CHICAGO – On November 18, Hindman Auctions will present its Antiquities and Ethnographic Art auction, offering spectacular objects from the fifth millennium BCE to the 20th century. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Across 400 lots, the sale spans seven millennia, encompassing everything from Near Eastern idols and Egyptian bronzes to Greco-Roman marbles, pottery, glass and pre-Columbian vessels. Objects from India, Oceania and Africa as well as art reference books and catalogs will be represented. Extraordinary Egyptian cats rendered in numerous mediums, and marble sculptures from the Greek and Roman worlds will be among the top lots.
An exceptional Egyptian bronze cat made during the 26th dynasty, 664-525 BCE, is the standout of the auction and graces the catalog cover. Often ranging in size and quality, rarely do bronzes so exquisitely capture the splendor of the species as this life-sized figure. By the Late Period, the goddess Bastet was often depicted in complete feline form. Objects such as this were deposited as votive offerings to her at the temple Bubastis or Memphis. This particular example carries an estimate of $80,000-$120,000.
Figural stone sculptures will also be showcased throughout the sale, anchored by a rediscovered black marble Venus estimated at $40,000-$50,000.
Other examples of top sculptures include marble portrait heads of a Roman patrician, estimated at $40,000-$60,000; a youthful satyr, estimated at $40,000-$60,000; and Alexander the Great, estimated at $40,000-$50,000.
Large-scale sculptures and marbles also include a Greek marble loutrophoros, estimated at $60,000-$90,000, and a singular example of Alexander the Great as Hermanubis, which carries an estimate of $35,000-$45,000.
Exquisite Greco-Roman pottery, such as an Attic red-figured kalpis from the fifth century BCE, estimated at $30,000-$50,000, will also be spotlighted in the sale. Courtesans were often guests of the all-male symposium, and thus a popular subject matter in Greek art. Other important pottery offered includes a Roman kantharos, which is estimated at $40,000-$50,000. The superior craftsmanship of this crater is evident in the applied relief work and exuberant exterior.
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