect, Timesitheus, and, as fatherin-law of the emperor, he quickly
became the de facto ruler of the
Roman Empire. Ca. AD 241-245.
H. of bust: 16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm.)
H. including socle: 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.)
Ex old French collection, Montpelier,
acquired in the 1980s from G. Cohen,
Paris. Cf. V. Poulsen, Les Portraits
romains, Copemhagen, 1974, vol. II,
cat. 754, no. 169; M Weger,
Gordianus bis Carinus, Berlin, 1979,
pl. 21, a-c.
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ROMAN MARBLE OVERLIFESIZE VEILED HEAD OF
FAUSTINA II, AD 161-176,
wife of emperor Marcus
Aurelius. The features, carefully
detailed eyes, drilled pupils, and
hairstyle find their nearest parallel in the mature portraits of
Faustina II. Ca. AD 161-180.
H. 13 in. (33 cm.)
Ex old Spanish collection.
Parts of the veil were restored in
the 18th or 19th century.
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31 ROMAN MARBLE PANEL: EROTES BINDING SHEAVES AND MAKING WINE the left of the panel depicts
young Erotes gathering wheat; on the right they are picking grapes from an arbor and trampling them in a vat.
3rd-4th Century AD. H. 11 7/8 in. (29 cm.); L. 39 3/8 in. (100 cm.) Ex French collection, dispersed at the Drouot
in 1999. The subject developed here is that of the seasons represented by reaping (interrupted life) and by new wine
(the life to come); a typical theme on children's sarcophagi from the 3rd Century onward.
32 ROMAN LIMESTONE HERM BUST OF
A BEARDED PHILOSOPHER, the square
section shaft with incised rectangular outlines.
3rd-4th Century AD. H. 20 in. (51 cm.)
Ex German collection. Derived from the Greek form,
these were used in gardens to form galleries of sculpture
for fences during the late empire. An example of a herm
gallery with similar sculptures is the famous one at
Welschbillig near Trier.
33 ROMAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF ATTIS,
the young Phrygian shepherd beloved by Cybele.
Syria, 3rd Century AD H. 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm)
Ex private collection, Nice, France, acquired in the
1930's.
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Greek Br onze Sculptures
34 MINOAN BRONZE MALE VOTIVE with long braids and wearing a loin-cloth; right hand to head in a 'salute'.
Late Middle Minoan III, ca. 1600-1500 BC. H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.)
Ex California collection. For a discussion of the type see: M. Bennett, Belted Heroes and Bound Women Homeric Warrior King, 1997.
35 GREEK GEOMETRIC BRONZE HORSE standing upon a plate supported by an open-worked bi-conical cage.
Macedon, late 8th-7th Century BC. H. 6 7/8 in. (17 cm.) Ex private collection, Munich, acquired in 1990.
Cf. J.L. Zimmermann, Les chevaux de Bronze dans l´art geometrique grec, 1989, pl. 62.13.
36 GREEK DAEDALIC BRONZE FEMALE DOLL The nude figure of slender proportions, curving at the hips
and breasts, the arms separately-made, now missing, attachment pins remaining at the shoulders; the face with
pierced eyes, the chin-length hair dressed in large beaded waves, wears a flat polos on her head.
Mid-7th Century BC. H. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) Ex John Kluge collection, Morven House, Charlottesville,
Virginia. Published: J. Eisenberg, Gods and Mortals, Bronzes of the Ancient World, 1989, p. 3, no. 2; C.
Vermeule and J. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John
Kluge, New York, 1992, no. 8-82. Daedalic pieces are rare in bronze; for a similar example from Delphi, and
thought to be of Cretan manufacture, cf. C. Rolley, Greek Bronzes, London, 1986, no. 56.
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Etruscan Br onze Sculptur es
41 ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR STRIDING IN
BATTLE wearing a high crested helmet, cuirass, and
short tiered kilt; with extensive incised detailing.
Mid-5th Century BC. H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)
Ex Wladimir Rosenbaum (1894-1984), Ascona,
Switzerland; R.G. collection, Calodyne, Mauritius,
acquired 1977-85.
42 ETRUSCAN BRONZE NUDE HERAKLES
wearing a lion skin and raising a club high
behind his head. Extremely fine style.
Probably Vulci, ca. 500-490 BC.
H. 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.)
Ex French collection; R.G. collection, Calodyne,
Mauritius, acquired 1977-85.
Published and exhibited: I. Jucker, Italy of the
Etruscans, Israel Museum, 1991, no. 135.
37 GREEK BRONZE HERAKLES HOLDING THE HORN OF ACHELOÖS, a club in his left hand, a lionskin
over his left arm. The river god Acheloös changed himself into a bull and wrestled Herakles for the love of
Deianira. Herakles defeated him and tore out one of his horns. 4th-3rd Century BC. H. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.)
Ex Private collection, Basel, Switzerland, acquired in 1987.
43 ETRUSCAN BRONZE NUDE ATHLETE,
his right hand on his waist once held an object;
suspension loop atop his head.
Mid-5th Century BC. H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.)
Ex Athos Moretti collection, Bellinzona,
Switzerland; Royal-Athena Galleries, 1985; R.G.
collection, Calodyne, Mauritius, 1985-2008.
38 HELLENISTIC BRONZE ECSTATIC MAENAD wearing a belted chiton with long overfalls, her head
back and her arms spread. A small but charming depiction in fine style. 3rd-2nd Century BC.
H. 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm.) Ex R.G. collection, Calodyne, Mauritius, acquired between 1977 and 1985.
39 GREEK BRONZE MIRROR, THE COVER WITH APHRODITE (VENUS), EROS (CUPID), AND
THANATOS in high relief. Ca. 375-350 BC. Diam. 5 6/8 in. (14.6 cm.) Ex private collection, Lugano; J.
Elliot collection, Tennessee, acquired in 1987. Exhibited: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, 1987-2001.
40 GREEK BRONZE VASE: HEAD OF A YOUNG AFRICAN with a broad face and wide nose, the eyes inlaid
in silver, the hair arranged in tight curls. 2nd-1st Century BC. H. 3 1⁄2 in. (8.9 cm.) Ex Royal-Athena
Galleries, 1989. Exhibited: From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge
Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996. For related vessels see F. Snowden, "GrecoRoman Antiquity" in J. Vercoutter, et al., The Image of the Black in Western Art, vol. I, nos. 237-242.
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Roman Bronze
Sculptures
44 ETRUSCAN BRONZE VEILED
PRIESTESS HOLDING A
PYXIS for incense in her left
hand, her right hand raised in
prayer. She is depicted wearing
a chiton and, capite velato,
wrapped in a himation which is
thickly twisted about her waist.
Superb. Ca. 4th Century BC.
H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.)
Ex German collection.
45 ETRUSCAN BRONZE
MIRROR: SILENOS DRESSED
AS HERAKLES
with three goddesses.
4th Century BC.
Diam. 6 5/8 in. (17 cm.)
Ex R.G. collection, Calodyne,
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46 ROMAN BRONZE GROUP OF THE ENTHRONED ZEUS (JUPITER), his lower body draped in
a himation with a crown of olive shoots upon his head. His raised left hand once held a lance and in
front of him are two loose eagles; attached to a square pedestal with a dedicatory inscription.
It is based on the statue of Jupiter Capitolinus which is ultimately derived from the 5th Century BC
statue of the Olympian Zeus by Phidias. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. of statue: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.);
total 9 1/8 in. (23.3 cm.) Very fine style. Ex private French collection.
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ROMAN BRONZE ZEUS, AN EAGLE
ON HIS RAISED OPEN RIGHT PALM
He wears a pleated v-neck chiton, a himation,
and a diadem on his head; on an integral base.
1st-2nd Century AD. H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.)
Ex English private collection; R.G. collection,
Calodyne, Mauritius, acquired from RoyalAthena Galleries in 1986.
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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE INFANT
HERMES (MERCURY) RIDING A
RAM
He is seated upon a cloth saddle and
holding a bag of money and a flailing
cockerel. Extremely rare type.
1st-2nd Century AD.
H. 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.)
Switzerland; acquired between 1977
and 1985 by Dr. Leo Mildenberg for
the R.G. collection, Calodyne,
Mauritius.
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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE ZEUS HOLDING A
THUNDER BOLT (FULMINANS) in his right
hand, a laurel wreath on his head; the inserted
left arm lacking; inlaid silver eyes.
Switzerland; R.G. collection, Calodyne,
Probably a representation of Hermes
entering the realm of Dionysos. For
illustrations of Hermes riding a ram or
goat see G. Siebert, Lexicon
Iconographicum Mythologiae
Classicae, V, pp. 310-311.
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Classicae, VIII, 1997, F. Canciani, p. 426ff.
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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE
ZEUS (JUPITER) wearing a
laurel wreath, a chlamys
draped over his right shoulder; in his right hand he
holds a thunderbolt.
Earlier 2nd Century AD
H. 4 3/4 in. (12.2 cm.)
Ex private Swiss collection
assembled between 1960
and 1980.
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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
AS A DIOSCUROS, wearing a pilos helmet and a
cloak over his left shoulder
and forearm; his right arm
raised to support a lance.
1st-2nd Century AD.
H. 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.)
Ex collection of LouisGabriel Bellon (1819-1899).
After his death in May of
1899, his son Paul (1844 1928) continued enriching
this famous collection, finally
building a museum, in
Saint-Nicolas-les-Arras,
France, sadly, destroyed during the bombings of 1914 –
1915.
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PAIR OF ROMAN BRONZE RIVER GODS AS ALEXANDER THE GREAT reclining, supporting his weight
with one hand resting on an overturned vase from which issues a torrent of water. He is nude but for his himation
which is wrapped around his lower body. 2nd-3rd Century AD. L. 7 3/8 in (18.1 cm; H. 4 5/8 in (11.7 cm.)
Ex collection of B.H.S., a retired military officer, St. Petersburg, Florida, formed in the 1950s-early 1970s; J.A.
collection, Almadoro, Portugal.
ROMAN BRONZE ALEXANDER THE
GREAT, nude, based upon the statue by
Lysippos of Alexander holding a lance,
standing in contrapposto, his weight on his
left leg; right hand lacking. Very fine style.
1st Century BC/AD. H. 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.)
Switzerland; acquired between 1977 and
1985 by Dr. Leo Mildenberg for the
R.G. collection, Calodyne, Mauritius.
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ROMAN BRONZE ALEXANDER THE
GREAT AS HELIOS, nude, a chlamys over
his left shoulder, standing in contra posta,
his weight on his right leg; inserted left arm
lacking; inlaid silver eyes. Hair pierced for
rays of Helios, the sun god. Very fine style.
1st-2nd Century AD.
H. 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.)
Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel;
acquired between 1977 and 1985 by Dr.
Leo Mildenberg for the R.G. collection,
Calodyne, Mauritius.
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55 ROMAN BRONZE RECLINING DIONYSOS (BACCHUS), god of wine, nude, his left arm languidly
bent to support his head. 1st-2nd Century AD. L. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) Acquired between 1977 and 1985
by Dr. Leo Mildenberg for the R.G. collection, Calodyne, Mauritius.
56 ROMAN BRONZE SEATED ATTIS wearing Phrygian costume. A small but well-executed depiction of the
young Phygian shepherd beloved by Cybele. 2nd Century AD. H. 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm.) Acquired between
1977 and 1985 by Dr. Leo Mildenberg for the R.G. collection, Calodyne, Mauritius.
57 ROMAN BRONZE BEARDED HEPHAISTOS (VULCAN), god of the forge, his chiton over one shoulder
and wearing a Phrygian cap. He sits on an elaborate round altar and in his right hand probably once held a
hammer. 1st-3rd Century AD. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex German collection.
60
ROMAN BRONZE INFANT
HERAKLES KILLING A SNAKE
Son of Zeus and Alkmene, his name
literally means "glorious gift of Hera".
This Hera perceived as an insult, so she
tried to kill the baby by sending serpents
into his crib; but he strangled the
snakes, one in each hand, before they
could bite him. 2nd Century AD.
H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.)
Ex European private collection acquired
in the 1970s.
