Exceptional Antiquities | Ethnographic Art

Greek Paestum Red-Figure Pottery Bell Krater

Ca. 1806 French Empress Dragoon Helmet Worn at Waterloo

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Exceptional Antiquities | Ethnographic Art

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Cypriot Terracotta Horse and Rider: Ancient Greece, Cypriot Archaic, ca. 750 to 475 BCE. A hand-modeled terracotta horse and rider delineated in an abstract style characteristic of the Cypro-Archaic period of Iron Age Cyprus; note how

0011: Cypriot Terracotta Horse and RiderEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Gorgeous Greek Attic Pottery Blackware Kylix: Greece, Athens, ca. 450 BCE. This is an amazing Attic kylix (drinking cup) with finely shaped squared-off handles, a wide, evenly sloping bowl, and a delicate round foot joined to the body by a

0012: Gorgeous Greek Attic Pottery Blackware KylixEst. $2,500-$3,500

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Greek Attic Red-Figure Owl Skyphos: Ancient Greece, Late Attic, ca. 370 to 350 BCE. A traditional black glazed pottery skyphos with an owl on one side depicted in red-figure above a red ground line with a palmette beside each looped

0013: Greek Attic Red-Figure Owl SkyphosEst. $2,500-$3,000

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Stunning Greek Attic Blackware Pelike Highly Iridescent: Greece, Athens, ca. 5th century BCE. An amazing piece at an amazing price. Completely intact and with paint in near perfect condition, this is beautifully proportionate and symmetrical Attic pelike,

0014: Stunning Greek Attic Blackware Pelike Highly IridescentEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Superb Greek Attic Black Figure Oinochoe, ex-Bonham's: Ancient Greece, ca. 550 to 500 BCE. A stunning black-figure oinochoe with a characteristic globular body decorated with a figural scene of Dionysos wearing a wreath and holding a rhyton, flanked by

0014A: Superb Greek Attic Black Figure Oinochoe, ex-Bonham'sEst. $15,000-$20,000Lot Passed

Important Greek Bronze Siren, ex-Royal Athena: Greece, 5th century BCE. Classical Greek bronze Siren, once an attachment to a world-class bronze vessel. Shown facing frontal, wings spread framing her face, legs tucked under body seated upon her

0015: Important Greek Bronze Siren, ex-Royal AthenaEst. $10,000-$15,000Lot Passed

Greek Apulian Red Figure Pottery Owl Skyphos: Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 350 to 300 BCE. A fine Apulian skyphos of characteristic form with twin handles extending outward on opposing sides, attached to remarkably thin pottery

0016: Greek Apulian Red Figure Pottery Owl SkyphosEst. $2,000-$2,500Lot Passed

Greek Core-Form Glass Amphoriskos: Greek Empire, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. Core formed glass amphoriskos of elegant tapered body form, applied opposing handles and button foot. Marvered swirl ribbed feather pattern. Custom Lucite

0016A: Greek Core-Form Glass AmphoriskosEst. $2,200-$28,000Lot Passed

Greek Corinthian Aryballos of Helmeted Warrior - Rare!: Greece, Corinth, Rhodes, or eastern Greece, Archaic period, 600 BCE. A gorgeous aryballos in the shape of a warriors' head, complete with geometrically-decorated helmet, a sensitive and detailed

0017: Greek Corinthian Aryballos of Helmeted Warrior - Rare!Est. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Greek Boeotian Pottery Horse - Ex Arnovick: Greece, Tanagra, Boeotia, Geometric period, ca. 900 to 700 BCE. One of my favorites! A pottery figure in a style instantly recognizable as Greek, created from simple lines to give an abstract but

0017A: Greek Boeotian Pottery Horse - Ex ArnovickEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Greek Corinthian Pottery Skyphos - Owls & Birds: Greece, Corinth, 5th century BCE. This is a painted pottery skyphos, a dual-handled, deep cup with a low flanged base, used for drinking wine. The design originated in Corinth and spread throughout

