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Translated Egyptian Faience Ushabti for Ipethemetes: Ancient Egypt, Saite Period, Twenty-Sixth Dynasty (XXVI), ca. 664 to 525 BCE. An excellent example of a well-made faience ushabti, inscribed with a personal prayer of protection, indicating that it

0061C: Translated Egyptian Faience Ushabti for IpethemetesEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

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Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Panel - Djed, Anubis, Horus: Ancient Egypt, Late Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A bright polychrome wooden panel with a progression of symbolic items, hieroglyphs, and gods that have been painted onto it using

0061D: Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Panel - Djed, Anubis, HorusEst. $2,500-$3,500

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Egyptian Late Period Faience Ushabti: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A mold-formed faience worker ushabti, of a pale blue-green color, standing in mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth. The

0061E: Egyptian Late Period Faience UshabtiEst. $600-$900

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Egyptian Late Dynastic Cartonnage Section w/ Scarab: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic periods, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A beautiful section of gessoed cartonnage - layers of linen or papyrus covered with plaster, formed into a panel to line the inside of a

0062: Egyptian Late Dynastic Cartonnage Section w/ ScarabEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Egyptian Bronze Mirror - Trio of Musicians: Egyptian or Egypto-Phoenician, ca. early 1st millennium BCE, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. A special mirror of a thin, ellipsoidal form, made from hammered bronze and finely engraved with a three

0062A: Egyptian Bronze Mirror - Trio of MusiciansEst. $5,000-$7,000

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Superb Roman Egypt Bronze Male Dwarf Figure: Roman controlled Egypt, Late Ptolemaic to Roman Period, ca. 1st Century BCE to 1st Century CE. An intriguing cast bronze sculptural figure representing a male dwarf or possibly a Satyr, holding a

0062B: Superb Roman Egypt Bronze Male Dwarf FigureEst. $5,000-$7,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Late Dynastic Gesso / Wood Fish: Egypt, Late Dynastic, Dynasty XXX-XXXI, 4th century BCE. Hand-carved in the round and intricately painted with fins, scales, and facial features, a wooden fish that may have once sat upon a

0063: Egyptian Late Dynastic Gesso / Wood FishEst. $2,000-$3,000

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0063A: Egyptian Gilded Cartonage Mummy Pectoral EnsembleEst. $7,000-$9,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Wooden Gilded / Painted Mummy Mask: Ancient Egypt, Ptolemaic, ca. 305 to 30 BCE. A carved wooden mummy mask with a gilded face and gesso-painted details. The face wears a bulbous headdress painted in alternating, brightly-colored bands

0063B: Egyptian Wooden Gilded / Painted Mummy MaskEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Coptic Limestone Stele: Egypt, Coptic, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A very rare funerary stele presenting two draped figures within an incised temple-like entry - the edifice with an incised triangular pediment above, stairs

0063C: Egyptian Coptic Limestone SteleEst. $3,500-$5,500

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Egyptian Bronze Statue - Seated Isis & Horus: Egypt, Ptolemaic to Roman periods, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A cast bronze statue of the goddess Isis-Hathor, seated and holding her son Horus (sometimes called Harpocrates), her hand placed on her breast

0063D: Egyptian Bronze Statue - Seated Isis & HorusEst. $2,500-$3,500

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Large Egyptian Terracotta Mold of Bes, ex-Bonhams: Egypt, Roman period, ca. 1st century BCE to 2nd century CE. A sizeable terracotta mold of Bes, the dwarf god who watched over and protected the members of a household - particularly the women and

0063E: Large Egyptian Terracotta Mold of Bes, ex-BonhamsEst. $3,500-$5,000Lot Passed

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Romano-Egyptian Bronze Apis Bull Statue: Roman-controlled Egypt, Late Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A gorgeous cast-bronze votive figure representing the sacred Egyptian bull god Apis. He wears a sun