58 ROMAN BRONZE TELEPHOROS, literally, the bringer of a good results. He is the child companion of
Asklepios and wears the traditional Thracian hooded cloak (paenula) which stretches down below his knees;
feet lacking. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) Ex German collection.
59 ROMAN BRONZE ADOLESCENT NUDE HERAKLES He leans on a club, his cloak draped over his left
arm and the lion’s skin pulled over his head and knotted across his chest. He holds the Apple of the Hesperides
in his left hand. 3rd Century AD. H. 2 3/4 in. (7.1 cm.) Ex Swiss collection.
61
ROMAN BRONZE
YOUTHFUL TOGATUS
wearing a tunic with his toga
draped over the head and
secured in a roll at the waist,
holding a patera in his right
hand, his right knee relaxed.
1st-2nd Century AD.
H. 4 in. (10 cm.)
Ex private collection, Suffolk,
England.
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ROMAN BRONZE COMIC
ACTOR wearing a comic
actor's mask and dressed in a
tunic with trousers, the right
hand grasping the left wrist,
leaning nonchalantly, with one
leg crossed over the other,
against a short pillar surmounted by a comic mask.
2nd-3rd Century AD.
H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.)
63 ROMAN BRONZE NUDE MERCURY (HERMES), messenger of the gods, patron of travellers, athletes,
and commerce, wearing a winged petasos and a cloak over his left shoulder. 2nd-3rd Century AD.
H. 2 7/8 in. (8.8cm.) Ex German collection.
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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE WINGED EROS,
love’s messenger, holding a partial torch or a
cornucopia in his right hand and a partial
cup in his upraised left hand;
vestigial wings remaining.
Ex French private collection; H.J. collection,
Arizona. Exhibited: Miami University Art
Museum, 1995-2007; George Mason
University, 2007-2009.
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GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE WINGED
NUDE HARPOKRATES - EROS holding a
cornucopia. 1st Century BC.
H. 3 1/4 in. (8.4 cm.) Ex K. F. collection,
Garden City, Michigan. Published: Art of
the Ancient World, 1985, p. 104, no. 292.
Exhibited: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate
University, 1996-2003; George Mason
University, 2003-2007.
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ROMAN OVER-LIFESIZE BRONZE
HAND probably from a depiction of an
emperor. The position of the fingers indicates
that it was from an equestrian statue. 3rd
Century AD. L. 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.)
Ex North German private collection.
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ROMAN LARGE BRONZE EROS
LAMPIDARIUS The nude adolescent running, his body advancing, his left foot on the
ground and his right behind him. In his
extended right hand he probably had held a
lamp. His wavy hair frames his face with
skeins of long curls and the hair of the crown is
gathered into a top knot. Lower right leg
restored. Ca. 1st Century AD.
H. 21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm.) Ex Javeheri Family
collection, England, acquired by 1965.
For the pose and function, see a winged Eros in
the Morgan Library and a small bronze in the
Harvard University Art Museum, no. 387 in
Hermary, Cassimatis, and Vollkommer, ‘Eros’ in
LIMC, vol III. For the coiffure, with a plaited
loop at the nape of the neck, see an amethyst
ring stone in Berlin, no. 120 in Blanc and
Gury, “Eros/Amor, Cupid” in LIMC, vol. III.
For a related example in bronze of similar scale,
see Sotheby’s, London, July 14, 1986, lot 169.
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68 ROMAN BRONZE FORTUNA wearing a
short-sleeved chiton off her right shoulder, and a
himation pulled up as a veil, holding a fruit-filled,
crescent-topped cornucopia.
Late 1st-early 2nd Century AD.
H. 71⁄4 in. (18.4 cm.)
Ex German collection, John Kluge collection,
Charlottesville, Virginia; J.A.collection, Portugal.
Published: C. Vermeule and J. Eisenberg, Greek,
Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of
John Kluge, New York, 1992, no. 89-51.
69 ROMAN BRONZE NUDE APHRODITE HOLDING AN APPLE IN HER LEFT HAND, standing in
a relaxed pose, her weight on her left leg. Her elbows are bent and her open right hand beckons; her eyes
are inlaid with silver. She stands atop a cubic pedestal with gadroon edges and four ball feet.
1st Century AD. H. 10 5/8 in. ( 27 cm.) Ex Louis de Clercq (1836-1901) collection, France.
A. de Ridder, 'Collection de Clercq', vol. III, Les Bronzes, Paris, 1905, p. 85, no. 121, pl.
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XXVI. Many bronzes from this famous collection are now in the Louvre.
70
ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE: DEEP BUST
OF HERMES (MERCURY), god of travellers
and commerce, his eyes inlaid with silver; from a
cart or leticia. 2nd-3rd Century AD.
H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) Ex collection of B.H.S.,
a retired military officer, St. Petersburg, Florida,
formed in the 1950s-early 1970s.
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ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE: DEEP
BUST OF HERAKLES wearing a
lionskin over his head, its paws tied
across his chest. 2nd-3rd Century AD.
H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)
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ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM: BUST
OF THE YOUNG DIONYSOS (BACCHUS),
god of wine, his long hair bound with a fillet
and vines; bottom and handle lacking.
2nd Century AD. H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.)
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ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE: DEEP
BUST OF ATHENA (MINERVA)
wearing a Corinthian triple-crested
helmet and a detailed breastplate; the
aegis lying at an angle upon her breast.
2nd Century AD.
H. 3 1/8 in. (9.3 cm.)
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ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM OF
ANTINOUS, COMPANION OF HADRIAN
with silver inlaid eyes. After he drowned in the
Nile in AD 130 he was deified and is depicted
here wearing a garment over his left shoulder;
bottom and handle lacking.
Ca. AD 130. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.)
Ex German collection; M.K. collection,
Springfield, Massachusettes.
Cf. Parallel examples in the Munich Antiken
Muzeum, inv. no. SL30, and in the North
Brabant Museum in Hertogenbosch, The
Netherlands.
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ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE BUST
OF AN ECSTATIC MAENAD,
her hair tousled, a fawn skin tied about
her shoulders. Probably from a fulcrum,
decorating a couch. 1st Century AD.
H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)
Ex English collection.
World, vol. VII, 1992, no. 143.
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ROMAN BRONZE OPEN
WORK APPLIQUE OF AJAX
AND CASSANDRA
amid tendrils, the Greek hero
Ajax drags Cassandra, the
hapless daughter of King Priam,
by the hair from the temple of
Athena where she had fled for
asylum (a famous scene from the
Iliad). A rare subject.
1st Century AD.
Diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.)
Ex American private collection.
76 ROMAN BRONZE LAMP IN THE FORM OF A SANDALLED FOOT wearing a leather caliga and the
big toe serving as the nozzle; a curved palmette handle rising from the heel. Ca. 2nd Century AD.
L. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) Ex J.C. collection, California. Cf. a similar lamp in the Museo Archeologico
Nazionale, Naples, published in M. Bertoletti, et al, Riflessi di Roma, 1997, pp. 174-75, no. 487.
77 ROMAN BRONZE DOUBLE-NOZZLED OIL LAMP cast with delineating curls.
3rd-4th Century AD. L. 5 1/2 in. ( 14.1 cm.) Ex German collection.
81
ROMAN BRONZE PLATE
FROM A SUITE OF EQUINE
ARMOR
DEPICTING A DIOSCUROS
in relief, standing nude,
but for a pilos helmet and
chlamys; his horse behind
him, a shield in the left field.
Late 2nd-early 3rd Century AD.
H. 6 7/8 in. (17 cm.)
78 ROMAN BRONZE VOTIVE PLAQUE: DEEP BUST OF A GODDESS within a triple rope frame. She
wears a diadem with rays over her very long, straight hair, armor, and an aegis. Possibly a local deity combined with Minerva. Balkan area, 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) Ex German collection.
79 ROMAN BRONZE VOTIVE PLAQUE: BUST OF CYBELE, the mother goddess, wearing a kalathoid
crown over her long straight hair. She wears an ornate necklace and jewelled bustier, all within a double
rope frame. Balkan area, 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 3 1/2 in. (8.5 cm.) Ex I.I. collection, South Africa;
English collection acquired in the 1980s.
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Bronze Age Art
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PAIR OF CENTRAL
EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE
ARM SPIRALS OF THE
SALGOTARJAN TYPE
15th-13th Century BC.
Total length 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.)
Ex German collection. Cf. M.
Novotna, ‘The Axes and Hatchets
in Slovakia’, Prähistorische
Bronzefunde, IX 3, 1970, pl. 56,
13.14.
CENTRAL EUROPEAN
BRONZE AGE BRONZE
CEREMONIAL PICK AXE
with a ball-peen terminus and
decorated with groove designs.
Fine olive-green patina.
Probably from the Carpathian
area, mid-2nd Millennium BC.
L. 10 in. (25.5 cm.)
Cf. M. Novotna, ‘The Axes and
Hatchets in Slovakia’,
Prähistorische Bronzefunde,
IX 3, 1970, p. 53 type B,
pl. 19.344f.
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE BRONZE CEREMONIAL PICK AXE decorated with groove designs.
Fine olive-green patina. Probably from the Carpathian area, mid-2nd Millennium BC.
L. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) Cf: M. Novotna, ‘The Axes and Hatchets in Slovakia’, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, IX 3,
1970, p. 53 type B, pl. 19.344f. Ex German collection.
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EUROPEAN MIDDLE BRONZE AGE BRONZE PICK AXE with tapering blade and disc peen.
2nd Millennium BC. L. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in
Munich in 1992. Published: H. Spring and S. Hansen, Helmets and Weapons Alteuropas, Collection Axel
Guttmann, vol. 9, Mainz, 2001, p.142, fig. 114, 276.
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PAIR OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN
BRONZE AGE BRONZE SPIRAL
ARM GUARDS with spiral termini
and finely incised decoration.
Late 2nd Millennium BC.
Ls. 15 1/4 in. (38 cm.) each
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PAIR OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN
BRONZE AGE BRONZE SPIRAL
ARMLETS with nine windings,
that end in spirals bent inward,
ritualistically. Ca. 1200-1000 BC.
Ls. 5 1/4 and 5 1/2 in.
(13.5 and 14 cm.)
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN
BRONZE AGE BRONZE
CEREMONIAL AXE HEAD, with
long curved blade and decorated
with swirl designs in the cast.
Fine style.
Mid-2nd Millennium BC.
L. 6 1/8 in. (15.7 cm.)
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EUROPEAN MIDDLE BRONZE
AGE BRONZE PICK AXE with
tapering blade and pointed disc peen.
2nd Millennium BC.
L. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.)
Ex collection of Axel Guttmann
(1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in
Munich in 1992.
Published: H. Spring and S. Hansen,
Helmets and Weapons Alteuropas,
Collection Axel Guttmann, vol. 9,
Mainz, 2001, p. 142, fig. 114, 276.
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EUROPEAN MIDDLE BRONZE
AGE BRONZE PICK AXE with
tapering blade and pointed disc peen.
2nd Millennium BC.
L. 6 1/2 in. (16.7 cm.)
Munich in 1992.
Published: H. Spring and S. Hansen,
Helmets and Weapons Alteuropas,
Collection Axel Guttmann, vol. 9,
Mainz, 2001, p 142, fig. 114, 276.
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Ancient Arms & Armor
91 CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE BRONZE
SWORD having a dual-edged blade with a bulging
middle rib. A flat punched hilt-tongue with beveled
edges; at the crossing are six punched holes with three
preserved connection rivets. Ca 1000 BC.
L. 19 5/8 in. (50 cm.) Ex German collection.
92 CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE BRONZE
DAGGER Double-edged leaf-shaped blade with a triple
ridge on both sides and a grip frame with a grooved base
and a slender tang having three holes and reinforcement
moulding on the edges. Ca. 1200 BC.
L. 10 in. (25.5 cm.) Ex German collection.
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CHALCIDIAN BRONZE HELMET
WITH INCISED DECORATION
It has a narrow elongated skull with a
carinated and crested crown, holes for
the plume attachment, large cheek pieces,
and a short flaring neck guard. The
forehead has decorative eyebrows in relief
and richly incised palmettes, serpents'
heads, locks of hair, and floral ornamentation. 5th-4th Century BC.
