![Late Roman / Christian oil lamp depicting rosette, Type Bussière E VIII 10: ITEM: Oil lamp depicting a rosette, Type Bussière E VIII 10 MATERIAL: Pottery CULTURE: Late Roman / Christian PERIOD: 4th - 5th Century A.D DIMENSIONS: 50 mm x 85 mm x 135 mm CONDITION: Good co](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742519_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
Ancient Greek & Roman Religious & Spiritual Objects
![Late Roman / Christian oil lamp depicting rosette, Type Bussière E VIII 10: ITEM: Oil lamp depicting a rosette, Type Bussière E VIII 10 MATERIAL: Pottery CULTURE: Late Roman / Christian PERIOD: 4th - 5th Century A.D DIMENSIONS: 50 mm x 85 mm x 135 mm CONDITION: Good co](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742519_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Roman funerary stele, PUBLISHED: ITEM: Funerary stele, fragment MATERIAL: Marble CULTURE: Roman PERIOD: 2nd - 3rd Century A.D DIMENSIONS: 130 mm x 160 mm CONDITION: Good condition PROVENANCE: Ex English private colle](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742436_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![ROMAN “CRUCIFIXION?? NAIL, 1ST-2ND CENTURY AD: Forged iron, 3” length with over broad rounded head. Archeological evidence indicates that common nails were used for crucifixions. However, virtually all of those are nails embedded in ankle bo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982167_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
News about Ancient Greek & Roman Religious & Spiritual Objects
![Closing soon: Met’s Chroma, revealing colorful truth of ancient sculpture](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reconstruction-of-marble-finial-in-the-form-of-a-sphinx-detail-2022-1.jpg)
Closing soon: Met’s Chroma, revealing colorful truth of ancient sculpture
NEW YORK – Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture was once colorful, vibrantly painted, and richly adorned with detailed ornamentation. On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 26, Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color reveals the colorful backstory of polychromy — meaning “many colors” in Greek — and presents new discoveries of surviving ancient color […]
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US returns smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – The United States on March 31 returned a cache of smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya as the oil-rich Mediterranean country struggles to protect its heritage against the backdrop of years of war, turmoil and unrest. The repatriated items include two sculptures dating to the 4th century BCE from the ancient city of […]
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Native American ceramics, modern art star at Auctions at Showplace, Nov. 7
NEW YORK – Auctions at Showplace will continue the fall auction season with an exciting sale on November 7. It will feature a diverse offering including Picasso ceramics, a selection of modern art, mid-century furnishings, Asian objects, antiquities, fine jewelry along with costume jewelry and luxury goods from prime New York Metropolitan area estates. Absentee and […]
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Newark Museum to host important Steuben glass exhibition
NEWARK, N.J. – A sparkling, colorful gift of Steuben glass from The Thomas N. Armstrong III Collection will be on display in an upcoming exhibition at the Newark Museum. Unexpected Color: A Journey Through Glass, opening on April 28, 2019, showcases more than 130 works in glass designed by Frederick Carder for the famed Steuben Glass Works […]