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Chiriqui Pottery Incensario with Janus Headed Crocodile

19th C. Indian Painting of Krishna and Bakasura

Enormous & Colorful Nazca Textile Mantle

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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping!

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Greek Canosan Terracotta Statue of Dionysos w/ TL: Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Canosa, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A wonderful Canosan figure of Dionysos (also Dionysus, Roman Bacchus) - god of wine, theater, pleasure, and merriment -

0017: Greek Canosan Terracotta Statue of Dionysos w/ TLEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Lot of 2 Daunian Pottery Vessels - Beautiful Decoration: Greek colonies, Italy, Apulia, Daunian, ca. 300 BCE. A beautiful pair of Daunian pottery vessels, both demonstrating the cultural commingling of the native Italians and colonist Greeks who settled in

0017A: Lot of 2 Daunian Pottery Vessels - Beautiful DecorationEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Greek Terracotta Phiale w/ Omphalos: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 4th to 3rd century BCE. A charming ceramic basin or phiale, a special libation bowl used for holding wine, with a rounded, raised boss, known as an omphalos, in

0017B: Greek Terracotta Phiale w/ OmphalosEst. $800-$1,200

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Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Sphinx Plaque: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 4th century to 2nd century CE. A fascinating mold made ceramic plaque, made from a dark red pottery with tiny white inclusions, and featuring a dramatic image of

0017C: Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Sphinx PlaqueEst. $800-$1,200

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Greek Hellenistic Core-Formed Glass Alabastron: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A striking core-formed glass alabastron, so named because many vessels that assumed this form were made of alabaster. This piece is comprised

0017D: Greek Hellenistic Core-Formed Glass AlabastronEst. $5,000-$7,000Lot Passed

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Large Greek Core Formed Amphora: Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. Comprised of a deep forest green glass body with opaque yellow and white trailing wrapped around the neck and shoulder, a feathered

0017E: Large Greek Core Formed AmphoraEst. $8,000-$12,000

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Greek Core Formed Glass Alabastron: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A core-formed glass alabastron, so-named because many vessels that assumed this form were made of alabaster. The vessel is comprised of deep

0018: Greek Core Formed Glass AlabastronEst. $3,600-$7,200Lot Passed

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Miniature Thracian Bronze Horse and Rider: Eastern or Southeastern Europe, Thrace, ca. 1st century BCE. A finely cast bronze horse and rider set on a rectangular base with four peg feet. The horse stands with its right foreleg raised. The

0018A: Miniature Thracian Bronze Horse and RiderEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Etruscan Bucchero Pottery Oinochoe: Classical World, Italy, Etruria, ca. late 7th to 6th century BCE. An attractive wheel-thrown ceramic oinochoe with a petite discoid foot, a spherical body with a sloping shoulder, a flared rim with a

0019A: Etruscan Bucchero Pottery OinochoeEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Rare Iberian Stone Male Figurative Effigy: Western Europe, Spain, Iberian Peninsula, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. An intriguing figurative effigy of a rare form depicting a male standing atop fused legs with a vertical delineation cleft. The

0019B: Rare Iberian Stone Male Figurative EffigyEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

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Rare Miniature Etruscan Bronze Reclining Satyr Applique: Etruria, northern Italy, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A solid bronze statuette, finely cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, depicting a satyr - possibly Silenus - reclining on a lion's skin.

0020: Rare Miniature Etruscan Bronze Reclining Satyr AppliqueEst. $2,500-$3,500

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Tender Roman Marble Head of a Youth: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A handsome, realistic marble head of a youth with a close-cropped wavy/curled coiffure framing a handsome face with attractive features such as

0020A: Tender Roman Marble Head of a YouthEst. $8,000-$13,500Lot Passed

Etruscan Bronze Kouros w/ Dramatic Pose: Classical World, Etruscan, ca. 6th century BCE. Finely cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) technique, an Etruscan nude youth with characteristically broad shoulders, standing on an integral square

0020B: Etruscan Bronze Kouros w/ Dramatic PoseEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

Published Greek Bronze Handle w/ Lion - ex Christie's: Greece, Classical Period, ca. 480 to 450 BCE. A handsome cast bronze handle from an oinochoe terminating in a skillfully rendered lion head at the lower end - wild feline's visage presented in

0020C: Published Greek Bronze Handle w/ Lion - ex Christie'sEst. $3,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Matched Pair of Etruscan Bucchero Pottery Olpes: Northern Italy, Etruria, ca. 4th century BCE. A handsome pair of Etruscan bucchero olpes, each with an elegant silhouette comprised of a bowl-shaped lower section, a concave wall above the shoulder

0020D: Matched Pair of Etruscan Bucchero Pottery OlpesEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Roman Glass Ribbed Bowl - Pillar Molded: Roman, late Republic to early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A beautiful, ribbed bowl comprised of translucent, aqua-colored glass. The vessel is mold-made, cast in a shallow

0021: Roman Glass Ribbed Bowl - Pillar MoldedEst. $1,400-$2,000

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Roman Marble Head of a Male Youth: Roman, Imperial Period, Julio-Claudian Period, ca. 1st Century BCE to 1st Century CE. A Roman marble head of a youthful male with idealized features as opposed to the veristic representations popular

0021A: Roman Marble Head of a Male YouthEst. $14,000-$21,000Lot Passed

Sidonian Molded Glass Bottle w/ Incredible Iridescence: Roman , Sidonian, Lebanon, ca. 1st century CE. A miniature and very fine mold-blown glass vessel that is covered in fiery iridescence presenting hues of pink, yellow, lavendar, ice blue, aqua, and

0021B: Sidonian Molded Glass Bottle w/ Incredible IridescenceEst. $2,200-$3,000Lot Passed

Lovely Roman Marble Head of a Young Woman - ex-Bonhams: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A finely carved marble head of a young woman wearing a veil over her curly coiffure. Note how the sculptor made this marble come to life

0021C: Lovely Roman Marble Head of a Young Woman - ex-BonhamsEst. $6,500-$9,750Lot Passed

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Lot of 4 Roman Bronze Coins Displayed Together: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A collection of four ancient Roman bronze coins displayed in a thick acrylic block with a label reading "Coins of the Roman Empire" encased in its

0022: Lot of 4 Roman Bronze Coins Displayed TogetherEst. $200-$300

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Ancient Roman Fresco Fragment - Nude Male: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. An ancient Roman fresco depicting a seated male with and upraised knee, nude save his cloak, the fabric of which is billowing in the direction he is

0022A: Ancient Roman Fresco Fragment - Nude MaleEst. $6,000-$9,000

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Roman Glass Bottle - Yellow Hue & Great Iridescence: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous translucent yellow glass vessel, free blown to have a bulbous base and a long, tapering, thin neck ending in a small, flared mouth. The

0022B: Roman Glass Bottle - Yellow Hue & Great IridescenceEst. $550-$800Lot Passed

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Roman Bronze Plumb Bob: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 4th century CE. A bronze plumb bob in the classic Roman teardrop shape with a knob at one end and groove lines around the body. The knob is capped by a

0022C: Roman Bronze Plumb BobEst. $350-$500

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Fine Roman Glass Bottle w/ Teal Hue: Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st to early 2nd century CE. A fine bottle formed from free-blown glass of a gorgeous teal hue. The vessel is defined by a piriform body with a rough pontil scar, a

0022D: Fine Roman Glass Bottle w/ Teal HueEst. $900-$1,400

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