H. 9 in. (23 cm.) Ex collection of Axel
Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin,
acquired in Krefeld in 1990.
97
MACEDONIAN BRONZE
HELMET OF THE PILOS TYPE
having a rounded, conical body with a
narrow flange around the rim with holes
for attachment. 5th-4th Century BC.
H. 7 1/2 (19 cm.);
diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.)
Cf. G.Waurick, et al., Antike Helme,
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum
Mainz, 1988, p. 174, no. 48.
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HELLENISTIC BRONZE HELMET OF THE
PILOS TYPE with a rounded, conical body topped
by a crest holder, a pierced rotelle on either side at
ear level, and an applied crescent moon on the front.
4th-3rd Century BC. H. 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Ex German private collection. Cf. a similar example
in the Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, published in H.
Pflug, et al., Antike Helme, 1988, p. 152.
93 EUROPEAN LATE BRONZE AGE BRONZE
SICKLE KNIFE with bifurcated handle, pretzelshaped knop, and curved blade.
1st Millennium BC. L. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.)
Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001),
Berlin, acquired in Munich in 1992. Published: H.
Spring and S. Hansen, Helmets and Weapons
Alteuropas, Collection Axel Guttmann, vol. 9,
Mainz, 2001, p. 275.
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94 CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE
BRONZE LANCE HEAD with a ridged blade and
round socket; two attachment holes on each side.
Ca. 11th Century BC.
95 CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE
BRONZE LANCE HEAD with a ridged blade and
round socket; two attachment holes on each side.
Ca. 11th Century BC.
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HELLENISTIC BRONZE HELMET OF THE
PILOS TYPE with a rounded, conical body
topped by a crest holder and two horns made of
cut sheet, each set on a pin attached to the body
by a leaf-shaped plate.
4th-3rd Century BC. H. 19 1/4 (48.9 cm.)
Ex German private collection.
Cf. a similar example in the Landesmuseum,
Karlsruhe, published in H. Pflug, et al., Antike
Helme, 1988, p. 152.
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ETRUSCAN HELMET OF
MONTEFORTINO/CANOSA TYPE
The hemispherical body is crowned by a
mushroom-shaped knob decorated with
a leaf ornament. Parallel fluted grooves
and herringbone-patterned bands encircle the helmet above the lower rim and
neck guard. 4th - 3rd Century BC.
H. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.)
Ex collection of Axel Guttmann, Berlin.
Published: M. Junkelmann, Römische
Helme - Sammlung Axel Guttmann,
vol. 8, Mainz, 2000, p. 96, no. 28.
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ITALIC BRONZE TREFOIL BREASTPLATE AND GREAVES The breastplate has lining holes along the
perimeter. The upper rim has a serrated reinforcement band and a large hole in the center. Together with a pair
of short greaves said to have been found with the breastplate. 4th Century BC. H. 11 5/8 in. (29.7 cm.);
greaves 9 5/8 in. (24.3 cm.) Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Paris in 1988.
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HELLENISTIC BRONZE HELMET OF THE PILOS
TYPE with a broad offset concave brim. There is one
soldered attachment loop on the inside for the chinstraps.
4th-3rd Century BC. H. 9 in. (23 cm.)
Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin,
acquired in Krefeld in 1991.
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MACEDONIAN BRONZE HELMET OF THE
PILOS TYPE with a rounded, conical body and a
flat brim. Late 3rd-2nd Century BC.
H. 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Ex German private collection. Cf. the helmet
depicted on bronze coins from the period of Philip
V, ca. 221 - 179 BC.
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PAIR OF GREEK BRONZE ANATOMICAL
GREAVES 5th-4th Century BC.
Ls. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.); 9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.)
Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001),
Berlin.
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SAMNITE BRONZE ANATOMICAL FOUR-PART CUIRASS
The breastplate displays distinct
pectoral and abdominal muscles
with an inlaid navel, and recesses
with perforations for the separately
made, missing nipples. The back
plate has a central groove to indicate
the spine; the two rectangular sidepieces with hinge loops and hooks
decorated with palmettes.
5th-4th Century BC.
H. of cuirass 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.)
Krefeld in 1986. Very rare.
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ETRUSCAN BRONZE DAGGER
Cast in one piece, the double-edged
blade tapering to a point. The hasp,
terminating in an omega-shaped
design, with holes for attachment
of a lacking leather-covered wood
handle. 7th Century BC.
L. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.)
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VILLANOVAN BRONZE CIRCULAR LIDDED PYXIS with straight sides decorated
with six rows of embossed beading. On the lid are embossed circles around a wreath of
rays in the center; three projections with double aperture for suspension.
Ca. 750-650 BC. D. 5 5/8 in. (14.4 cm.) Ex private Swiss collection, acquired in
1961. For similar decoration on a helmet and breastplate, see: A. Wiese, et al.
Etruskische Kunst, Antiken-museum, Basel, 1988, p. 29, nos. E30 and E31.
For a pyxis of the same design see: G. Colonna, Civiltà degli etruschi, 1986, Florence,
p. 55, no. 2.4.10,9.
108 ROMAN IRON CAMPAIGN FOLDING STOOL (SELLA CASTRENSIS -- literally stool for the camp).
It was essentially reserved for commanders in the field. The richly decorated folding chair is a part of the
tradition of ancient Italic command insignia. Such chairs, called "sella", were already used as symbols of status and command at the time of the Etruscans and in the early Roman period. During the Roman
Republican and Imperial periods, the folding chair, the so-called "Curulian Chair", together with the fasces,
were the essential insignia of consuls, praetors, censors, and aediles.
1st-3rd Century AD. H. 16 7/8 in. (43 cm.) Ex German collection. The leather seat is modern.
109 ROMAN IRON RING-POMMEL SWORD A double-edged tapered blade with light ridges on both sides
and rectangular quillons. The tapered tang has an oval ring pommel. 2nd Century AD.
L. 37 in. (94 cm.) Ex German collection. Cf. Römer zwischen Alpen und Nordmeer, catalogue for the
Rosenheim Regional Exhibition 2000, cat. no. 40c.
110 ROMAN LEGIONNAIRE’S FORGED IRON PUGIO DAGGER BLADE with characteristic curved
blade and a mid rib on both sides. Found in Germany. 1st Century AD. L. 18 1/8 cm. (46 cm.)
Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Munich in the 1990s.
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114 GREEK TERRACOTTA HEAD, POSSIBLY OF APOLLO, his centrally parted hair held with a diadem.
Ca. 470-460 BC. H. 3 1/8 in. (8.1 cm.) Ex German collection.
115 GREEK TERRACOTTA HEAD OF THE YOUNG DIONYSOS , wearing a rolled fillet and diadem with
a large palmette. Tarentum, 4th Century BC. H. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) Ex French collection.
Cf. R. A. Higgins, Terracottas in the British Museum, Oxford, 1970, p. 180, no. 1314.
116 HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA VOTIVE THEATER MASK of a female character, her head with rows of
tiered curls covered with a helmet-like headpiece topped with a palmette.
2nd-1st Century BC. H. 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) Ex German collection.
117 HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA THYMIATERION: HEAD OF A KORE wearing a turreted crown and
pendant earrings. North Africa, probably Carthage, 4th-3rd Century BC. H. 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.)
Ex collection of Dr. Bergier, Paris, acquired before 1970.
118 GREEK TERRACOTTA HALF-FIGURE OF DIONYSOS
Greek Terracottas
as a banqueteer. Tarentine, ca. 420 BC. H. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.)
Ex Belgian private collection.
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MIGRATION PERIOD BRONZE AND IRON HELMET
The iron skull made in four pieces with overlapping bronze
bands forming a cross. The slightly ridged helmet bands taper
from wide bases and are riveted to the skull pieces; a surrounding brow band with a turned under rim riveted to the
lower edge; five loops at the nape of the neck with hanging
bronze chains about 10 cm long.
6th Century AD. H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)
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MIGRATION PERIOD GOLD MOUNTED IRON SWORD, THE HANDLE STUDDED WITH GARNETS,
both cabochons and square, and red glass. Ancient Colchis (Georgia) 5th-6th Century AD.
L. 33 3/4 in. (86.7 cm.) Ex Adolphe and Suzanne Stoclet collection, Belgium.
Cf. Konrad Theiss, Attila und die Hunnen, 2007, no. 222. Cf. another in E. Behmer, Das Zweischneidige
Schwert der Germanischen Völkerwand-erungszeit, Stockholm, 1939, p. 106, no. 22; pl. XII, no.4B.
See also: Germanen, Hunnen, und Awaren, German National Museum, Berlin, 1988, p. 106, no.12a.
Swords with stone-decorated handguards were always an attribute of the leading warriors and served
exclusively as representation of status or as a rank badge.
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MEDIEVAL STEEL SWORD OF OAKESHOTT XII TYPE with broad tapering double-edged blade cut with a
long fuller on each side, a steel hilt comprising a straight cross-piece of slightly faceted square section, and a
strongly formed wheel pommel. 13th-14th Century AD.
L. of blade: 30 1/8 in. (76.5 cm.); total length: 37 1/4 (94.6 cm.) Ex English collection.
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119 GREEK PLASTIC LEKYTHOS WITH DIONYSOS, bare to the waist, holding a hare and a bouquet,
surrounded by six spaced rosettes. 4th-3rd Century BC. H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm.) Ex Piot collection, no.
153; collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-les-Arras, France; thence by descent.
Published: F. Winter, Die Antiken Terrakotten, vol. III-2, 1903, p. 245.
120 HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA HORSE AND RIDER, most probably one of the Dioskouroi, Castor and
Pollux, twin sons of Zeus by Leda. He wears a pilos helmet and short belted chiton; traces of polychromy
remaining. Canosa, 4th Century BC. H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) Ex A. Abraham collection, New York.
121 PAIR OF HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTAS OF NIKE (VICTORIA) winged goddess of victory, nude to the
waist, the lower body wrapped in a himation. Each wears a wreath and earrings and holds a patera.
Canosa, 4th-3rd Century BC. H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) Ex French collection.
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122 HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA DRAPED LADY OF FASHION her long himation wrapped over her
head and around her body. Boeotia, 2nd Century BC. H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) Ex French collection.
123 HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA DRAPED LADY OF FASHION wearing a long chiton and wrapped
in a himation. She stands in a relaxed pose, her weight on her right leg and her right hand on her hip.
Her head is raised and her hair is in a melon coiffure. 2nd Century BC. H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.)
124 HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA DRAPED
LADY OF FASHION wearing a diadem
and wrapped in a himation; extensive
polychromy remaining. 3rd Century BC.
H. 12 5/8 in. (32 cm.)
Ex collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon
(1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-les-Arras,
France; thence by descent. Published: F.
Winter, Die Antiken Terrakotten, vol. III2, 1903, p.24.
125 HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA ACTOR
wearing a comic mask, an animal skin, and
carrying a logobolan; extensive polychromy
remaining. 4th Century BC.
H. 6 1/8 in. (13.1 cm.) Ex collection of
Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), SaintNicolas-les-Arras, France; thence by descent.
126 HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA
MUSICIAN sitting on a wall, playing
the double flute. 3rd Century BC.
H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.)
collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon
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France; thence by descent.
131 MYCENAEAN LARGE POTTERY STIRRUP JAR Amid bandings is a stylized depiction of a cuttlefish
surrounded by sea plants. A rare and elegant depiction. 14th-12th Century BC. H. 8 1/4 in. (21.1 cm.)
Ex collection of Dr. R., Switzerland; thence a Munich private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Etruscan Terracottas
127 ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HEAD OF A YOUTH with his himation pulled over the back of
his curly-haired head, a symbol that he was ready to meet the gods. Cerveteri, 3rd Century BC.
H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) Ex private collection, Freiburg, Switzerland; K. B. collection, Lyon, Michigan,
acquired from Royal-Athena in 1985. Exhibited: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1985-1995;
Ball State University Art Museum, 1995-2007.
128 ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HEAD OF A YOUTH, his hair in a centrally parted style.
4th Century BC. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex collection of Max Gruenthal (d. 1962), New York.
