XXV : The Parnassus: Muses to the right of Apollo: Clio,Tersichore,Melpomene,Polyhymnia,Urania

Paul Baudry (French, 1828-1886). A pairing of two chalk on paper studies for the muses in the Grand foyer of the Paris Opera. The first titled "Clio", signed and inscribed at lower right center (20-7/

Lithograph of The Parnassus by Raphael. The fresco shows the mythological Mount Parnassus where Apollo dwells; he is in the center playing an instrument, surrounded by the nine muses, nine poets from

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU (American/Japanese, 1922-2011)'Apollo Muses' closed form with rattle, 1987Glazed stoneware.Underside incised with title and "TT." 8.5" H x 8" Diameter Prove

Attributed to Michelangelo Maestri (Italian, d. 1812), Greek allegorical figures representing the Muses and Apollo, gouache on paper, unsigned. Image: 18" H x 14" W; frame: 20.5" H x 16.5" W. Provenan

Marc Chagall, Russia (1887-1985) Lithograph signed lower right and numbered lower left 1/XXV, black and gilt carved frame. Label on verso from Kennedy Galleries, New York. Measures 38.5"H x 31.5"W fra

C. 100-300 AD. Gandharan. Stunning carved schist stone panel from Gandhara representing Buddha and four attendees. Buddha is presented standing on the right, dressed in an elegant sanghati or mantle,

Ca. 1000-800 BC Composed of a circular sheet gold applique with centred pair of ibex goats inlaid in banded black agate portrayed in an elevated pose with paws up right, in between the tree of life wh

Ca. 1st - 2nd century AD.A bronze figure of the goddess Iphigenia in active pose with right hand raised to the brow and left hand supporting her weight, legs bent to the rear; the hair dressed in a ch

Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium BC.A red stone bust of a statuette representing a stylized man, standing, arms crossed over his abdomen, right over left. The body, treated in a geometric way, is adorned at the

Ca. 1-100 AD A large bronze statuette of goddess Venus standing with her weight on her right leg, the left leg bent at the knee and slightly advanced, leaning into her right hip, her slender torso nud

H:15inches/38cm W:9.5inches/24cm

Ca. 1300 AD The great helm is composed of five riveted sheets of iron, four of which stand upright and are covered with an overlapping oval-shaped, flat top. The round top rivets are hand-forged, foll

Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332-30 BC. A brightly painted in polychromy cartonnage mummy mask made from layers of linen covered with plaster. The idealised portrait of a deceased features a voluminous tripa

Ca. 600 BC. A bronze combat helmet of Archaic Corinthian-Type, hammered from a single sheet of bronze with finely contoured almond-shaped eyes that gently taper to a point. Simplistic curvilinear eyeb

Ca. AD 1300 - 1400. An Islamic Seljuk gilded bronze candlestick bell, decorated with Kufic inscription around the body and the neck. The bell shaped body is connected to a narrow neck. Most of the sil

Ca. 900-1000 AD. Silver chain, 80 cm long, with a two-part reliquary cross which shows traces of gilding. The construction and imagery of the front reveal Byzantine influence. Centrally, a stylised Ch

Burian Zdenek - "Gli animali della Preistoria - Proaves", 1971 ITA matita, tempera e acquerello su cartoncino, 40 x 52,5 cm Illustrazione originale realizzata dal maestro ceco Burian pubblica

A Silver-Inlay Bronze Camel Statue,Spring-Autumn,size W:2.8" D:1.5" H:1.8"

Ca. 202 BC–220 AD. Han Dynasty. A hollow-formed terracotta cream-coloured rhinoceros shown standing four-square with a well-cast head with two horns of different length, rose-coloured ears pric

Ca. 200-300 AD. A grey schist carving of a standing Buddha. This excellent figure is backed by a circular halo and dressed in a flowing Kasaya (monastic robe). The head features thick, rich lips, an a

An importnat bronze helmet formed from two curved segments each with a flared rim, nasal, raised panels to the upper section of the bowl, repousse ridge forming curved brows; integral cheek-plate to e

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550-1070 BC Finely modelled in the form of human-headed Imsety, one of the Four Sons of Horus, guardian of the liver wearing a beard with a curled tip and voluminous wig, the face wi

Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period, Ca. 1900 - 1600 BC. An extremely large and heavy khopesh sword of early type, complete with a wooden handle and golden pommel. Judging by its size, weight,

Ca. 500-300 BC. Greek. A superb Chalcidian helmet. The bowl is forged in one piece, featuring high-arched eyebrows with an ear drop-shaped nose guard and a flaring neck-guard. The raised curves demarc