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Join us for an important one-day auction on Thursday, November 17, 2016 featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, African / Tribal, Russian, even fossils and minerals!

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Very Fine Greek Boeotian Pottery Kylix: Greece, Boeotia, ca. 5th century BCE. A gorgeous matte black kylix (drinking cup) with finely shaped curved strap handles, a wide bowl, and a delicate round foot joined to the body by a narrow leg.

0011A: Very Fine Greek Boeotian Pottery KylixEst. $900-$1,400

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Adorable Greek Pottery Rattle - Chubby Pig Form: Greece, possibly Greek Cyprus, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A child's toy in the shape of a pig, probably mold made and with a pebble sealed within. He has delightful applied eyes, nose, pointed ears, and

0011B: Adorable Greek Pottery Rattle - Chubby Pig FormEst. $500-$750

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Greek Attic Red Figure Pottery Skyphos - Hunting Scene: Greece, Athens, 5th century BCE. This is a red-figure pottery skyphos, a dual-handled, deep cup with a low flanged base, used for drinking wine. The design originated in Corinth and spread throughout

0012: Greek Attic Red Figure Pottery Skyphos - Hunting SceneEst. $4,000-$6,000

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Greek Bi-Chrome Pottery Oinochoe: Greece, Magna Graecia / South Italic Colonies, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A pretty and exceptionally well-preserved oinochoe (pouring vessel) with a trefoil rim. A flattened cylinder forms a handle

0012A: Greek Bi-Chrome Pottery OinochoeEst. $800-$1,200

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Greek Blackware Pyxis w/ Lid - Floral Pattern: Greece, 4th century BCE. A glazed black terracotta pyxis (jar with lid) complete with a delightfully shaped lid. The bowl of the pyxis is deep, with a small, pronounced foot; the interior is

0012B: Greek Blackware Pyxis w/ Lid - Floral PatternEst. $600-$900

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Rare/Large Greek Apulian Blackware Bowl: Classical World, Southern Italy, Apulia, 4th century BCE. A large storage bowl, painted a deep, shining black, with an earthy red-painted rim and small, similarly painted foot. Apulian workshops in

0012C: Rare/Large Greek Apulian Blackware BowlEst. $1,500-$2,500

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Greek Attic Blackware Ribbed Mug w/ Maker's Mark: Greece, Athens, 4th century BCE. An absolutely gorgeous small ribbed blackware mug with a makers' mark of concentric circles painted on the bottom of the base. The black glaze has attained a near

0012D: Greek Attic Blackware Ribbed Mug w/ Maker's MarkEst. $800-$1,200

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Tall Greek Tanagra Polychrome Standing Goddess: Greece, Tanagra, Boeotia, ca. 4th century BCE. A large standing goddess figure with detailed head and a stylized body; this particular example is caught between different styles and time periods.

0013: Tall Greek Tanagra Polychrome Standing GoddessEst. $4,000-$6,000

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Gorgeous Greek Attic Black-Glazed Trefoil Oinochoe: Greece, Athens, ca. 4th century BCE. A beautiful small black-glazed oinochoe, a pouring vessel, with a finely symmetrical trefoil spout and rim. It stands on a flat, unglazed foot and has a delicate

0013A: Gorgeous Greek Attic Black-Glazed Trefoil OinochoeEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Graceful Greek Tanagra Pottery Female Votive Figure: Greece, Tanagra, Boeotia, ca. 4th century BCE. This is a beautiful, graceful example of a mold made pottery votive figure. This is a female figure with her hair up in a curly bun, a common style for

0013B: Graceful Greek Tanagra Pottery Female Votive FigureEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Greek Apulian Bowl w/ Lady of Fashion: Greece, South Italy, Apulia, ca. 4th century BCE. A beautiful shallow bowl on a small round foot. The exterior has a waviform design around the edges. In the interior of the bowl, filling the entire

0013C: Greek Apulian Bowl w/ Lady of FashionEst. $1,400-$2,000

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Lovely Greek Gnathian Pottery Prochous: Greek colony of Apulia, Gnathian Style, named after the town of Ignazia in southeastern Italy, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. Beautiful and graceful pouring vessel for precious oils in deep black glaze painted

0014: Lovely Greek Gnathian Pottery ProchousEst. $1,400-$1,800

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Greek South Italic Daunian Askos, Duck Form: 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

0015: Greek South Italic Daunian Askos, Duck FormEst. $900-$1,200

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Tall Greek Apulian Red-Figure Amphora, ex-Christie's: Classical World, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 BCE. A huge and beautiful red figure Apulian amphora with excellent provenance. On one side is a seated, draped woman within an Ionic naiskos, a small

0016A: Tall Greek Apulian Red-Figure Amphora, ex-Christie'sEst. $9,000-$14,000

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0016B: Greek Apulian Oinochoe, Ascoli Satriano Painter, ex-EdeEst. $4,000-$6,000

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Greek Gnathian Pottery Olpe w/ Maker's Mark: Classical World, Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 325 BCE. A beautiful example of the funerary pottery made by the thousands in southern Italy when it was part of the Greek colonial sphere.

0016C: Greek Gnathian Pottery Olpe w/ Maker's MarkEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Huge Greek Gnathian Pottery Skyphos w/ Goose: Classical World, Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 360 to 325 BCE, probably 360 to 350. A huge pottery skyphos, a twin-handled vessel made for drinking wine. This one stands on a low,

0016D: Huge Greek Gnathian Pottery Skyphos w/ GooseEst. $5,000-$8,000

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Rare Greco-Persian Bronze Dagger w/ Griffin Head: Greek Persia, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th century BCE. A single bronze cast forming a small dagger with a griffin's head turned to one side; the guard curls out away from the blade, which tapers down

0016E: Rare Greco-Persian Bronze Dagger w/ Griffin HeadEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Greek Attic Red-Figure Oinochoe, Fat Boy Group: Greek, Athens, attributed to the F.B. Group, ca. early 4th century BCE. This pottery oinochoe (pouring vessel) has a trefoil lip and a sturdy cylindrical handle. The painted design has been

0016F: Greek Attic Red-Figure Oinochoe, Fat Boy GroupEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Greek Canosan Face of Gorgon (from Volute Krater): Greece, Canosan Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous pottery applique, excellently preserved, from a volute krater. These are tall vases with symmetrical handles that curl upwards to

0016G: Greek Canosan Face of Gorgon (from Volute Krater)Est. $600-$900

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Elegant Greek Tanagra Pottery Female w/ Himation: Central Greece, Boetia, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. An expertly rendered, hollow-cast female standing figure mounted upon a square pottery base. The elegant figure presents a delicately modeled face

0016H: Elegant Greek Tanagra Pottery Female w/ HimationEst. $5,000-$7,000Lot Passed

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

0017: Greek Hellenistic Marble Head of FemaleEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

Greek Hellenistic Goddess Figure, Possibly Athena: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 323 to 31 BCE. A mold made hollow figure of a female goddess, probably Athena, who stands striding forward, with one arm raised and the other held behind her. Her head

0017A: Greek Hellenistic Goddess Figure, Possibly AthenaEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

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Greek Apulian Footed Plate w/ Lady of Fashion: Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A Greek red-figure plate on a raised foot featuring a "Lady of Fashion" wearing a saccos (head scarf) with a pearl strand and hair pins, an ornate drop

0017B: Greek Apulian Footed Plate w/ Lady of FashionEst. $1,200-$1,800

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