129 ETRUSCAN LARGE TERRACOTTA REVETMENT TILE WITH A BULL striding to right, his tail
plaited, under an architectural motif. 6th-5th Century BC. H. 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.);
W. 13 1/2 in. (34.5 cm.) Ex French collection.
132 EAST GREEK POTTERY ‘BIRD BOWL’ STYLE OINOCHOE
with a cylindrical neck and a handle, with overall bands and ‘Z’ friezes,
E arly Greek
the body with an ibex and birds between alternating shaded and dotted
Vase s
rhomboid-filled triangles. Ca. 675-650 BC. H. 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.)
Ex Swiss collection,1988. Cf. A specimen from a Rhodian workshop
illustrated in R.M. Cook, Greek Painted Pottery, London, 1972, pl. 7A and E. Buschor, Greek VasePainting, New York, 1978, fig. 22. For the type see: J Boardman, Early Greek Vase Painting, 1998,
p. 51, fig. 139.
133 GREEK GEOMETRIC POTTERY KRATER Bellied body, convex rim, sweepingly splayed foot; handles
with small spikes at their base; frieze panels exhibiting two hatched meanders framed by metopes with antithetic hatched triangles. 9th-8th Century BC. H. 7 7/8 in. (19.9 cm.) Ex private Swiss collection
acquired in 1961. Cf. CVA, Oxford 2, pl. D, no. 1.24.
130 ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HAND 5th-4th Century BC. L. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.)
Ex German collection. Cf. M. Torelli, Gli Etrusci, catalog of the exhibition in Venice, 2000, no. 125.
134 CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURE POTTERY OINOCHOE
wth two registers of decoration heightened with incision and
crimson on a buff ground, the upper with a frieze consisting of
a siren with outstretched wings, flanked by two geese, the lower
frieze with a confronting bull and lion, a siren and addorsed
lions; with rosettes and dots in the field. Ca. 580-570 BC.
H. 12 in (30.5 cm.) Ex California private collection.
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135
ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA BY THE DIOSPHOS
PAINTER A doubleen with Apollo kitharoides, Artemis, and
Leto; a deer between. Reverse: Herakles greets Athena, a calf
between and a warrior behind her. Ca. 500-490 BC.
H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) Ex French collection.
Attic Black-figure
Vase s
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136
ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE
LEKYTHOS BY A FOLLOWER OF
THE TALEIDES PAINTER with a
nude boxer flanked by two judges on
either side; on the shoulder, two
judges flank a palmette.
Ca. 540 BC. H. 8 5/8 in (21.9 cm.)
Ex German private collection,
acquired in the 1980s.
137
ATTIC WHITE GROUND
BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS BY
THE DIOSPHOS PAINTER
with two racing quadrigas; nonsense
inscription. Ca. 510-500 BC.
H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.)
Ex collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon
France; thence by descent.
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138
ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE HYDRIA BY
THE READY PAINTER A nude youth
putting on greaves, before him a woman who
holds his shield and spear. On either side of
them is a draped youth and a nude youth
with a spear. Ca. 520-510 BC.
H. 12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.) Ex collection of
Dr. Jacques Denier (1926-1992), La Tour
du Pin, France, acquired from Spinks,
London. Published: J. Beazley, Paralipomena,
Oxford, 1971, p. 54.
139
ATTIC WHITE-GROUND BLACKFIGURED HYDRIA BY THE PAINTER
OF THE HALF-PALMETTES, the panel
on the body with a bearded ithyphallic satyr
walking to the right and looking back, holding a thyrsos in his left hand, followed by
two galloping horses from a biga, a dog
below, vines in the field.
Ca. 500 BC. H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
Ex collection of Frank H. Sommer III
(d. 2006), former head of the Winterthur
Library, Winterthur, Delaware, acquired in
1968. Attributed by Winfred van de Put.
At tic Red-figure Va ses
143
ATTIC RED-FIGURE NOLAN AMPHORA
BY THE ETHIOP PAINTER A young warrior
standing wearing a belted chiton, a chlamys draped
over his right arm, a shield over his left shoulder, a
spear in his right hand, takes leave of an older
bearded man to the left; an inscription in added
red in between reading: [ ]KONI.
Reverse: A standing bearded man.
Ca. 460 BC. H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.)
Ex Japanese private collection, acquired in 1990.
144
ATTIC RED-FIGURE COLUMN KRATER BY
THE NAPLES PAINTER Orpheus seated upon a
rocky outcrop plays his lyre, flanked by two Thracian
warriors; at right a third warrior holds his horse’s
bridle. Reverse: Two draped youths flank a draped
female. Ca. 450-430 BC. H. 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
Ex M.D. collection, Antwerp, Belgium, acquired in
the 1970s.
140 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE EYE CUP with a gorgoneion in the tondo, each side centered by a woman
between apotropaic eyes, flanked by gesticulating nude youths, a dolphin below each handle.
Late 6th Century BC. Diam. 8 3/4 in (22.2 cm.) Ex A. Paulsem collection, acquired ca. 1985.
141 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE EYE CUP: A CENTAUR BETWEEN APOTROPAIC EYES, hoplites flanking
the handles. Later 6th Century BC. W. 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm.) Ex collection of Pierre P., Paris, acquired
in 1970.
142
ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE STEMLESS
KYLIX, on either side, Herakles fighting
the Nemean lion; flanking palmettes.
Ca. 500 BC. H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.);
W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.)
Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in
the 1970s.
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145
ATTIC RED-FIGURE CALYX KRATER
A thiasos procession led by a nude youth
holding a grain sheaf, followed by a
draped female playing the double-flute
and followed by another nude youth
holding a torch and staff. Reverse:
Two nude youths, one holding a strigil
and the other an aryballos.
Ca. 460-450 BC. H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.)
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ATTIC RED-FIGURE CALYX KRATER
BY THE LC GROUP Dionysos riding a
panther surrounded by an entourage of
satyrs and maenads led by a flying Eros.
Reverse: Three draped youths.
4th Century BC.
H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.)
147
ATTIC TREFOIL ‘COOK CLASS’
OINOCHOE: HEAD OF A FEMALE
wearing a black cap. Ca. 490-480 BC.
H. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm.) Ex Dutch private
collection, Maastricht; H. J. collection,
Sun City, Arizona. Exhibited at Kresge Art
Museum, Michigan State University, 19852009. Published: Art of the Ancient World,
vol. IV, 1985, no. 82.
148
ATTIC RED-FIGURE CALYX
KRATER depicting a departure scene
with an armed warrior holding a round
shield and extending a phiale toward a
female holding an oinochoe; an Ionic
column between them. At right is a
draped male holding a staff. Reverse:
A draped female extends a phiale to
a young man leaning upon a staff.
Ca. 440 BC. H. 10 in. (25.5 cm.);
W: 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.)
149
ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS
A winged goddess running to the right,
holding a torch. 5th Century BC.
H. 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.)
Ex Cavadini collection, Sorengo-Lugano,
Switzerland, acquired in the late 1960s.
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ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS,
a nude Eros flying to the right, his wings
outstretched behind, reaching towards a
tendril. Mid-5th Century BC.
H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)
Ex American private collection.
151
ATTIC RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS
BY THE MILLIN PAINTER
A satyr beats a drum before a maenad
wearing a peplos and holding a thyrsos.
Reverse: A satyr listens to a maenad playing
the double-flute. Ca. 420-400 BC.
H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.);
W. 4 7/8 in. (12.6 cm.)
Ex German private collection. For a
similar skyphos see: CVA, BM 4, fasc. 35;
pl. 31.3, London, British Museum. See:
A.D. Ure, ‘Red-Figure Cups with Incised
and Stamped Decoration.-II,’ The Journal
of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 64,1944, pp. 6777 for cups by the Millin Painter.
152
ATTIC RED-FIGURE LIDDED PYXIS of
concave cylindrical form with a frieze of
Dionysos and a group of maenads approaching
a flaming altar in the form of a Doric capital.
Each maenad holds a thyrsos, an oinochoe, a
phiale, or a mirror. Dionysos holds a thyrsos
and a kantharos; ‘kale’ in retrograde in red
paint between the figures, a key meander
above; zig-zag below, a ring of palmettes
around the mushroom knop on the lid.
Ca. 430 BC. H. 6 in. (15.2 cm.)
Ex A. Abraham collection, New York.
For related examples, see: S. R. Rutherford,
The Attic Pyxis, 1978, nos. 45-56.
153
ATTIC RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER ,
Herakles offers a kantharos to Nike; at left
the Dioskouroi holding torches, at right
another nude laureate male with a spear?
watching. Reverse: Three draped youths.
4th Century BC. H. 13 1/8 in. (33.5 cm.);
W. 13 in. (33 cm.) Ex French collection.
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South I talian Vases
154 GREEK LARGE RED-FIGURE AMPHORA Three females
and a reclining Eros around a laver; three swans above.
Female at left regards herself in a mirror, the one at right
holds an oinochoe, and the third, nude, kneels as she puts on
her chiton. On the neck sits a winged Eros. Reverse: Three
women stand around an altar. Very rare group.
Early 4th Century BC. H. 22 1/2 in. (57 cm.)
Ex French collection, acquired in London in 1993.
The painting style clearly relates to a Sicilian workshop,
however, the form is identifiable to red-figure vases found in
Albania (ancient Illyria); accompanied by a photocopy of
a letter from Prof. A. Dale Trendall about this unusual
amphora.
155 HELLENISTIC POTTERY OLPE The upper register
decorated with relief masks, the lower register with reliefs
of Herakles fighting two centaurs and the Lernean hydra.
Canosa, 3rd Century BC.
H. 11 7/8 in. (29 cm.) Rare. Ex French collection.
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156 APULIAN RED-FIGURE LARGE AMPHORA,
possibly by the Gioia del Colle Painter. Nine figures in
two registers, the upper with a seated female holding a
wreath and a phiale looking back at a nude seated
youth with a thyrsos. Also a standing female holding a
garland and phiale who looks toward a nude seated
youth with a staff. The lower register with a seated
female offering a phiale to a standing nude youth with
wreath and flower, and a nude youth leaning on a staff
with arm outstretched towards a seated female with a
casket, another standing youth with a staff to right.
The shoulder with a female bust emerging from a large
flower surrounded by acanthus leaves and scrolling tendrils. Reverse: Four offering-bearers around a stele tied
with a black fillet; a large kylix above.
Ca. 350-330 BC. H. 35 1/2 in. (90 cm.)
Ex Japanese private collection, acquired during the
1970s-1980s.
157 APULIAN RED-FIGURE SITULA BY THE
PATERA PAINTER A maenad seated upon a rocky
outcrop holds a thyrsos and a patera; a tambor in the
field. Reverse: A satyr walks to right holding a calyx
krater with both hands; at left a thyrsos on which
hangs a panther skin. On the arching handle is a
laurel frieze, at one end a lion’s head in raised relief
and at the other end a maenad’s face.
Ca. 330-320 BC. H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.)
Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in the
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1930s.
158
APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEBES GAMIKOS A
young woman with bunches of grapes offers a casket
to a nude youth with a round object (apple?).
Reverse: Amid tendrils a winged Eros flies over a
blossom. The lid is topped by a miniature squat
lekythos. Ca. 330-320 BC. H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3
cm.) Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in the
1930s.
159
APULIAN RED-FIGURE LIDDED OINOCHOE,
SHAPE VIIIB Around the body a goddess, probably
Nike, holds a helmet; a seated female guarding a
shield and spear offers a garland crown to a nude
youth with a sword and kothon. Behind the youth
Hermes holds a wreath and kerykeion; another
youth sits with a phiale.
Ca. 330-320 BC. H. 6 in. (15.1 cm.)
Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in the 1930s.
Cf. The scene in the Iliad when Thetis gives her son
Achilles the weapons made by Hephaistos for the
fight against Hector; Hermes to lead Hector to the
underworld.
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164
SICILIAN BUFF POTTERY FIGURAL
GUTTOS IN THE FORM OF A MOUSE
possibly from the Selinunte Group, with a
pointed nose, arching handle, a fill-spout
behind, and a pouring spout at the top of the
tail; details in brownish black slip.
Later 5th Century BC.
L. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.)
Cf. B. Heldring, Sicilian Plastic Vases,
Utrecht, 1981, pls. 10-14, 16-18, 30-36.
