Lekythos attributed to the Beldam Painter. It is painted in black figures of three palmettes. Black glazed terracotta. Attica, 5th century BC. B.C., ca. 480-470 BC AD H_11.5 cm Attic black-figure leky[...]
Oil lamp with cordiform spout decorated on the band with eggs, the filling holes are slightly off-center, the handle is pierced, the disc is decorated in relief with the mythological scene representin[...]
Anatolia, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 2500 BCE. An anthropomorphic marble idol with a rectangular body and a slightly flared base. The features remain very visible, the round head has a schematic no[...]
Stele with a triangular pediment in marble stone representing a person praying with his right hand raised in a gesture of adoration standing in a naos. This gesture characterizes the worship of the go[...]
Wear and tear. Similar models in the book by Lois Sherr Dubin, the history of beads, ref 395 a. the smallest is 0.5 cm high and 0.7 wide. following dimension given for the largest pearl
Oil lamp with round spout, side filling hole and pierced handle. It is decorated on the disk of the goddess Africa, with two elephant tusks with the head and stylized trunk in the center. She wears an[...]
Head of the god Harpocrates, presenting the chubby face of childhood topped with the white crown of the South "Hedjet". Orange terracotta, very small crack on the edge of the crown and marks of time, [...]
Beautiful bottle with double globular bellies, probably intended for the conservation of cosmetics. It ends with a hemmed and widely open common lip (this one is very slightly broken stuck in two plac[...]
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Roman workshop
Ephebe
Bronze with antique patina
D[...]
Rare due to its extremely small size and also rare due to its erotic decor, this terracotta lamp with brown patina is authentically from the Roman period. Note: A small hole in the lamp (see photos). [...]
Cloche musicale en bronze époque Romaine, sa base est rectangulaire dotée de 4 pieds, la coupe à la forme d'une pyramide avec une anse.
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A rare rider riding his mount, close to his neck, he is wearing a Phrygian-type cap, worn by warriors and archers during battles. The well-modeled and preserved face of our specimen displays a beautif[...]
Child Harpocrates wearing an imposing wig topped with a crown of two ostrich feathers. His chubby face sports a beautiful youthful expression. This representation is here the symbiosis of several divi[...]
Votive figure presenting the bust of the goddess Isis, her chest bare as a sign of fertility, she wears a long wig falling on her shoulders. Orange terracotta, some small chips and marks of time, Egyp[...]
Eros seated on a rock, in a relaxing position, this young Eros is naked, a toga placed on his shoulder and a piece of pleated fabric resting on one of his thighs. His face wears a playful and mischiev[...]
Ancient Roman terracotta oil lamp, decorated with a horse on the top, most certainly Pegasus, Roman period 3rd-4th century. after JC. From private collection. This lamp is in its juice. Comes from an [...]
Ancient Roman terracotta oil lamp, decorated with a horse on the top, most certainly Pegasus, Roman period 1st-4th century. after JC. Mark below. From private collection. This lamp is in its juice. Co[...]
Set of 4 oil lamps with various decorations; based on models from ancient Rome. Italian work in the spirit of the Grand Tour, in patinated terracotta, from the 19th century. Very good condition and ol[...]
Rome, circa 3rd century AD, very pretty iridescent glass vase. The base is flattened; the body is cylindrical with a flared neck. Presence of soil encrustations. Height 9.8 cm. The scale indicator in [...]
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Haruspice holding a snake
Bronze with excavation pat[...]
Terracotta pot with handles with marine concretions and glazed interior. Work from the Roman period. Please note: Breakages and gaps (see photos). Dimensions: -Height: 14cm -Diameter: 19cm
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Buste de Diane
Plâtre patiné
Dimensi[...]
Carved Gem Depicting a Pygmy Going Hunting (?)
Roman period, 1st century BCE
Orange carnelian H. 1.2 cm (0.5 inches)
Very rare
The subject of this carved gem is mysterious. The character's atti[...]
Greek civilization, 8th to 4th century BC. Our era. Superb relief fragment representing the bust of a young man. Bronze with a beautiful partially crusted green and red patina. Height 7 cm. Width 5 cm[...]
“Galette” lamp Pretty frieze around the edge of the bowl and in its center a hare eating a bunch of grapes. Orange terracotta, accident on the beak (missing) otherwise very good state of conservation.[...]
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Italian workshop (probably)
Cameo style medallion[...]
