Ancient, Ethnographic Art | Arnovick, Piscopo

Egyptian Cartonnage Panel w/ Isis - Gesso & Linen

Bactrian / Roman Necklace - Carnelian, Glass, Gold

Chinese Ming / Qing Dynasty Jade Dragon, ex-Arnovick

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Ancient, Ethnographic Art | Arnovick, Piscopo

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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient, asian, ethnographic and tribal art from several estates, including items from the private collections of the late Dr. Peter Arnovick and John Piscopo.

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Egyptian Middle Kingdom Stone Offering Plate: Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2000 to 1700 BCE. This is a calcite stone offering plate; it has a flat foot and a slightly concave surface. The color of the stone is very nice. Plates like these were placed

0001: Egyptian Middle Kingdom Stone Offering PlateEst. $700-$900

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Egyptian Naqada II Black Top Jar: Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, Nagada/Naqada, ca. 3600 to 3200 BCE. If only… What was once an incredible example of early Egyptian pottery, now showing a bit of the ravages of 5000+ years of burial.

0001A: Egyptian Naqada II Black Top JarEst. $500-$700

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Rare Egyptian Faience Wall Pocket: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1567-1085 BCE. Rare to find, an attractive wall vase comprised of light blue faience of a lovely luster with a branch and leaf design in the center and a scrolling

0002: Rare Egyptian Faience Wall PocketEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Alabaster Ear Plug: Egypt, probable New Kingdom, ca. 16th to 11th century BCE. This small alabaster ear plug is one of those pieces that reminds us that some fashions can be timeless! Perhaps the most famous celebrity

0003: Egyptian Alabaster Ear PlugEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Monumental Egyptian Ushabti Upper Torso: Egypt, 21st to 22nd Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 700 BCE. Beyond a doubt the largest ushabti we have seen. If whole, you could extrapolate that this would stand almost 13" H. Light green faience with

0004: Monumental Egyptian Ushabti Upper TorsoEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Ancient Egyptian Banded Alabaster Mortar: Egypt, Late Period, ca. 700 to 330 BCE. This is a small banded alabaster mortar that may contain some percentage of calcite to give it hardness -- pure alabaster, fine-grained cohesive variety of

0005: Ancient Egyptian Banded Alabaster MortarEst. $700-$900

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Egyptian Cartonnage Panel w/ Isis - Gesso & Linen: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca 662 to 315 BCE. Gorgeous polychrome section of mummy cartonnage made of gesso over linen in rectangular form showing the winged Isis in the

0005A: Egyptian Cartonnage Panel w/ Isis - Gesso & LinenEst. $700-$900

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Egyptian Limestone Sculptor's Model - Nemes: Egyptian, probably late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 1290 to 30 BCE. This is a model of a generic royal bust depicting a simple nemes with no uraeus. There is a blank space to add a face,

0006: Egyptian Limestone Sculptor's Model - NemesEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Sculptor's Model of a Falcon: Egypt, probably late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 1290 to 30 BCE. This is a high-relief plaster sculptor’s model of a falcon or other bird of prey. The falcon is perched at rest with his tail

0007: Egyptian Sculptor's Model of a FalconEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Robin's Egg Blue Faience Ushabti: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 700 to 300 BCE. Robin's egg blue faience ushabti, holding crook and flail, line of hieroglyphs down front, pillar down back. Size: 4.4" H (11.2 cm) Provenance:

0008: Egyptian Robin's Egg Blue Faience UshabtiEst. $500-$700

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Lg Egyptian Red Faience Pectoral Scarab: Egypt, Late Period, ca. 715 to 330 BCE. This scarab pectoral has a very dense, glassy, red faience. It has eight drill holes so that it could be sewn onto the bandages of a mummy; it would have been

0009: Lg Egyptian Red Faience Pectoral ScarabEst. $900-$1,200

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Rare Egyptian Faience Bes Amulet: Egypt, ca. 715 to 330 BCE. This is a small and very rare amulet with light blue-green glazed faience. Its four sides depict the dwarf god Bes, who was seen as a protector of households, mothers,

0010: Rare Egyptian Faience Bes AmuletEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Egyptian Bronze Osiris - Stone Eyes: Egypt, Late Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. Large section of a world class bronze Osiris. Osiris in standing pose wearing ostrich plumes to each side of his crown of upper and

0011: Egyptian Bronze Osiris - Stone EyesEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Cartonnage Section, ex-Arte Primitivo: Egypt - Late Period, Ptolemaic period, ca. 300-30 B.C. Openwork cartonnage aegis collar breast plate and vertical column register. Painted gesso surface in blue and red on a white ground with some

0012: Egyptian Cartonnage Section, ex-Arte PrimitivoEst. $5,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpocrates: Egypt, 26th to 30th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 342 CE. Cast bronze figure with lovely green patina representing Harpocrates, son of Osiris and Isis born in the lotus flower like Nefertum. Assuming the

0013: Egyptian Bronze Seated HarpocratesEst. $900-$1,200

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Greek Cypriot Lentoid Flask, ex-Guttman: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1550 to 1200 BCE. A near pristine pottery lentoid flask with a circular flattened body, cylindrical neck, loop handle joined to a narrow ring applied to

0014: Greek Cypriot Lentoid Flask, ex-GuttmanEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Cypriot Pottery Platter - Early Iron Age: Ancient Iron Age, Greece/ Cyprus, ca. 1100 to 75 BCE. The pottery created on the island of Cyprus in the prehistoric era was in a word imaginative. The ancients created lively forms and refined

0015: Cypriot Pottery Platter - Early Iron AgeEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Bronze Bird Figure, ex-Malter: Ancient Greece, Geometric Period, ca. 750 to 700 BCE. A lovely little bird, probably a waterfowl, perched atop a hemispheric loop for suspension or attachment. The bird has very pronounced eyes and a

0016: Greek Geometric Bronze Bird Figure, ex-MalterEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

Greek Archaic Period Terracotta Bust of Goddess: Southern Italy, Magna Graecia region, ca. 500 BCE. This is the reddish pottery bust of a woman with her hair worn long ove her shoulders and styled in waves. She wears disk earrings. Her face is

0017: Greek Archaic Period Terracotta Bust of GoddessEst. $3,000-$5,000Lot Passed

Magna Graecia Terracotta Votive Plaque of a Goddess: Greek, Magna Graecia, southern Italy, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. This is a beige terracotta votive plaque of a goddess from the neck up, with long hair and wide staring eyes. Greek influenced

0018: Magna Graecia Terracotta Votive Plaque of a GoddessEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

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0019: Greek Apulian Askos Adorned with Ladies of FashionEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Greek Apulian Skyphos with Fugitive Paint: Greek, South Italic, Gnathian / Apulian, ca. 4th century BCE. This is a small skyphos (drinking cup), decorated in the classic Gnathian style, developed on the Adriatic coast of Apulia, with the

0020: Greek Apulian Skyphos with Fugitive PaintEst. $500-$700

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Misfired Ancient Greek Pottery Kylix, ex-Malter: Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia or Campania, ca. 4th century BCE. Greek wine cup on short foot with twin horizontal handles, impressed upper shoulder. Fascinating surface as the piece must

0021: Misfired Ancient Greek Pottery Kylix, ex-MalterEst. $400-$600

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Greek Hellenistic Core-Form Glass Amphoriskos: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A core-form glass amphoriskos of elegant form with splayed foot, ovoid body with twin handles, cylindrical neck, and everted, disk

0022: Greek Hellenistic Core-Form Glass AmphoriskosEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

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