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Greek Attic Black-Figure Kylix w/ Dancing Satyr

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Fine Egyptian Granite Head of Priest: Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2030 to 1650 BCE. An attractive head carved from granite of a man with rounded features, perhaps a scribe or priestly figure, based on the

0001: Fine Egyptian Granite Head of PriestEst. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed

0001A: Egyptian Sebennytic Ptolemaic Glass Profile Face InlayEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Limestone Bust of a Pharaoh: Egypt, late Third Intermediate to early Late Dynastic Period, ca. 7th to 6th century BCE. A lovely limestone bust of an imposing pharaoh. He stares forward with faint facial details and protruding

0001B: Egyptian Limestone Bust of a PharaohEst. $26,000-$39,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Predynastic Painted Pottery Jar, ex-Sotheby's: Ancient Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, Naqada II, ca. 3400 to 3200 BCE. A hand-built earthenware vessel of a globular form, the body decorated throughout with red pigment in a series of vertical panels

0002: Egyptian Predynastic Painted Pottery Jar, ex-Sotheby'sEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Rare Egyptian Amarna Faience Lotus Bottle w/ Glyphs: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, reign of Akhenaten (formally Amenhotep IV), ca. 1353 to 1336 BCE. An incredible, mold-formed faience vessel known as a lotus bottle

0003: Rare Egyptian Amarna Faience Lotus Bottle w/ GlyphsEst. $12,000-$18,000

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Translated Egyptian Wood Canopic Box Panel w/ Anubis: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 25th to 26th Dynasty, ca. 747 to 525 BCE. A beautiful cedar wood panel of a trapezoidal form that was at one time comprised part of a

0004: Translated Egyptian Wood Canopic Box Panel w/ AnubisEst. $1,800-$2,500

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Egyptian Polychrome / Gesso Wood Mummy Mask: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A stunning wood mummy mask that is expertly carved from cedar and covered in a layer of white gesso painted in hues of beige,

0005: Egyptian Polychrome / Gesso Wood Mummy MaskEst. $6,000-$8,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Bronze Striding Male Figure God Amun: Egyptian, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A solid, cast bronze striding male figure wearing a false beard, a short kilt, and a tall headdress. Note the incised details

0005A: Egyptian Bronze Striding Male Figure God AmunEst. $10,000-$15,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Faience Offering Cup for Tutankhamun TL'd: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1333 to 1323 BCE. A beautiful faience offering cup that is covered with dark, sage green glaze and bears an enclosed cartouche for

0006: Egyptian Faience Offering Cup for Tutankhamun TL'dEst. $5,000-$7,000

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Published Egyptian Bronze Osiris Iah Figure, ex Bonhams: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A fine cast-bronze statue of an enthroned Osirus-Iah, a combination of Osiris - the god of the underworld - and Iah - an older deity of

0007: Published Egyptian Bronze Osiris Iah Figure, ex BonhamsEst. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Faience Ushabti: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1069 to 664 BCE. A mold-formed faience ushabti covered in turquoise-hued glaze. The shabti stands in mummiform with fused feet and

0008: Egyptian Faience UshabtiEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Egyptian 26th Dynasty Faience Ushabti for Pa-Di-Aset: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A beautiful and sizable example of a faience funerary ushabti covered in turquoise-hued glaze. The mummiform figure stands atop an

0009: Egyptian 26th Dynasty Faience Ushabti for Pa-Di-AsetEst. $1,800-$2,500

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Egyptian New Kingdom Greenstone Scaraboid Seal Bead: Egypt, New Kingdom Period to Third Intermediate Period, 18th to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 664 BCE. A hand carved greenstone seal bead in the form of a scaraboid. The top is rounded and polished,

0010: Egyptian New Kingdom Greenstone Scaraboid Seal BeadEst. $600-$900

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Romano-Egyptian Pottery Figure of Bes: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A fine mold-formed terracotta figurative depiction of the dwarf deity Bes. The nude Bes sits on an integral plinth with both hands resting

0010A: Romano-Egyptian Pottery Figure of BesEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Exhibited Romano-Egyptian Bronze Venus & Cupid: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Skillfully cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, a leaded bronze statue of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love and

0010B: Exhibited Romano-Egyptian Bronze Venus & CupidEst. $18,000-$27,000

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0011: Greek Geometric Bronze Attachments + Labryses (4)Est. $10,000-$15,000Lot Passed

Rare / Published Greek Geometric Bronze Bull: Italic or Greek, Geometric period, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE. An incredibly rare, double-headed, leaded bronze bull, finely cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process. Notice a suspension loop, now

0011A: Rare / Published Greek Geometric Bronze BullEst. $7,500-$11,250Lot Passed

Rare / Early Greek Cycladic Marble Kandila: Greece, Cycladic culture, probably Early Cycladic, ca. 3200 to 2800 BCE. A fine example of a famous and rare ancient form, the kandila. This is a hollowed out, roughly spheroid bowl standing on a

0012: Rare / Early Greek Cycladic Marble KandilaEst. $11,000-$19,500Lot Passed

Rare / Tall Greek Archaic Footed Alabastron: Ancient Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A beautiful vessel known as an alabastron, of an elongated teardrop form, hand-carved from honey-yellow alabaster, with a rounded base, a tapering

0013: Rare / Tall Greek Archaic Footed AlabastronEst. $3,400-$5,100Lot Passed

Greek Attic Black-Figure Kylix w/ Dancing Satyr: Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. 600 to 540 BCE. A stunning Attic black-figure pottery kylix of an exemplary form with a wide, shallow cup, a narrow stem, and upraised twin handles, all upon a short foot.

0014: Greek Attic Black-Figure Kylix w/ Dancing SatyrEst. $7,000-$10,500Lot Passed

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Greek Attic Black-Figure Lekythos - Athena Painter: Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), Attributed to the Athena Painter, ca. 490 to 480 BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery lekythos attributed to the Athena Painter that was finely painted via the

0015: Greek Attic Black-Figure Lekythos - Athena PainterEst. $15,000-$20,000

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Greek Attic Blackware Skyphos / Wine Vessel: Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. An elegant drinking vessel known as a skyphos that is wheel-thrown from pottery with a squat foot, a broad body with a shallow basin, and a pair of

0016: Greek Attic Blackware Skyphos / Wine VesselEst. $800-$1,200

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Greek Attic Red-Figure Glaux / Type B: Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 475 to 450 BCE. A red-figure pottery skyphos or glaux type - also classified as Type B in the Beazley Archive - presenting a deep cup with a low flanged base, and,

0017: Greek Attic Red-Figure Glaux / Type BEst. $1,800-$2,400

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Greek Apulian Red-Figure Bell Krater Maenad & Youths: Magna Graecia, South Italy, Apulian, ca. 4th century BCE. A very fine and quite sizeable bell krater extensively decorated via the red figure technique. The vessel presents a characteristically

0018: Greek Apulian Red-Figure Bell Krater Maenad & YouthsEst. $6,000-$9,000

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