Rome, 3rd century AD. JC, very pretty glass balsamaire, elongated in shape with a flared neck. Slight iridescence and remains of soil encrustation. This beautiful object is highlighted by a custom-mad[...]
Head of a bearded man with curly hair. the features of his face are sculpted with mastery. Red-brown terracotta Some chips at the back of the head (see photos). 3.7 x 2 cm 8 cm total height with its b[...]
Roman intaglio in orange-red carnelian representing a shrimp Roman Art, 2nd-3rd century AD. Dimensions: 8 x 6 mm.
Very beautiful and luminous carnelian, very fine engraving, very detailed, with a n[...]
ARCHEOLOGY
Rare limestone carved Corinthian corner capitals, in "L" shape.
The sculpture is in fact consituted by 2 contiguous capitals with a classic architectural register of acanthus leaves a[...]
Rome, 3rd century AD. Jesus Christ, very beautiful glass vase with a cylindrical body and a very flared neck. Presence of beautiful iridescence and remains of soil encrustations.
Height 13.3 cm. The [...]
Archeologia
Andalusia (south Spain) IX to Xth cty
Stunning Corinthian marble carved capital, some missed parts
Used condition due its age
Very nice global patina
This stone carved capital[...]
Archeology / Curiosity
Exceptional and extremely rare stone caved and polished lithophone from Neolithic period,
Origin Ténéré or Nigerian Sahara desert,
collected in the 1970's (family traditi[...]
Pre-Columbian archaeology
Very nice Central Mexico artifact
Rare and astonishing Aztec terracotta stamp or "stamp seal", circa 1300/1500 AD, depicting several deities inserted in a rich ornament[...]
Archeology
Exceptional veined or marbled alabaster large cup on pedestal
1st millennium BC (Bronze Age)
Edomite Egypt (circa 8th -7th BC) or Bactrian Achaemenid period (-540 BC to -329/327 BC, [...]
Balsamaire in iridescent glass Height 10.5 cm Good condition Large deposit of earth filling the bottle up to the base of the neck Information welcome Careful Colissimo shipping with tracking and insur[...]
Superb and large Etruscan head, not broken or glued back together, without subsequent restoration, in perfect original condition, with some cracks on the surface of the terracotta, very thick, which i[...]
This type of colored enamel is also called "millefiori" and the high quality technique (champlevé) which was necessary to make this type of colored enamel demonstrates a high degree of expertise of th[...]
Gold pendant decorated with a magical intaglio on amethyst: Dyonisos / Bacchus Very pale and included bi-convex amethyst. Traces of concretions and wear around the edge of the stone. Rome, 1st century[...]
Bronze with green patina.
Eastern Roman art / Levant
2nd-3rd century.
Diameter: 13cm
height with ring: 19 cm
These bronze lion head handles were produced in a set of four pieces to be attached [...]
A Roman agate cameo with latin inscriptions "VIVAN / MI-V" : "May you live with me".
2nd-3rd century A.D.
Cameos with inscriptions are sought after, and even more so with a symbolic significance[...]
1 italic intaglio fragment on agate: capricorn
0.75g 14 x 10.3 mm
The carnelian fragment is very nice and roman : Italic, A globolo-Like Style, late 2nd-early 1st century BC.
Important Olpè with a ribboned handle, the hemispherical body, resting on a circular foot, it is topped with a wide neck ending in flared lips. It presents a rich decoration of friezes of vines, daisi[...]
ARCHEOLOGY-POPULAR ART-GALLO-ROMAN ART MEDITERRANEAN BASIN ANTHROPOMORPHIC OENOCHOE TERRACOTTA 3RD/FIFTH CENTURY Vase/oenochoe with biconical body decorated, in relief, with a coiled serpent, with an [...]
Hydria, Greek vase with three handles.
Magna Graecia, Campanià
4th century BC
Height 22 cm.
Black glazed terracotta with red-figure reserve decoration. On the body it presents a profile of a maena[...]
Beautiful set including a plate on a terracotta pedestal with a wine decor on the reverse.
Traces of limestone designs.
Roman art.
as well as two Roman or Gallo Roman terracotta pots in good condit[...]
Exceptional large bottle from the Gallo-Roman period in blown glass, translucent, very iridescent. We note a missing collar and a crack. see photos. Saintonge, Gallo-Roman period, 1st century AD. Care[...]
Very beautiful cosmetic cup used by important members of the Gallo-Roman nobility, semi-spherical in shape, it rests on a circular foot, the walls are thin and balanced. Blown glass, translucent, some[...]
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