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Rare Egyptian Middle Kingdom Polychrome Amphoriskos

Greek Lucanian Terracotta Antefix of a Maenad

Lambayeque Pottery Shaman Whistle Vessel w/ TL

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Gorgeous Egyptian Banded Alabastron: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A stunning alabastron, meticulously hand-carved from alabaster and presenting elegant ribbons of white banding flowing

0018: Gorgeous Egyptian Banded AlabastronEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Ptolemaic Papyrus Scrolls, Demotic Script (2): Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A beautiful and extremely rare set of two tightly rolled papyrus scrolls. Each lengthy scroll is of a slender form, has open ends that reveal the interior

0019: Egyptian Ptolemaic Papyrus Scrolls, Demotic Script (2)Est. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Gilded Cedar / Painted Gesso Mummy Mask: Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A finely carved cedar mummy mask with a gilded face and lovely painted gesso details. The ovoid head features large, black-painted eyes beneath thick

0020: Egyptian Gilded Cedar / Painted Gesso Mummy MaskEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

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Egyptian Graeco-Roman Mosaic Glass Inlays - Pornoboskos: Egypt, Graeco-Roman period, ca. 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE. An intricate pair of mosaic glass inlays, each cut in succession from the same cane, depicting a mask of a satyr known as

0020A: Egyptian Graeco-Roman Mosaic Glass Inlays - PornoboskosEst. $3,000-$4,500

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Romano-Egyptian Alabaster Statue - Harpokrates: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A gorgeous fragmentary statue depicting the child god Harpokrates (from the Egyptian "Her-pa-khered," literally "Horus the

0020B: Romano-Egyptian Alabaster Statue - HarpokratesEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Romano-Egyptian Painted Plaster Crocodile Mummy Mask: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A wonderful hollow-molded plaster mummy mask for a crocodile, perhaps meant as an offering to Sobek, the crocodile-headed god of fertility

0021: Romano-Egyptian Painted Plaster Crocodile Mummy MaskEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Pair of Greek Cycladic Marble Limbs - Arm & Foot: Ancient Greece, Cycladic (final Neolithic) period, ca. 2600 to 2300 BCE. A fine set of two anthropomorphic limbs - an arm and a leg - hand-carved from chalky yellow-white marble. The smaller limb

0021A: Pair of Greek Cycladic Marble Limbs - Arm & FootEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Fine Greek Mycenaean Bi-Chrome Pottery Bowl: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, Middle Helladic II to Late Helladic II, ca. 1900 to 1400 BCE. A lovely wheel-thrown pottery bowl with tall walls that taper to a smaller circular base, a deep basin, and a

0022: Fine Greek Mycenaean Bi-Chrome Pottery BowlEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

Geometric Macedonian / Greek Bronze Pectoral: Eastern Europe, Macedonia (sphere of Greek influence), Geometric period, ca. 900 to 700 BCE. A beautiful cast bronze pectoral, its front-facing surface decorated with a series of concentric circle

0022A: Geometric Macedonian / Greek Bronze PectoralEst. $3,000-$5,000Lot Passed

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Mycenaean Pottery Pithos, ex-Sotheby's, ex-Royal Athena: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, Late Helladic III, ca. 1400 to 1300 BCE. An elegant wheel-thrown pottery jar known as a pithos with a petite discoid base, a gradually-expanding stem, an inverted piriform

0023: Mycenaean Pottery Pithos, ex-Sotheby's, ex-Royal AthenaEst. $2,500-$3,500

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Greek Cypriot Bi-chrome Target Jug: Ancient Greece, Cypro-Geometric, ca. 900 to 750 BCE. An exemplar of Greek Cypriot pottery that preceded the emergence of Classical Greek pottery, with a near-spherical body, tubular neck, and trefoil

0023B: Greek Cypriot Bi-chrome Target JugEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Bronze Abstract Bird Pendant: Ancient Greece, Geometric Period, ca. second half of the 8th century BCE. A fine cast-bronze pendant in the form of an abstract bird with a petite head, a bulbous body with a pair of lateral