Etr uscan & Roman Pottery
165 ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO CHALICE the deep bowl with
carinated base supported on four struts: two in the form of
korai with hands clasped over their hearts; and two with
reticulated double placques of striding winged quadrupeds.
Late 7th-6th Century BC. H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.)
Ex A. Abraham collection, New York. Cf. T. Rasmussen,
Bucchero Pottery from Southern Etruria, 1979, p. 95,
pl. 26, no. 128-129.
160 APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE A nude male holding a measuring rod (stad) in his exended right hand,
a cloak over his left shoulder. Reverse: Draped female holding a circular pyxis over a meta.
4th Century BC. H. 10 in. (25.4 cm.) Ex French collection, composed in the 1960's and early 70's.
161 CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER NEAR THE BRANICKI PAINTER with a nude couple
embracing upon a couch. 4th Century BC. H. 14 1/2 in. (37 cm.); D. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) Ex French
collection. Cf. K. Schauenburg, Studien zur unteritalischen Vasenmalerei, vol. II, Kiel, 2000, pl. 114-117.
166 ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE
with a frieze of three deer walking and grazing.
5th Century BC. H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.)
162 CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER At right, a maenad seated upon a rocky outcrop holds a
large flower. At left, a nude youth stands holding a thyrsos and large pyxis; his himation draped over his
left arm. Reverse: two draped youths. 4th Century BC. H. 12 in. (30.5 cm.); W. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.);
D. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.) Ex collection of Prof. Alcibiades N. Oikonomides (d. 1988), Chicago (Classics
professor at Loyola University), acquired in the 1970s; M.B. collection, Westlake Village, California.
167 ETRUSCAN APPLIED RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER
Three nude athletes in conversation; details incised. Reverse:
two draped youths, one bearded, in conversation.
4th Century BC. H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.)
Ex French collection. For a similar krater see: J. Beazley,
Etruscan Vase Painting, 1947, pl. VIII, 3-4.
163 LUCANIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA BY THE PISTICCI PAINTER Two draped women, one holding a
mirror, stand addressing each other over a kalathos. Ca. 440-430 BC. H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.)
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168 FALISCAN POTTERY OLPE with arching handle, funnel-shaped neck, conical mouth and slightly splayed
foot. On the shoulder, a frieze with alternate long and short leaves; on the lip, a scheme of stripes; on the
body, banding. 4th Century BC. H. 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm.) Ex Swiss collection, acquired in 1961.
169 ROMAN MOLDED REDWARE MOON FLASK WITH GLADIATORS IN COMBAT in relief on
both sides. Surrounding the central image are bordering bands of roping, rosettes, and tongues; two arching
handles on the shoulder. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) Ex French private collection,
170 ROMAN RED SLIP ARRETINE WARE LIDDED PYXIS, cylindrical
with a conical lid; a medial band of moulded ivy leaves around the body;
and set on a ring foot. 1st Century AD. H. 6 3⁄ 4 in. (17cm. )
Ex Edward J. W. Hildyard collection, (d. 1964), thence by descent.
Ancient Varia
171 IBERIAN BRONZE PRIAPUS wearing a hooded tunic and holding a tray of fruit above his exaggerated
phallus. 4th-3rd Century BC. H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) Ex French collection.
172 IBERIAN BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE of waisted humanoid form with a conical head.
5th-3rd Century BC. H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) Ex Barbier-Mueller collection, Geneva, Switzerland,
acquired between 1955-1963. Published: J. L. Zimmermann, Art Antique dans les Collections du
Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, 1991, p. 71, no. 33.
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173 SARDINIAN PREHISTORIC
NURAGHIC PERIOD BRONZE
WARRIOR wearing a short tunic
and an elaborate plumed helmet,
carrying a bow over his shoulder,
the quiver case on his back.
Ca. 8th Century BC.
H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.)
H. of figure 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.)
Ex Wladimir Rosenbaum (18941984), Ascona, Switzerland; R.G.
collection, Calodyne, Mauritius,
acquired 1977-85.
174 ROMAN IVORY STATUETTE
OF THE EMPEROR
COMMODUS AS HERAKLES,
nude, a lion’s skin over his head
and down his back, a club in his
right hand resting on that shoulder. Ca. AD 161-192.
H. 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.)
Ex Lépine collection; Matossian
collection, Paris. Accompanied by
an extensive analysis of the ivory
from M.S.M.A.P. Laboratoire by
Drs. B. Dubosco and P. Etcheverry
in June of 2008.
Extremely rare, if not unique.
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175 NEOLITHIC POTTERY HEAD FROM AN IDOL Roughly spade-shaped, with large incised eyes and eye
lashes incised on the top and bottom, raised nasal ridge, and pointed nose, a band of three incised lines across
the brow; the back of the flattened head with a row of six perforations. Vinca Culture, Balkan area,
ca. 5th Millennium BC. H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) Choice. Ex M. M. collection, Belgrade.
176 NEOLITHIC SMALL GRAY POTTERY HALF-IDOL with incised almond-shaped eyes, raised nasal ridge,
and pointed nose. Three perforations in a groove at the top of the head; another perforation on both of the vestigial arms. Vinca Culture, ca. 5th Millennium BC. H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) Ex M. M. collection, Belgrade.
177 NEOLITHIC POTTERY DEEP BUST FROM AN IDOL with incised triangular eyes, raised nasal ridge, and
pointed nose; arms raised. Vinca Culture, Balkan area, ca. 5th Millennium BC.
H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) Ex German collection.
178 ROMAN ALABASTER VASE with quarter-section lip, short cylindrical neck, and ovoid body on low, stepped
foot. 1st-3rd Century AD. H. 11 1/8 in. (28.5 cm.) Ex South German collection, acquired in the 1980s.
179 DANUBIAN CELTIC HAMMERED IRON BOAT-SHAPED HANGING OIL LAMP
Hanging shaft with knot decoration with horns and curved end with original chain and S-shaped
hook. 2nd-1st Century BC. H. without chain 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) Ex German collection.
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180 GREEK SILVER PHIALE OMPHALOS hammered with a relief design of radiating petals.
Lydian, 6th-5th Century BC. Diam. 5 5/8 in. (14.4 cm.) Ex German collection.
Classical Silver
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ROMAN CAST SILVER
WINGED NIKE
(VICTORIA), bare-breasted
and holding a wreath and a
palm frond.
2nd-3rd Century AD.
H. 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm.)
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ROMAN CAST SILVER
FORTUNA, goddess of fortune
and destiny, wearing a diadem
and peplos with long overfalls,
holding a cornucopia and the
remains of a rudder; with
partial gilding.
2nd-3rd Century AD.
H. 2 5/8 in. (6.8 cm.)
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183 CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE GOLD HAIR ORNAMENTS Finely worked sleeves of flat bars,
with finely beaded ridges on the outside. Open on the sides, each has only the top winding closed.
Urn Field Period, ca. 1200 BC. Ls. 1 in. (25 mm.); wt 10 gr. Ex German collection.
184 HELLENISTIC GOLD PENDANT WITH FACING BUST OF ARTEMIS IN RELIEF, a suspension loop
on top. The goddess of the hunt wears a chiton, her arrow quiver slung around her back; within a rope border.
4th Century BC. Diam. 1 1/8 in. (2.7 cm.) Ex German collection. Cf. H. Hoffmann and P. Davidson,
Greek Gold - Jewelry from the Age of Alexander, The Brooklyn Museum, 1965, p. 107, no. 94.
185 PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD EAR
PENDANTS: EACH WITH A DOVE
suspended from a rosette. 4th Century BC.
Ls. 2 1/2 in. (5.9 cm.) Ex German collection.
186 SIXTEEN GRAECO-ROMAN REPOUSSÉ
GOLD LAUREL LEAF HAIR ORNAMENTS
each devised as three joined leaves.
Ca. 2nd-1st Century BC.
Ls. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) - 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.)
Ex private French collection.
The dried aromatic leaf of the laurel or bay,
laurus nobilis, used as a seasoning in cooking.
Early Greeks and Romans attributed magical
properties to the leaf and it has long been a
symbol of honor, celebration, and triumph.
187 HELLENISTIC GOLD DIADEM decorated in
repoussé with floral wave meanders and a Herakles
knot. 4th Century BC.
L. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm.)
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HELLENISTIC GOLD ROUNDEL
WITH FACING BUST OF
ARTEMIS in high relief, surrounded
by a floral wave meander and a
wreath bordered by dots; from a hairnet. The goddess of the hunt wears a
chiton, her arrow quiver slung
around her back.
4th Century BC.
Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.)
For similar hairnets with Artemis,
see: B. Barr-Sharrar, The Hellenistic
and Early Imperial Decorative Bust,
1987, pls. 64-65.
Cf. H. Hoffmann and P. Davidson,
Greek Gold - Jewelry from the Age
of Alexander, The Brooklyn Museum,
1965, p. 107, no. 94.
189
ROMAN GOLD FINGER RING
WITH BUST OF SERAPIS
in high relief.
2nd-3rd Century AD.
Longest interior width: 18 mm.
Wt. 4 gr.; size 5 Ex private Dutch
collection, acquired in the 1980s.
190
ROMAN GOLD DOUBLE RING
WITH TWO RED CARNELIAN
OVAL INTAGLIOS of floral motifs.
2nd-3rd Century AD.
Longest interior width: 16 mm.
Wt. 6 gr.; size 5
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Byzantine Jewelry & Ar t
191 BYZANTINE PAIR OF GOLD EARRINGS WITH
TWO PENDANT CROSSES 6th-9th Century AD.
L. 1 in. (2.5 cm.) Ex French collection.
192 PAIR OF BYZANTINE GOLD CRESCENT EARRINGS decorated with filigree. 6th-9th Century AD.
L. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) Ex German collection.
193 CAROLINGIAN GOLD RING The shoulders of the ring
are decorated with filigree gold beads; the face with five
bezels set with glass gems of various colours, surrounded by
a fine corded band. Frankish Dynasty, AD 751-987.
Longest interior width: 18 mm; wt. 8 gr; size 9.
BYZANTINE LARGE BRONZE
RELIEF SECTION: THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC Beneath a garland arch Abraham stands with a
sword raised in his right hand and
grasps Isaac by the hair as he kneels,
nude, at his father’s feet; at right a
flaming altar and at left a ram. At
upper right is the sun and the hand
of God enters at upper left, raised to
stop Abraham; in the arch at left is
the lion from a depiction of Daniel
in the lion’s den. Fused onto a lead
plate; possibly from a sarcophagus.
Very rare.
5th-6th Century AD.
H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm. );
W. 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.)
Ex N.K. collection, Paris; Swiss
private collection, acquired in the
1970s.
194 BYZANTINE GOLD LATIN CROSS PENDANT
with incised decoration. 10th Century AD.
195 BYZANTINE SILVER AND GOLD LITURGICAL
SPOON with a dove terminus. From the region around
Homs, Syria. 6th-7th Century AD. L. 6 5/8 in. (17 cm.)
Ex collection of Count X, dispersed at the Drouot,
November 17, 1972, lot 94.
For a discussion of the practice of intinction, see: Robert F.
Taft, S.J., Byzantine Communion Spoons, Dumbarton
Oaks Papers, vol. 50, 1996, pp. 209-238.
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BYZANTINE LARGE REDWARE
TILE WITH MOLDED RELIEF
OF PEGASUS being groomed by
four nymphs. A kneeling one cleans
a hoof, another one curries; within a
‘beaded’ frame; partially covered in
white slip. 5th-6th Century AD.
H. 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.);
W. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.)
Cf. Die Welt von Byzanz. Europas
östliches Erbe, exhibition catalogue,
Munich Staatliche Museum, 2004,
no. 90. Probably from the provinces
of Africa Proconsularis or Byzancena
and used to decorate a wooden chest.
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198 BYZANTINE BRONZE VOTIVE PLAQUE OF
CHRIST WITH THE EVANGELISTS
Punched from the back, centering Christ
Pantocrator, Matthew and Luke on the right,
Matthew and John on the left; their names spelled
vertically in Greek.
12th-14th Century AD.
