Greek Terracotta Alabastron - Rare Form

Greece, ca. 500 BCE. A beautiful alabastron made from actual alabaster that would have belonged to a wealthy Greek. This is a long-bodied vessel, with a flat disk for the mouth and a rounded base. The

Ancient Greece, early Archaic period, ca. 8th century BCE. A stunning pottery alabastron presenting a slender, elongated body of drop form that gently tapers to a brief slanted shoulder, a narrow neck

Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. late 4th to 2nd century CE. A mold-made ceramic votive figure of rare form, featuring a man holding the arm of a small child standing beside him. Depictions of women wi

Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown terracotta alabastron, so-named because many vessels that assumed this form were made from alabaster. The vessel presents

**Originally Listed At $2000** Ancient Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A beautiful vessel known as an alabastron, of an elongated teardrop form, hand-carved from honey-yellow alabaster, w

**First Time At Auction** Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A lovely wheel-thrown terracotta spindle jar with a narrow foot and a tall pedestal base, a rounded saucer-shaped body

Ancient Greece, Classical period, ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE. A striking core-formed glass alabastron, so named because many vessels that assumed this form were made of alabaster. The vesse

**Originally Listed At $2750** Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE. A striking core-formed glass alabastron, so named because many vessels that assumed this form we

Title: Greek Corinthian Terracotta Alabastron, c. 7th Century B.C. Date/Origin: Corinthian, c. 7th Century B.C. Description: The body painted with a standing eagle with human head and spread wings, ro

Magna Graecia, southern Italy, ca. 300 BCE. Sweet pottery askos in buff clay covered with red slip in the form of a swan - harking back to the Greek myth of Leda and the swan. Swan sits on short round

**First Time At Auction**Byzantine Empire, ca. 8th century CE. A round pottery ball with a flattened shoulder and projecting, rimmed spout. It was made to be filled with Greek fire, the infamous flamm

Egypt, Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. A hollow-molded terracotta figurine of rare form depicting a pig standing on attenuated legs. The portly swine raises

Ancient Near Eastern Luristan Terracotta Vessel c.1000 BC. Size 6 inches high. Rare form terracotta conical shaped vessel with ornate decoration. Provenance: From a NYC collection acquired in the 1960

Greece, probably Corinth, ca. 6th century BCE. A charmingly-shaped ceramic aryballos in the form of a siren, with a long body shaped like a dove or pigeon and a raised head of a human woman with a cla

Greek colonies, South Italy/Magna Graecia, probably Campania, ca. 4th century BCE. A rare form of black ware oinochoe (oinechoe, oenochoe), classified as Shape 7, with a raised trefoil rim and a curve

Magna Graecia, probably Campania, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A stunning blackware kylix, a drinking cup, with a very unusual form; the handles in particular stand out for their rarely seen shape with

Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Late Cypriot III, ca. 1200 to 1175 BCE. A charming pottery askos in the form of a bull. Standing upon 4 nubbin legs, the ancient animal presents a thick, tubular body as his le

Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Late Cypriot III, ca. 1200 to 1175 BCE. A charming pottery askos in the form of a bull. Standing upon 4 nubbin legs, the ancient animal presents a thick, tubular body as his le

Ancient Greek colonies of Asia Minor, Ionia, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A beautiful example of a deep kylix - a cup for drinking - with twin horizontal loop handles emerging form a rounded body, all

Central Greece, Boeotia, ca. 3rd century BCE. A wonderful example of a Greek Tanagra terracotta figure, her form elegantly wrapped in a thin himation and standing with her right hand gripping its flow

Central Greece, Boeotia, ca. 3rd century BCE. A wonderful example of a Greek Tanagra terracotta figure, her form elegantly wrapped in a thin himation and standing with her left hand gripping its flowi

A very rare ancient Greek terracotta fragmented equestrian warrior holding a shield, ca 5th century BC. Losses to horse. The fragment itself measures 3.5 x 3.75 inches. Will also include a custom disp

Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, found near the town of Ignazia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. Unusual form! Pottery jar or cup on short foot, flared midsection and rim, painted in fugitive paint in red,

Ancient Mycenaean Terracotta Squat Alabastron c.1300 BC. Size 3 3/4 inches diameter x 2 3/4 inches high. unusual form of ancient terracotta Alabastron with twin handles decorated with painted bands. C