Greek Messapian Terracotta Trozella

Classical World, Southern Italy, Apulia, Messapian tribe, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. A beautiful example of the most famous form of Messapian pottery, the trozella (also spelled trozzella). The vesse

Messapia, Apulia, Southern Italy, 7th to 3rd centuries BCE. This is a ceramic plate of circular form decorated with linear band in brown on orange clay running around the rim. The form is simple and b

A Greek terracotta group of two dancing female figures Sicily, circa 220-200 B.C. One wearing a belted chiton, her hair centrally parted and drawn back into a chignon, her companion leans on her shou

A Greek terracotta antefix of Pan Taranto, circa 4th Century B.C. The head moulded with curved horns, wavy hair and pointed ears, the face with furrowed brow and high-arched eyebrows, 16cm high Footn

Hellenistic, 300 - 100 BC. A votive offering moulded from terracotta in the shape of a pomegranate which has been cut open into two halves. This Terracotta Pomegranate may have been used to decorate a

Ancient Greece, ca. 540 BCE. Published on the front cover of Charles Ede Ltd Antiquities Catalogue 168 (a copy of which is included with this piece) with the following descriptions,"Greek circular ant

An outstanding Greek terracotta figure of a seated woman, 3rd – 2nd Century BC, on integral base, very naturally posed seated on a rock, wearing chiton and himation, her features beautifully detaile

Magna Graecia or Sicily, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A striking, finely molded terracotta ritual incense burner in the form of a youthful female bust. She wears a high polos headdress in the form of a

A Greek Terracotta Venus Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C. Height 16 inches (40 cm). Property from the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, Sold to Support the Care of Collections and the Willi

Ancient Greece, ca. 540 BCE. A mold-made earthenware antefix depicting the head of a Gorgon - a frightening beast-like female creature seen as early as the days of Homer that continued to be used as a

Ancient Greece, Hellenistic, from Tarantine, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. Three terracotta wall reliefs depicting Europa slaying the Bull (Zeus) - a favorite theme from Classical mythology - most likel

A Greek terracotta cockerel and dove Circa 5th Century B.C. The cockerel modelled with cockscomb and wattle with full tail feathers, the white slip with red details remaining, 14.5cm high, and a dov

Ten Cypriot and Greek Terracotta Figure Fragments Circa 8th Century B.C.-10th Century A.D. Height of tallest 6 inches (15.24 cm). Property from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, sold to benefit future

Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 470 to 450 BCE. Doesn't she take your breath away? This beautiful, mold-made terracotta protome bust probably depicts Persephone - queen of the underworld, daughter of Zeus

A Greek terracotta figure of a grotesque Circa 5th Century B.C. The figure swathed in a himation, the face with exaggerated mouth and ears, with white slip, added details in red and terracotta, 16.3c

Ancient GREEK. Terracotta Tanagra figurine circa 300 BC. Size 11 1/4 inches high.+ stand. Large Tanagran polychrome terracotta standing female figure . Her hair is ornamented with a flower garland. We

Greek, Boeotian, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. Buff terracotta statuette of a woman, probably a goddess, shown standing and wearing a peplos with overfall. She stands on an integral raised base holding

An early Classical Greek terracotta relief of a Sphinx, early-mid 5th Century BC, beautifully molded with curled wings and resembles the sphinx seen on coins from the island of Chios dating from the s

Lot 340 Greek Terracotta Figural Fragment (4th Century BCE) a fragment of a bust with acanthus design on the sides, possibly an architectural fragment, preserving pigment throughout, raised on eboniz

Western Greece, Rhodes, Archaic period, ca. 7th to 5th century BCE. An elegant terracotta protome depicting a lovely goddess, perhaps Circe since she is holding a wand in one hand and a pig in the oth

Classical world, southern Italy, Apulia, Messapian tribe, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. A classic example of the most famous Messapian form, the trozella (sometimes "trozzella"). The piece has high stra

Ancient Greek Terracotta Figure Of Aphrodite c.4th century B.C. Size 11 inches high. Large ancient Greek terracotta figure of Aphrodite standing on square base holding fruit in her left hand. Provenan

Ancient Greece, Archaic Period, ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE. A mold-formed terracotta protome of a goddess, perhaps Demeter, with exquisite detailing on the lips, eyes, brows, nose, and wavy

(pair) Large Greek terracotta olive jars, rolled rim accented with ochre-colored glaze, over ribbed ovoid body, impressed stamps near rim, approx 33"h Start Price: $1000.00