H. 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.); W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.)
199 BYZANTINE BRONZE ICON Within an arcade,
the Madonna and Child at left and a saint at right;
below, busts of three saints in an arcade; all separated by columns. Ca. 11th Century AD.
H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.)
200 BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH A
CROSS AS THE REFLECTOR above the ring
handle; the cover decorated with foliage. 5th-6th Century AD. L. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) Ex Clemens
Holzmeister (1887-1983) collection, acquired between 1927 and 1954; Hamburg private collection,
acquired in 1980.
201 MEDIEVAL LEAD OPENWORK APPLIQUE CENTERING A SPREAD EAGLE Four birds alternating
with grain motifs surrounding; the back with six hooks. 12th Century AD. L. 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.)
Ex J. H. collection, acquired in the 1990s. See: Motiv und Zeitstellung: Das Reich der Salier, 10241125, Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum, Mainz, 1992, p. 127, nos. 1, B 32, 3 A 1.
Egyptian Stone
Sc ul ptu res &
Reliefs
202
EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM
LIMESTONE RELIEF: TWO
WORKMEN IN PROFILE
hauling an unseen object with a rope,
taut, over their right shoulder;
in the register above, a pair of feet.
VIth Dynasty, ca. 2278 - 2184 BC.
W. 13 1/8 in. (33.5 cm.);
H. 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.)
Ex N.K. collection, Paris.
203
EGYPTIAN LATE OLD KINGDOM
LIMESTONE RAISED RELIEF
from the left door jamb of the entrance
to a tomb chapel, representing the
occupant, a high dignitary, walking to
the right holding a staff in his left
hand and a strip of folded cloth in his
right hand . He wears a striated wig,
false beard, broad collar, and a kilt.
Vth-VIth Dynasty, ca. 2498-2283 BC.
H. 16 1/2 in. (42 cm.);
W. 11 in. (28 cm.) Ex French
collection, acquired before 1980.
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204 EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM LIMESTONE RELIEF from the left door jamb of the entrance to a
tomb chapel and representing the occupant, a high dignitary, walking to right holding a staff; in his right
hand is a folded strip of cloth. He wears a finely detailed tiered short wig, a broad ousekh collar, and a
kilt. XIth Dynasty, ca. 2133-1991 BC. H. 19 1/4 in. (49 cm.); W. 11 3/4 in. (30 cm.)
Ex French collection, acquired before 1980. The long cane not resting on the ground is uncommon in
Egyptian art, but may be seen on the door jamb of Iyka (Cairo, ME 72201) or on the door jamb reliefs
from the mastaba of Qar Pepinefer in the British Museum (BM 1319B).
EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM
GRANODIORITE TORSO OF A SEATED
SCRIBE Over his left shoulder hangs his
palette and brush box.
XIIth Dynasty, ca. 1991-1782 BC.
H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.)
Ex old French collection; J.-L. Despras,
Paris; M.B. collection, Westlake Village,
California. Cf. A. Kozloff, B. Bryan, and
L. Berman, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun, 1992,
no. 44a; see also the scribal statue of the
vizier Mentuhotep, 1971-1926 BC, in the
Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
World, vol. 9, 1997, no. 156.
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209
ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A ROMAN
EMPEROR AS OSIRIS WEARING AN
ATEF-CROWN This is most probably a
representation of the emperor Caligula as an
Egyptian king in the guise of Osiris.
Ca. AD 37-40. H. 17 5/8 in. (45 cm.)
Ex Levasseur collection, Paris, early 19th
century; Alexandre Aspa collection,
Le Plessis-Robinson, France.
206 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONE STELE SECTION A son and three daughters with perfumed
cones on their heads venerate their parents who were once represented seated on the left. The name of one
daughter, Tjpu, has been preserved. A fragment from a rectangular, naos-shaped stele.
XIXth Dynasty, 1293-1185 BC. H. 6 1/2 in. (16.7 cm.); W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.)
Ex Swiss collection. Cf. A. Wiese, Ägyptische Kunst im Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig,
catalogue, Basel, 1998, no. 53f.
207 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONE STELE SECTION of a kneeling adorant with arms upraised
and wearing a kilt; with traces of hieroglyphs and another figure behind. Early XIXth Dynasty, ca. 13201300 BC. H. 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.); W. 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) Ex Wilhelm Horn Collection (1870-1959),
Berlin; collection of Joseph Proulx, San Diego, California, acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1993.
Caligula rebuilt part of the Isaeum Campense
in Rome in Egyptian style and set up a statue
of his sister Drusila as Isis. He also renovated
the Serapaeum in the Campus Martius. It is
difficult to make a definitive attribution to
Caligula without his characteristic hairstyle as
a guide, but by means of elimination and
comparisons with other portraits as well as his
documented Egyptianizing proclivities it is
possible to make a strong case for such an
attribution. From Augustus onward, the
Roman emperor was the de facto pharaoh of
Egypt and statues and reliefs of many of them
in that role, have survived. Caligula is the
only emperor in the first century to be young
enough to be so portrayed as in this sculpture.
The small mouth and chin seen here fit well
with his other known portraits.
208 EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT FROM A STELE: HEAD OF OSIRIS wearing the
atef-crown. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC. H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) Ex English collection; collection of
Joseph Proulx, San Diego, California, acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1985.
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210 EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SCULPTOR’S MODEL
OF A PORTRAIT, POSSIBLY A KING.
Late Period , 712-30 BC. H. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.)
Ex French collection, acquired in 1970 from Galerie
Serres.
211 EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SCULPTOR’S MODEL
OF FOUR FIGURES OF BES standing in a circle
and facing outward, each with short kilt, feather headdress, one with a panther head amulet around his neck.
Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC.
H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) One nearly complete, the
others unfinished. Ex collection of Ian Woodner,
New York.
212
EGYPTIAN STEATITE OSIRIS standing against a
back pillar on a rectangular base rounded in front
and holding the crook and flail, and wearing a
chevron-engraved beard and the atef-crown with
uraeus, his face with long philtrum, broad slightly
upturned nose, and long eyebrows and cosmetic lines
in relief. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC.
H. 16 1/4 in. 41.3 cm. Ex collection of Frank
Elbert Compton (1874-1950), Chicago; private collection, Oregon, by descent. Frank E. Compton, who
founded Compton's Encyclopedia in Chicago in
1922, traveled to Egypt in the 1920s.
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Egyptian Bronze Sculptures
213 EGYPTIAN LARGE BRONZE ISIS PTEROPHORUS, as protector of Osiris, standing, with wings
extended downward, wearing horned solar disk headdress. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC.
H. 11 7/8 in. (30 cm.) Ex French collection.
Isis, the wife of Osiris, was the protectress of Osiris and model of conjugal love. In this scarce type she appears
winged, as the protector of her husband. This is based on early Egyptian texts in which she and her sister
Nephthys in the form of long-winged kites mourn for Osiris and then protect the reassembled deity by shading
him with their wings, wafting air towards his nostrils to renew his life. Cf. an equally large (30.7 cm.) figure in
the Louvre inlaid in gold and silver, and a smaller example, 15.6 cm., in J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient
World, vol. IX, 1997, no. 198.
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214 EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS The standing figure wears the Atef-crown and holds a flail and a crook.
Late Period, 664-342 BC. H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) Ex P. A. (1908-2004) collection, a UN diplomat,
New York, acquired in Cairo in 1970; thence by descent.
215 EGYPTIAN BRONZE SEATED ISIS NURSING HARPOKRATES Late Period, 712-30 BC.
H. 6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) Ex collection of Wright Ludington (1901-1992), Montecito, California.
216
EGYPTIAN BRONZE STRIDING
HARPOKRATES Wearing the Hem-hem
crown, right finger toward his mouth. Late
Period, 525-30 BC. H. 6 1/4 in. (15.5 cm.)
Ex English collection dispersed in 1988; collection of Joseph Proulx, San Diego,
California, acquired from Royal Athena
Galleries in 1993.
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EGYPTIAN BRONZE BASTET
holding aegis and basket, the cat-headed
goddess of joy and patroness of women, on
an integral base. Late Period, 712-30 BC.
H. 3 7/8 in. (10 cm.)
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EGYPTIAN BRONZE ROYAL USHABTI
FOR PSUSENNES I, mummiform, holding
hoes and a seed bag; a cartouche with the
pharaoh's nomen incised below.
XXIst Dynasty, r. Psusennes I, 1040-992 BC.
H. 3 in. (7.6 cm.) Ex private collection,
Warren, Michigan, acquired in 1987 from
Royal-Athena. Exhibited: Ball State University
Art Museum, 1995-2004.
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EGYPTIAN LARGE BRONZE PTAH The god of craftsmen, metalworkers, and sculptors wears a close-fitting
cap and sed-cloak, and holds before him the was-scepter. Separately cast beard is lacking; eyes and beard straps
once inlaid. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC. H. 11 in. (27 cm.) Ex R.G. collection, Calodyne, Mauritius,
acquired 1977-85 by Dr. Leo Mildenberg for the R.G. collection. Exceptionally large and in fine style.
220
EGYPTIAN LARGE BRONZE PHARAOH AS OSIRIS mummiform, holding a crook and flail, and wearing
an unusual helmet-like headpiece with diadem fronted by a uraeus; diadem, cosmetic lines, and eyes once inlaid;
one blue glass inlay remaining on diadem. XXVth Dynasty, 715-664 BC. H. 13 1/8 in. (33.5 cm.) Rare type,
probably from Nubia. Ex collection of a Belgium nobleman. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient
World, vol. XIII, 2002, no. 164.
Egyptian Faience
225 EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE ISIS ENTHRONED,
NURSING HARPOKRATES She wears upon her head the
hieroglyph of her name fronted with a uraeus; her feathered
throne with finely incised details.
XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC. H. 5 5/8 in. (14.5 cm.)
Ex private German collection; R.G. collection, Calodyne,
Mauritius, acquired 1977-85. Extremely fine style.
226 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE USHABTI OF
NAKHT NES-TAWY, Ouab-Priest and Chief of the
Navigators, mummiform, holding hoes and seed basket;
details in black including text. XXIst Dynasty, 1080-945 BC.
H. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) Cf. G. Janes, Shabti -- Ancient
Egyptian Funerary Statuettes in European Collections,
2002, Paris, p. 111, no. 56. Ex French collection.
227 EGYPTIAN BRIGHT BLUE FAIENCE USHABTI OF
TJAI-NEFER, the Second Prophet of Amun, with details in
black, including the striped wig, hoes, and seed basket; the
front with a vertical column of text.
XXIst Dynasty, ca. 1085-935 BC.
H. 3 1⁄2 in. (9 cm.) Acquired in Egypt in 1912 by Doris
Newbery, a relative of the Egyptologist Theodore M. Davis.
Formerly on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, 1948.
From the 2nd Cache at Deir el-Bahri. Cf. H.D. Schneider,
Shabtis, Part II, Leiden, 1977, p. 136, no. 4.3.1.79-80.
221 EGYPTIAN BRONZE OXYRHYNCHOS,
THE SACRED NILE PERCH on an integrally cast
sled-shaped base, and wearing a horned solar disk
fronted by a uraeus; suspension loop behind disk.
Late Period, 712-30 BC.
L. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.)
228 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE USHABTI OF ANKH-EM-MAAT, SAMEREF -PRIEST born of
Setij. ‘The inspector, the king's son, whom he loves’; holding hoes and seed bag, a band atop a column of
hieroglyphic text on the front. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC. H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) Ex collection of
Joseph Proulx, San Diego, California, acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1985.
222 EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT, the embodiment of
Bastet, goddess of Bubastis, patroness of joy and
women, seated in the traditional attitude: ears alert,
face serene; sitting on its haunches, tail curled
around supporting fore-paws; eyes once inlaid.
XXIth-XXIInd Dynasty, 1080-715 BC.
H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) Ex B.F. collection, New York,
223 EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT AMULET,
the embodiment of Bastet, goddess of Bubastis,
patroness of joy and women, seated in the
traditional attitude, a suspension loop on the back.
Late Dynastic Period, 712-343 BC.
