A GREEK ARCHAIC INTAGLIO WITH A SPHINX

Greece, late Archaic Period, ca. 500 BCE. A long bronze spear butt from a spear called a dory (also known as doru), the chief armament of Greek hoplites. It has a socket on one end for connection to t

Western Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A pottery bust of a woman - perhaps a goddess - with a dramatic coiffure and a tall, pointed coronet or tiara above a realistic, serious fac

**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

A bronze sword featuring an ovate blade with rectangular-sectioned midrib and gently curved shoulders and flaring tang. Including a custom made stand. - 494mm, 415 grams - ca.1000BC - Property of a Ma

Ancient Greece, Archaic, ca. 650 to 480 BCE. A mould-made terracotta female head protome of the Archaic period, wearing a stephane, a himation drawn up and over her head, with a crimped fringe of bang

Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A gorgeous marbled stone alabastron, carved in two pieces, with a detachable rim and spout that fits tightly into the neck. The body is tapered and tear-dr

Ancient Greece, Archaic, ca. 650 to 480 BCE. A mould-made terracotta female head protome of the Archaic period, wearing a stephane, a himation drawn up and over her head, with a crimped fringe of bang

A bronze sword featuring an ovate blade with rectangular-sectioned midrib and gently curved shoulders and flaring tang. Including a custom made stand. - 375mm, 310 grams - ca.1000BC - Property of a Ma

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

Magna Graecia, western colonies, Archaic period, ca. 6th to early 5th century BCE. An elegant female figure, possibly representing the goddess Kybele (Cybele), mother of the gods, sitting with a strai

Greece, Archaic period, ca. 6th century BCE. A male kouros head made from terracotta and displaying the wide eyes, stylized features, and gentle smile characteristic of the Archaic period. The head al

Eastern Greece, Rhodes, Archaic period, ca. mid-6th century BCE. A splendid pottery standing figure of a kore, a standing figure draped in garments with long hair that drapes her shoulders. Barefoot a

This figurine is a fabulous depiction of a Greek Sphinx. The Sphinx is said to have guarded the entrance to the Greek city of Thebes, and to have asked a riddle of travelers to allow them passage. In

This figurine is a fabulous depiction of a Greek Sphinx. The Sphinx is said to have guarded the entrance to the Greek city of Thebes, and to have asked a riddle of travelers to allow them passage. In

Circa 700-600 BCA bronze figure in the form of a horse and rider with a long slender body with four voluptuous legs and head with stylised head.For other objects of similar style and age see:A.S. Walk

Western Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A lovely mold-made earthenware protome of a female face, probably a goddess, with a slender visage, comprised of ovoid eyes, a prominent nos

**Originally Listed At $500** Greece, Archaic period, ca. 6th century BCE. A beautiful hair pin, made from cast bronze, capped by a finial of a graceful, abstract avian form, perhaps meant to represen

This figurine is a fabulous depiction of a Greek Sphinx. The Sphinx is said to have guarded the entrance to the Greek city of Thebes, and to have asked a riddle of travelers to allow them passage. In

A bronze sword featuring an ovate blade with rectangular-sectioned midrib and gently curved shoulders and flaring tang. Including a custom made stand. - 500mm, 440 grams - ca.1000BC - From a private c

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A GREEK SPHINX FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY Depicted seated, plinth base 17.5cm high, 16cm long AND A MOLINEAUX, WEBB & CO PRESS MOULDED 'BLACK BASALT' GLASS FIGURE OF THE EGYPTIAN SPH

Ancient Greece, Archaic period, ca. 6th century BCE. A frightening pottery rondel depicting the relief of a gorgoneion or the head of a gorgon - a mythical, beast-like female creature, usually with ve

**Originally Listed At $400** Greece, Late Archaic period, ca. early 5th century BCE. A beautiful cast-bronze handle meant to accentuate the shoulder area of a high-quality hydria (or water-holding ve

A bronze sword featuring an ovate blade with rectangular-sectioned midrib and gently curved shoulders and flaring tang. Including a custom made stand. - 330mm, 255 grams - ca.1000BC - From a private c

**First Time At Auction** Western Greece, Archaic period, ca. 7th century BCE. A lovely, mold-made votive figure depicting a woman - perhaps a deity - seated on a wide throne with hands on legs, all d