0024: Greek Geometric Bronze Abstract Bird PendantEst. $750-$1,000Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Bronze Horse, ex-Safani: Ancient Greece, Geometric Period, ca. late 8th to 7th century BCE. A fabulous cast-bronze horse presenting characteristically-abstract geometric-era stylization. The tubular animal widens slightly at

0025: Greek Geometric Bronze Horse, ex-SafaniEst. $1,800-$2,200Lot Passed

Rare Cypriot Limestone Statue Fragment - Male Votary: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Cypriot culture, Archaic period, ca. mid to late 6th century BCE. A finely preserved, hand-carved limestone votary fragment depicting the upper half of a robed, beardless male

0025A: Rare Cypriot Limestone Statue Fragment - Male VotaryEst. $1,400-$2,000Lot Passed

Greek Hellenistic Pottery Vessel of Standing Woman: Greece, Hellenistic, ca. late 4th to early 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous vessel in the form of a standing woman. Her slender, youthful body, draped artistically in a himation, forms the cavity of the

0026: Greek Hellenistic Pottery Vessel of Standing WomanEst. $3,500-$6,000Lot Passed

Greek Corinthian Polychrome Lidded Pyxis: Ancient Greece, Corinth, ca. late 6th to first half of the 5th century BCE. A beautiful example of a wheel-thrown pottery pyxis that perhaps held cosmetics, ointments, or trinkets. The vessel

0027: Greek Corinthian Polychrome Lidded PyxisEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Greek Boeotian Pottery Horse and Rider, TL: Greek, Boeotian, ca. 575 to 550 BCE. A wonderful hand-built terracotta horse and rider of a characteristically abstract style. Both the rider and the horse are decorated with black striations. The

0027A: Greek Boeotian Pottery Horse and Rider, TLEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

Boeotian Pottery Seated Figure - Dog Warrior w/ Shield: Greek, Archaic Period, Boeotian, ca. 550 BCE. A hand-built pottery warrior figure depicted as a canine seated atop an integral cylindrical stool. The lightly-flared base traces up to form the

0028: Boeotian Pottery Seated Figure - Dog Warrior w/ ShieldEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

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Rare Greek Attic Black-Figure Alabastron: Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 500 BCE. A terracotta alabastron extensively decorated via the black-figure technique - presenting a wide central register adorned by a net-like motif as well as a

0028A: Rare Greek Attic Black-Figure AlabastronEst. $3,000-$6,000

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Greek Attic Black-Glazed Pottery Skyphos: Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 5th to early 4th century BCE. A fine wheel-thrown pottery skyphos (cup for drinking wine) with an inverted bell-shaped body, a deep basin, a thin rim, and a pair of

0028B: Greek Attic Black-Glazed Pottery SkyphosEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Greek Core-Form Glass Oinochoe: Ancient Greece, eastern Mediterranean, probably from Rhodes, ca. early 5th century BCE. A striking core-formed glass oinochoe with a piriform body, a rounded shoulder, a narrow neck which flares into

0029: Greek Core-Form Glass OinochoeEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

Etruscan Bucchero Trefoil Oinochoe: Classical World, Etruria (Italy), ca. late 7th to 6th century BCE. An attractive wheel-thrown blackware oinochoe (also oenochoe, a pouring vessel) with a nicely delineated foot, a rotund body,

0030: Etruscan Bucchero Trefoil OinochoeEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Rare Greek Bronze Lidded Cauldron (Lebes / Urn): Greece, Classical Period, ca. late 6th to 5th century BCE. A beautiful, rare, lidded bronze cauldron, also known as a lebes or an urn. The body is wide and cylindrical, with deep, straight walls and

0031: Rare Greek Bronze Lidded Cauldron (Lebes / Urn)Est. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Greek Attic Black-Figure Stemless Kylix w/ Swan: Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. 5th century BCE. A beautiful Attic kylix, a cup for drinking wine. It is a wide, shallow, wheel thrown vessel with a large, round disc base and twin horizontal handles. In

0032: Greek Attic Black-Figure Stemless Kylix w/ SwanEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

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