H. 2 1/4 in. (6.4 cm.) Ex German collection.
224 EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT AMULET CLAD IN
SHEET GOLD, seated in the traditional attitude
wearing a broad collar; suspension loop on the back.
Examples with sheet gold are very rare.
Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC.
L. 1 1/4 in. (5.6 cm.) Ex French collection.
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Egyptian Wood &
Cartonnage
229 EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD MASK of a man wearing a winged solar disk on a striped wig; falsebeard straps. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC. H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) Ex Pitt-Rivers Museum, Cambridge;
collection of Joseph Proulx, San Diego, California, acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1993.
Published: C. Ede, Small Sculptures from Egypt, 1978.
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EGYPTIAN WOOD CAT, embodiment of
Bastet, patroness of joy and women, seated
on her haunches in the traditional attitude
with alert ears. Said to have been found at
Qurna. Late Period, 715-30 BC.
H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.)
Ex Edward N. Michaels Collection,
Buffalo, New York; H.W. collection, New
York, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1998.
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HELLENISTIC PAINTING ON WOOD
OF A YOUNG WOMAN with a coiffure
of tight ringlets; her eyes with shadowing.
Alexandria, ca. 2nd Century BC.
L. 8 3/8 in. (21.5 cm.);
H. 6 in. (15.2 cm.)
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PAIR OF EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME
WOOD HANDS from a sarcophagus with
a checkerboard in red paint filled with
white and blue; two wood dowels in each
for attachment.
Late Period, 715-30 BC.
Ls. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.);
4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) Ex private collection,
Maryland, acquired in the 1970s.
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EGYPTIAN WOOD SARCOPHAGUS LID
FOR KHENTYMENTIU, Mistress of the
House. Column of hieroglyphic text:
invocation to Osiris for food and drink.
Ca. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC.
H. 70 1/2 in. (179 cm.)
Ex collection of Victoria Lindstrom, Sweden;
English collection, acquired from Lindstrom
estate in the 1950s; ex private collection,
Guadalajara, Mexico, acquired from RoyalAthena Galleries in 1994.
World, vol. VIII, 1995, no. 221.
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EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGE
MUMMY MASK WITH GILT FACE, striped
tripartite headcloth, and a broad collar.
Later Ptolemaic Period, 2nd-1st Century BC.
237 LARGE CANAANITE COPPER GOD FROM THE UGARIT GROUP
wearing a conical headdress composed of six tiers of curls capped by a topknot and a rigid kilt. Ca. 1500-1300 BC. H. 13 1/8 in. (33.5 cm.)
Ex M. H. collection, New York, acquired c. 1953.
Cf. Ora Negbi, Canaanite Gods in Metal, pl. 59, no. 60.
238 CANAANITE BRONZE STRIDING BAAL WEARING THE ATEFCROWN and holding a club and a partial scepter-like weapon (harpe).
2nd Millennium BC.H. 5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) Rare. Ex French collection.
239 CANAANITE BRONZE ENTHRONED GOD wearing a tall, conical
tiara on his head and a long sheath. In his right hand he holds a scepter.
2nd half of the 2nd Millennium BC. H. 4 in. (10 cm.)
Egyptian Silver
235 EGYPTIAN SILVER SITULA WITH DEMOTIC INSCRIPTION: ISIS GIVES LIFE There are apparently no other known Egyptian silver situlae. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC
H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.); wt. 205 gr. Ex California collection. For inscribed bronze situlae, especially from
Saqqara see: C. Insley Green, The Temple Furniture from the Sacred Animal Necropolis of North Saqqara
1964-1967, Excavation Memoirs 53, London, 1987, pp. 86-87, with hieroglyphic inscription ‘Isis gives life.’
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URARTIAN WHITE
MARBLE CYLINDRICAL
STAMP SEAL: AN ARCHER
in front of a tree at right. At
left is a winged figure and a
winged quadruped; beneath is a
scorpion. Ca. 7th Century BC
H. 1 1/8 in. (2.86 cm.)
Ex collection of H. Ebnoether,
Germany. For similar, see:
L.Vanden Berghe, Urartu - een
vergeten cultuur uit het bergland Armenie, 1982, pp. 236237, nos. 229-232.
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SARMATIAN LARGE OPENWORK
BRONZE HORSE TRAPPING,
shield-shaped with three registers of
animals, the lowest with two pairs of
rearing horses confronted against a
central pole standard.
6th-5th Century BC.
H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.);
W. 6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm.)
Cf. V. Nauka, Archéologie de l’Union
Soviétique, 1992, p. 10, no. 13.
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WESTERN ANATOLIAN
MARBLE SCHEMATIC
IDOL OF KUSURA TYPE
with a flat disc-shaped body,
rudimentary arms, a long
neck, and a disc-shaped head.
Ca. 2700-2200 BC.
H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.)
Ex collection of H. Ebnoether,
Germany. Cf. Exhibition
catalogue, Art of the
Cyclades, Karlsruhe, 1976,
p. 388. no. 520.
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SYRIAN PROTOHISTORIC
LIMESTONE EYE IDOL
of plank idol type but with
a stepped pyramidal crown.
Tell Brak, ca. 3300-3000
BC. H. 2 in. (5.1 cm.)
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WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE MALE ADORANT,
arms raised. Steppes, 8th-6th Century BC.
Cf. Archäologie der Sowjetunion vom Altertum bis
zum Mittelalter: Bronzezeit Mittelasiens und des
Kaukasus, Verlag Nauka, 1992, fig. 50 ff. See also:
B.E. Markovin, “Bronze ‘Amulets’ From the Caucasus
Mountains and their Adorants”, in Eurasian
Antiquities, Moscow, 1999.
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EURASIAN GILT BRONZE PAIR OF
RECTANGULAR PLAQUES, each depicting two
horses raised on their hind legs in a landscape.
2nd-1st Century BC. L. 4 in. (10 cm.)
Ex French collection. For a similar example, see E.
Bunker, Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian
Steppes, 2002, p. 141, no. 116.
241 ASSYRIAN LIMESTONE PAVEMENT TILE FROM THE PALACE OF ASSURNASIRPAL II
With part of six lines of the royal Akkadian cuneiform inscription reading: 'Palace of Asshurnasirpal,
great king/ mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta/ great king, mighty
king, king of the world, king of Assyria/ son of Adad-nirari, king of the world, king of Assyria."
Ca. 883-859 BC. 17 1/4 in. x 17 1/4 in. (44 x 44 cm.)
Ex 19th Century English private collection; German collection.
The British archaeologist A.H. Layard excavated Kalhu, present day Nimrud, in the 1840s, uncovering
the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Today, many of the reliefs from the excavations in Nimrud,
adorn the galleries of the British Museum, London, with a few other reliefs on display in museums in
Europe (e.g. the Louvre, Munich) and the USA (e.g. The Metropolitan Museum, New York). The excavation was reopened by archaeologist Dr. Max Mallowan in 1949 and over the next 13 years he uncovered thousands of ivory carvings, bronzes, seals, and stone sculpture. He was accompanied on every dig
by his wife, novelist Agatha Christie. The walls of the palace had been decorated with carved ivory
panels covered in gold. Sadly, the palace and city were destroyed by the Babylonians, who apparently had
stripped off the gold and thrown the ivories into a well. Christie devised a process whereby the ivories
could be cleaned and dried without crumbling using her knitting needle and face cream.
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246 PHOENICIAN BRONZE
HELMET The bullet-shaped
domed body is topped by a
small knob. Some identical
helmets were recovered in the
1980’s from a wreck lying in
Israeli coastal waters.
Earlier 1st Millennium BC.
H. 8 1/8 in. (20.8 cm.) Ex
collection of Axel Guttmann
(1944-2001), Berlin,
acquired in Tel Aviv in 1996.
247 EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN
BRONZE AGE BRONZE
DAGGER A slender, twoedged blade with a middle
rib on both sides; with greenish patina. The small handle
with ring tip indicates that it
was probably a primitive
form of money. Ca. 1500
BC.
L. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm.)
250
SOUTH ARABIAN
ALABASTER HEAD
OF A CHILD,
1st Century AD.
L. 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm)
251 EURASIAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD (AKINAKES)
decorated overall with animals with double-whorl pattern on
flanks. 7th-5th Century BC. L. 19 1/4 in. (49cm)
Superb and rare. Ex Israeli private collection..
For a similar example, see E. Bunker, Nomadic Art of the Eastern
Eurasian Steppes - Eugene Thaw and Other New York
Collections, 2002, p. 91, no. 56.
252 ORDOS OPENWORK BRONZE ORNAMENTAL DISC CENTERING A HOUND, his head turned sharply to bite his tail.
Kirin, Inner Mongolia, 4th-3rd Century BC.
Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) Ex German collection.
248 NEAR EASTERN
BRONZE SWORD
Double-edged copper blade
of flattened hexagonal section
with separately cast and
forged, richly decorated
bronze handle with finely
incised decorations.
Ca. 8th Century BC.
L. 31 1/8 in. (79 cm.)
249 SCYTHIAN IRON SHORT
SWORD (AKINAKES)
The blade has a pronounced
central ridge and a fluted,
square handle with a
T-shaped pommel wound
upward on both sides into
tight coils. Separately welded, short quillons curving
downward; handle and cross
guard separately forged.
3rd-2nd Century BC.
L. 25 1/8 in. (64 cm.)
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Have you visited our greatly expanded
and improved website?
It now includes a video gallery.
Over 1200 Greek, Etruscan,
Roman, Byzantine, Egyptian, and Near
Eastern antiquities are presented,
with new acquisitions added weekly.
www.royalathena.com
his objects of art, rather than depositing them in a
vault or holding receipts. Also, art is not as volatile
as stocks and bonds, the coin, gem, and collectibles
markets, and especially the gold and silver markets.
Sylvia Porter in her New Money Book recommends
classical antiquities as one of the best types of art for
rapid growth. Dr Eisenberg was first quoted on the
investment value of ancient art in the February 9,
1966 issue of Newsday - over 40 years ago! - and
most recently in Business Week.
Why Collect Ancient Art?
There are several reasons for collecting fine works
of ancient art:
• The excitement of owning a beautiful work of art
that has survived for perhaps some 2,000 years or
more.
• The decoration of one's home or office with unique
objects whose beauty and desirability have withstood
the test of time.
• The creative satisfaction, enjoyment, and pride
in forming a truly fine collection.
• The probable appreciation in value.
Royal-Athena Galleries
Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D., the founder and
director of Royal-Athena Galleries, is usually at the
New York gallery and visits the London gallery several times each year. He is available by appointment
for consultation, expertise, and appraisals; or for a
telephone conference. At no obligation he will
arrange a private viewing with guidance on a sophisticated long term program of collecting and investing in the fine arts. He also is in attendance at all
the fairs in which we exhibit.
Over the past 50 years we have sold more than 600
works of ancient art to many of the country's leading museums, including the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Sackler
Art Museum at Harvard University, the Yale
University Art Gallery, the Princeton University Art
Museum, the Newark Museum, the Walters Art
Gallery, the Detroit lnstitute of Arts, the Cincinnati
Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the
Milwaukee Public Museum, the New Orleans
Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the J.
Paul Getty Museum, as well as the British Museum,
the Louvre, and a large number of museums in
Canada, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the
Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, and
Japan. The catalogs of classical marble sculptures
from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and from
the J. Paul Getty Museum illustrate no less than 39
pieces acquired from our galleries. In addition, over
one thousand objects purchased from us have been
donated to many other museums, including the
Freer Gallery of Art, the Sackler Gallery (The
Smithsonian Institution), and the Brooklyn Museum
of Art.
Dr. Eisenberg travels overseas several times annually to visit collectors, museums, clients, and many
of the nearly 150 private sources, agents, dealers,
and auction houses with whom he is in frequent
contact. Since 1954 he has made over 230 overseas
trips, purchasing over forty thousand antiquities for
tens of millions of dollars.
This aggressive purchasing policy, perhaps without
parallel in the field, enables us to offer an extraordinary
number of choice objects at very reasonable prices. Our
willingness to buy in volume and to purchase our
inventory outright, rather than to take it on consignment, results in extremely competitive pricing,
often considerably below that of other galleries.