0064: Romano-Egyptian Bronze Apis Bull StatueEst. $900-$1,400

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Geometric Bronze Pendant Pyxis - Sickle Type w/ Birds: Ancient Greece, Geometric period, ca. 8th century BCE. A lidded pyxis presenting an ever-so-slightly flatted, globular body adorned by incised striations, a pair of wonderful bird protomes at the

0064A: Geometric Bronze Pendant Pyxis - Sickle Type w/ BirdsEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Rare Classical Greek Silver Fibula - 48.3 g: Greece, especially northern Greece, Classical period, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A very rare silver fibula of an arched form adorned by five flanged bulbs with collar borders, twin facing palmette

0064B: Rare Classical Greek Silver Fibula - 48.3 gEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Lovely Greek Silver Libation Dish - 204.2 grams: Greece, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. An exceptional shallow silver bowl of simple, elegant form, with a flanged, broad rim and a body tapering to a gently concave base. In tondo on the interior, at

0064C: Lovely Greek Silver Libation Dish - 204.2 gramsEst. $12,000-$15,000Lot Passed

Greek Terracotta Votive Bull: Ancient Greece, ca. 6th century BCE. A wonderful hollow-cast zoomorphic terracotta votive figure in the form of a horned bull, formed using a bivalve mold. The animal is rendered quite

0064E: Greek Terracotta Votive BullEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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Greek Illyrian Bronze Hoplite Helmet w/ Art Loss Cert.: Northwestern Greece, ca. late 6th to 5th centuries BCE. A war helmet made of hammered bronze sheet, with a rectilinear opening for the face, long, pointed cheek pieces, and twin parallel ridges on

0065: Greek Illyrian Bronze Hoplite Helmet w/ Art Loss Cert.Est. $25,000-$35,000

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Greek Archaic Bronze Bull Head Attachment: Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A simple, elegant representation of a bull's head, made to be an attachment on a vessel, instrument, or piece of furniture. A flared, conical neck - open

0066: Greek Archaic Bronze Bull Head AttachmentEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Greek Terracotta Protome Bust of Demeter: Greece, Classical period, ca. 5th century BCE. A protome bust of a woman, probably Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, the harvest, and fertility. She has a beautifully-modeled face with

0066A: Greek Terracotta Protome Bust of DemeterEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Greek Attic Kylix - Artemis with Lyre & Cat: Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th Century BCE. An exceptional red figure stemmed kylix with twin upraised loop handles attached to a shallow bowl supported by an elegant pedestal foot, all upon a

0066B: Greek Attic Kylix - Artemis with Lyre & CatEst. $7,500-$10,000

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Tall Greek Attic Black-Figure Lekythos: Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. 5th century BCE. An elegant Attic lekythos of a slender form and decorated via the black-figure technique. This is an example of a classic lekythos form, with tall,

0066C: Tall Greek Attic Black-Figure LekythosEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

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Greek Campania Bell Krater - Beautifully Painted: Magna Graecia, Campanian, ca. 350 BCE. A wonderful red-figure bell krater - a vessel used for blending wine and water - of a characteristically bell-shaped body, upturned twin loop handles, and

0066D: Greek Campania Bell Krater - Beautifully PaintedEst. $6,000-$8,000

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Greek Apulian Pottery Lekanis w/ Heracles Knot Handle: Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulian, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery lidded lekanis of wondrous beauty and exceptional form. The bottom half of the vessel is comprised of a

0067: Greek Apulian Pottery Lekanis w/ Heracles Knot HandleEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

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Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. These terms are applicable to all bidders, collectors and dealers alike. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance of these "Terms of Sale." 1. All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. 2. This is an auction sale, not an approval sale. By bidding in this auction, the bidder personally guarantees payment. The auctioneer has final discretion in all matters. In case of dispute, the lot(s) in question may be resold. Lots will be sold in their numerical sequence unless the auctioneer directs otherwise. 3. HIGH and LOW ESTIMATES are provided for each lot for reference only. 4. No lots will be released / shipped until payment has been made in full. Payment (in U.S. funds) may be made via personal check or money order, via credit card (MasterCard, Visa, Discover), PayPal or Bank Wire Transfer. 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