0018: Greek Corinthian Pottery Skyphos - Owls & BirdsEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Superb Proto-Corinthian Pottery Aryballos in Ram Form: Ancient Greece, Corinth, Proto-Corinthian/Etruscan-Corinthian, ca. 640 to 625 CE. A bichrome terracotta proto-Corinthian aryballos in the shape of a recumbent ram with long, slender legs tucked

0019: Superb Proto-Corinthian Pottery Aryballos in Ram FormEst. $4,000-$6,000

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Large Daunian Funnel Krater with Owl Masks: Magna Graecia, Italy, Apulia/Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE. A large pottery krater with a a broad, funneled rim, twin looping handles, and twin owl mask protomes. The creamy reddish body is decorated

0020: Large Daunian Funnel Krater with Owl MasksEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Superb Messapian Pottery Trozella - W/ Fine Decorations: Italy, Apulia, Messapia, 4th century BCE. A pottery trozella, a vase characterized by dual disks, one at the top of each handle and another at the base. Trozella means "little wheels". These were

0021: Superb Messapian Pottery Trozella - W/ Fine DecorationsEst. $3,500-$5,000

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South Italic Daunian Duck Askos: Southern Italy, Apulia / Daunian, ca. 300 BCE. This is a large terracotta "duck" askos form, used for pouring small quantities of liquids such as oil. The surface is decorated with linear and

0021A: South Italic Daunian Duck AskosEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

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Greek Paestum Red-Figure Pottery Bell Krater: Greece, South Italian, probably Paestum, ca. 370 to 325 BCE. A fabulously well-preserved bell krater, a vessel for mixing water and wine, is decorated with well-executed red-figure paintings of

0022: Greek Paestum Red-Figure Pottery Bell KraterEst. $5,000-$7,000

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Graeco-Persian Bronze Situla - Bird Finials: Eastern Greek to Persian empires, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. Bronze pail or situla with short foot, bulbous midsection, thinning neck and attached thin rim with two attached bird finials acting as

0022A: Graeco-Persian Bronze Situla - Bird FinialsEst. $1,000-$1,200Lot Passed

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Greek Apulian Blackware Guttos w / Siren: Greek, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 BCE. A mold made black glazed pottery vessel with distinctive shape - a round handle and a long thin spout at a ninety degree angle to it. Stamped in the middle

0023: Greek Apulian Blackware Guttos w / SirenEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Superb Miniature Greek Apulian Prochous, Chevron Group: Greek Empire, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, colony of Apulia, ca. 340 BCE. We have seen a number of very fine Greek miniatures, but none can compare to this incredible example. Pottery pouring

0024: Superb Miniature Greek Apulian Prochous, Chevron GroupEst. $6,000-$8,000Lot Passed

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Greek Apulian Red-Figure Pottery Fish Plate: Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulian, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A handsome fish plate, so-called for its marine life decoration - this one painted with four sea perches via the red-figure technique - of

0024A: Greek Apulian Red-Figure Pottery Fish PlateEst. $3,000-$5,000

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Greek Apulian Bell Krater w/ Lady of Fashion Portraits: Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 CE. A beautiful pottery bell krater adorned via the red figure technique with a stunning Lady of Fashion decorating each side. This type of

0025: Greek Apulian Bell Krater w/ Lady of Fashion PortraitsEst. $6,000-$8,000Lot Passed

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Incredible Canosan Double Situla - Marine Life: Southern Italy, Canosan, ca. 3rd century BCE. The form of this remarkable vessel is two ovoid jars, symmetrically placed and mirroring each other's form of flat base and wide flaring mouth, joined

0025A: Incredible Canosan Double Situla - Marine LifeEst. $6,000-$9,000

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Greek Hellenistic Marble Head of Female: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd century BCE. A finely carved 3/4 round marble head of a female, perhaps a deity such as Aphrodite, but possibly a more pedestrian portrayal as the new

0026: Greek Hellenistic Marble Head of FemaleEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

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Important Canosan Polychrome Askos w/ Hippocamp: Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosan Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A beautiful huge askos, a vessel with a flat shape and spout at one end, and a wide strap handle in the center. These vessels

0027: Important Canosan Polychrome Askos w/ HippocampEst. $12,000-$15,000

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