Furthermore, exchanges and purchases are fre-
How to Collect Ancient Art
Sylvia Porter lists ten sound rules as a guide in art
collecting:
1. Study the field which interests you as much as
possible.
2. Buy cautiously at first.
3. Make sure that your work of art has quality.
4. Deal with a top gallery or art dealer. “Some dealers and major galleries will guarantee the authenticity of the art works they sell, so check this point as
well." (Not only have we been guaranteeing our
ancient art for over fifty years, but to the best of our
knowledge our two-day auction sale conducted by
Parke-Bernet Galleries (now Sotheby's) in 1964 was
the first auction sale by several years in which every
piece was guaranteed - but by us!)
5. Have an understanding with your dealer or gallery
about trading up - so he’ll repurchase or resell your
works as you have more money to invest in high quality art. (We normally allow full credit for the exchange
or upgrading of objects purchased from us.)
6. Do not buy art works just because they are a current rage.
7. Ask the advice of museum directors or curators
whenever possible.
8. Decide upon your investing limit before you buy.
If you fall in love with a more expensive object try to
arrange for a time payment. (We certainly encourage
this and offer flexible time payments!)
9. Spread your financial risks by buying a variety of
art unless you are an expert in a particular field.
10. “Buy the best examples you can afford in any
category.”
We would add two other important rules:
11. Ask for the provenance of any potential acquisitions.
12. Do not buy objects that have been significantly restored. Beware of overly restored faces in
both vase painting and sculpture.
Ancient Art as an lnvestment
Historically, ancient art investments have yielded
excellent long-term capital appreciation, usually 8%
to 10% annually. Any investment in tangibles, especially works of art, should be projected for at least
five to ten vears. Normally one should not hold more
than 10% of their investment portfolio in art.
Collecting fine art is a pleasurable way of hedging
against inflation because the investor can enjoy
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quently made from many past and present clients
who may be upgrading their collections or liquidating some of their holdings in order to collect in other
areas. Exchanges or purchases are sometimes carried
out with museums both in the United States and in
Europe for their duplicate accessions or for objects
not in their recent or current fields of specialization.
Expertise and Ethics
Ancient art has been the specialty of our director
for some 55 years, and numismatics for 67 years.
His many publications on ancient art and numismatics span over five decades. The first volume of Art of
the Ancient World by Dr. Eisenberg was published in
1965. Since 1968 Dr. Eisenberg has concentrated on
expertise in the ancient arts, having lectured on this
subject at New York University and presented several scholarly papers at the annual meetings of the
Archaeological Institute of America, most recently
on the ‘Roman’ Rubens Vase. His wide range of
expertise is further revealed through other recent
papers: on Egyptian bronzes at a Congress of the
International Association of Egyptologists, on
Etruscan bronze forgeries at an International Bronze
Congress, on the ‘Greek’ Boston and Ludovisi
thrones at the Magna Graecia Symposium in Venice,
on Roman bronze forgeries at the 1999 International
Bronze Congress, and on the Portland Vase as a
Renaissance work of art at the 2003 International
Congress of Classical Archaeology. He chaired a
conference in London on the Phaistos Disk in 2008.
In 1996 he was a Visiting Professor at the Institute
of Classical Archaeology of the University of Leipzig,
Germany. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Numismatic Society in 1952; a member of the
Archaeological Institute of America in 1960 (and a
Life Member in 1988); a Patron of the American
Numismatic Society in 1955 (and a Life Associate in
1998); a Fellow for Life of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in 1966; and most recently, a
Benefactor of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and
an Honorary Fellow of the Egyptian Museum in
Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Eisenberg has appeared as an Expert in the
Courts of several states and has conducted appraisals
for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S.
Treasury Department, the U.S. Customs Service, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty
Museum, as well as many other prominent institutions. He was elected a Qualified Appraiser by the
Appraisers Association of America in 1964 and has
recently participated in several episodes of the
Antiques Road Show. He served on the vetting committee of the European Fine Art Fair at Maastricht
from 1993 to 2001 and was the Chairman and coorganizer of the New York Antiquarian International
Fine Art Fair held in November 2001.
Dr. Eisenberg has been a leader for several years in
the promotion of the ethical acquisition of antiquities by museums and collectors and has delivered
papers on this subject at the Archaeology Section of
the U.K. Institute for Conservation in 1993 and at
the 1998 International Congress of Classical Archaeologists. He gave an address by invitation on the
international trade in antiquities at the
UNIDROIT Convention in Rome in 1993.
He organized two symposia in New York in 1994
on public policy and the movement of antiquities
and in 1998 on the acquisition of antiquities by
museums for the International Association of
Dealers in Ancient Art, of which he is a founding
member and was a member of the executive board
from 1993 to 2002.
In 1999 he presented testimony to the United
States Cultural Properties Committee on the legal
and illegal trade in ancient art in Italy.
In 2003 he was a featured speaker and panel participant in the U.S. Government Conference on
Stolen Mideast Antiquities in Washington, D.C.
Also in 2003 he featured on the European TV channel Arte and on BBC Radio’s File on Four in indepth interviews on the antiquities trade. He appeared on television on CBS News, Dateline NBC,
PBS Jim Lehrer News Hour, and CBC Television
(Canada), and was interviewed on the BBC and
PBR Radio, and in print in the New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Philadelphia
Inquirer, Washington Post, The Times, and a dozen
other publications. In 2004 he was featured on a
Discovery Channel program and on Fox News on
the antiquities trade. Also in 2004 he presented a
paper on ‘The Mesopotamian Antiquities Trade and
the Looting of the Iraq Museum’ to the American
Bar Association. In 2005 he was interviewed on the
antiquities market and the collecting of antiquities
on National Public Radio in the US and in 2006 on
National Public Television in Athens, Greece.
In 2007 he delivered a paper on ‘Perspectives on
the Antiquities Trade and the Collector: Past,
Present, and Future’ at the symposium ‘The Future
of the Global Past’ at Yale University. He was interviewed in depth for his expertise on Greek television in 2008 and on Artfinding in 2009.
Ancient Coins
We carry a fine stock of select Greek silver coins
from $100, Roman gold coins from $1,000, and
Roman silver and bronze coins from $75. We began
our business as ‘Royal Coin Company’ in January
1942, 67 years ago, and Dr Eisenberg, cofounder of
the firm, has specialized in ancient coins, as sole
proprietor, since 1952.
Acknowledgements
Dr. Eisenberg wishes to express his gratitude to F.
Williamson Price who has again diligently prepared
and co-authored the catalog, to Brent M. Ridge
who did nearly all of the photography, to the scholars who attributed and reattributed some of the
sculptures and vases, especially Kees Neeft and
Konrad Schauenburg, and to the several others who
prefer to remain anonymous.
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Our website has been greatly improved and expanded as may be seen by the partial
page of Attic vases illustrated below. It is now updated weekly with new acquisitions
and features over 1200 antiquities! We invite you to become a regular visitor.
Confederation Internationale des
Negociants en Oeuvres d’Art
Art and
Antique Dealers League
Appraisers Association
of America
MINERVA
Minerva, the bi-monthly, international review of ancient art,
archaeology, and numismatics, published in England, was
established by Dr Eisenberg, its publisher and editor-in-chief
from 1990 to 2009. It features the most extensive and timely
coverage by any magazine of worldwide excavations and
exhibitions emphasizing Greece, Etruria, the Roman Empire,
Egypt, and the Near East.
The book reviews are concise and objective. It also includes the
most extensive annotated listings of international museum exhibitions, meetings, and symposia in ancient art and archaeology.
Sample copies: $8 or £4 postpaid.
www.minervamagazine.com
[email protected]
Subscription (6 issues per year):
U.S.A., Canada, and rest of world:
U.K.: 1 year £21, 2 years £39, 5 years £90.
Europe: 1 year £23, 2 years £44, 5 years £100.
Surface: 1 year $50, 2 years $90, 5 years $220.
Air: 1 year $66, 2 years $122, 5 years $296.
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• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XV, 2004) illustrates
in full color 190 objects. (72 pages, $5)
• Gods & Mortals: Bronzes of the Ancient World
(2004, illustrates in full color 80 objects, 80 pages, $5)
• Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare
(2004, illustrates in full color 100 objects, 48 pages, $5)
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XVI, 2005, illustrates
in full color 192 objects, 80 pages, $5)
• Mythologies of the Classical World & Ancient Egypt
(2006, 48 pages, $5)
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XVII, 2006, illustrates
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XVIII, 2007, illustrates
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XIX, 2008, illustrates
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XX, 2009, illustrates in
full color 217 objects, 96 pages, $5)
• All 9 of the above catalogs (total list price $45),
with price lists: $35. (Add $50 for overseas airmail.)
Other Royal-Athena Catalogs Available
Wanted to Purchase: Fine Antiquities of All Periods
We are prepared to travel world-wide to acquire select works of legally acquired ancient art
for our continually expanding clientele.
We will purchase collections of any size, act as your agent to sell your objects on commission, or
exchange them for other select pieces from our extensive inventory.
Send photographs and full details with your letter or e-mail.
International Association of
Dealers in Ancient Art
Recent Royal-Athena Catalogs:
• Art of the Ancient World
(Vol. IV, 1985) illustrates in full color over 600 works of
art. 208 pages, 192 color plates: $15
• The Age of Cleopatra: The Art of Late Dynastic
Graeco-Roman Egypt (1988) illustrates in full color
151 selected works of art. (32 pages, $5)
• Gods & Mortals: Bronzes of the Ancient World
(1989) illustrates in full color 180 objects. (52 pages, $5)
• One Thousand Years of Ancient Greek Vases from
Greece, Etruria, & Southern Italy (1990) illustrates in
full color 186 vases. (48 pages, $5)
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. VIII, 1995) illustrates
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. IX, 1997) illustrates
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. X, 1999) illustrates in
full color 264 objects. (64 pages, $5)
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XI, 2000) illustrates
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XII, 2001) illustrates
in full color 410 objects; 30 pages of glossaries and
mythologies. (161 pages, $10)
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XIII, 2002) illustrates
• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XIV, 2003) illustrates in full color 225 objects. (80 pages, $5)
• A number of the objects in the last several catalogs
are still available. Price lists will be included.
• All 11 of the above catalogs, 1985 through 2003
(total list price $70), only $50. (Add $50 for overseas airmail.)
Orders for our catalogs may be charged to your credit
card.
Trade lnquiries
We cordially invite inquiries from fellow art dealers,
art consultants, architects, interior designers, and institutional collectors and investors.
Special Presentations, Condition Reports, and
Color Photographs of Objects
We can supply special presentations with further
information, such as condition reports, and 4 x 6 in.
(10x15 cm.) or 8 x 10 in. (20x25 cm.) color photographs, often with other views or close-ups, on
any of the objects illustrated in this catalog upon
request. A selection of photographs may also be
viewed at our London gallery or at the various fairs.
Conservation and Mounting Services
A professional conservator, Alina Bessarabova,
working on our premises in New York, does expert
conservation and restoration of ancient art and
antiques. A same-day or a one day service is available
for an additional charge. Small metal and wood
mountings and bases are custom made but due to
insurance restrictions this work is usually limited to
objects purchased from us. We are pleased to accept
trade accounts.
Terms and Conditions of Sale
All items are offered subject to prior sale. All prices
are subject to change without notice, otherwise, the current price list is valid through 2010. The following credit cards are honored: American Express,Visa, Mastercard.
A deferred payment plan is also available. New York residents must add the appropriate sales taxes (currently 8
7/8%). No cash refunds may be made after 10 days of
receipt; however, full credit is allowed on all objects purchased from our galleries with the exception of a few
consigned items. All shipping and insurance charges will
be billed to the purchaser. Title remains with RoyalAthena Galleries until payment is made in full.
established 1942
Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D., Director
F. Williamson Price, Associate Director
New York
Richard M. Novakovich
Betty W. Eisenberg
Suzanne George
Assistant Director &
Manager
Comptroller
Office Manager
London (Seaby Antiquities)
Anthony Law
Peter Clayton
Administrator
Consultant
Brent M. Ridge
Arkady Roytman
Alina Bessarabova
Andrew England
Photographer
Webmaster
Conservator
Gallery Assistant
new york
london

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