An impressive piece! From ancient Egypt, Ca 1st century BC / AD. Carved limestone pediment with male head in relief, showing distinct Egyptian coiffure, remains of original  More »

An impressive piece! From ancient Egypt, Ca 1st century BC / AD. Carved limestone pediment with male head in relief, showing distinct Egyptian coiffure, remains of original black and pink pigment still quite evident. 10"W x 10-1/2"H x 5"D (at widest), intact. ProvenanceEx-private Florida collection. Material Limestone Dimensions 10"W x 10-1/2"H x 5"D Condition Intact   « Less

Roman, Ca 1st century AD, large and very appealing marble section of building facade or sarcophagus with curved upper edge, bird in profile in center section, small tongues  More »

Roman, Ca 1st century AD, large and very appealing marble section of building facade or sarcophagus with curved upper edge, bird in profile in center section, small tongues beneath. 9-5/8"W x 12-3/4"H, fragmentary, else quite excellent. Custom mounted. ProvenanceEx-private Florida collection.   « Less

From ancient Rome, ca 1st to 2nd century. Small bronze statuette of a running man. Shown in full stride putting out great effort to propel himself forward and a lovely, fluid  More »

From ancient Rome, ca 1st to 2nd century. Small bronze statuette of a running man. Shown in full stride putting out great effort to propel himself forward and a lovely, fluid example! 1-1/4"W x 3"T, custom mount. Near choice! ProvenanceEx-A. Gualario Collection, FL acquired in the 1960s. Material Bronze Dimensions 1-1/4"W x 3"T Condition Near Choice   « Less

From ancient Rome, ca. 200 BC – 200 AD. Teal-blue glass roundel with relief image of a striding lion, a typical Roman symbol, having ancient high karat gold border  More »

From ancient Rome, ca. 200 BC – 200 AD. Teal-blue glass roundel with relief image of a striding lion, a typical Roman symbol, having ancient high karat gold border with tubular suspension loop above. 3/4"L, intact/excellent condition - ready to wear! ProvenancePrivate NYC collection, Ex-Arte Primitivo, NYC. Material Glass Dimensions 3/4"L Condition Intact   « Less

Rare example! From the ancient Rome Empire, ca. 1st - 2nd Century AD, but made in a Gaul (northern France) workshop. Thin-walled terracotta vessel with blackish-brown slip  More »

Rare example! From the ancient Rome Empire, ca. 1st - 2nd Century AD, but made in a Gaul (northern France) workshop. Thin-walled terracotta vessel with blackish-brown slip and small everted rim. Applied decoration resembles rose thorns (hence the name). 3-3/4" (9.5 cm), intact/excellent condition. ProvenanceEx-private CA collection. Material Pottery Dimensions 3-3/4" Condition Intact   « Less

From ancient Rome, ca. 2nd century AD. A cast bronze nude standing figure of Mercury, a cloak draped over the left shoulder and arm and a petasus cap on the head, holding a  More »

From ancient Rome, ca. 2nd century AD. A cast bronze nude standing figure of Mercury, a cloak draped over the left shoulder and arm and a petasus cap on the head, holding a bag of coins in the right hand. Mercury was not only the messenger of the gods, but the god of merchants and thieves, as well. Here he is depicted with his winged hat holding a purse to signify his connection with wealth and success in business. Custom stand. 4"H, intact/generally excellent condition. ProvenanceEx-prominent Denver, CO Collection acquired in the 1960s. Material Bronze Dimensions 4"H Condition Intact   « Less

From ancient Rome, ca. 1st century AD. Globular body on a flat pad base, with lathe-turned rings around foot, on the underside of the base and around the shoulders, the  More »

From ancient Rome, ca. 1st century AD. Globular body on a flat pad base, with lathe-turned rings around foot, on the underside of the base and around the shoulders, the high-arching ribbed handle terminating below in a lion's paw on an oval handle-plate decorated with tendrils and berries, the edges beaded, the upper end with a well-modelled frontal-facing lion's head, a stylized ox skull in its mouth, the ends expanding to rotellae. 6-1/2"H (16.5 cm), losses as shown, but still a remarkable example! ProvenanceEx-prominent Denver, CO Collection acquired in the 1960s. Material Bronze Dimensions 6-1/2"H Condition Losses as shown   « Less

Exceedingly rare to find! From ancient Rome, ca. 1st Century B.C. Crafted of solid bronze, a set of two body scrapers (strigils) used by athletes in antiquity to clean the  More »

Exceedingly rare to find! From ancient Rome, ca. 1st Century B.C. Crafted of solid bronze, a set of two body scrapers (strigils) used by athletes in antiquity to clean the body. Athletes would apply olive oil to their bodies before competing or exercising to avoid dirt from getting into the pores of the skin, but possibly also to avoid sunburn. Afterwards they used strigils to scrape off the oil as well as the sand and dirt which had stuck to it during the contest. Before the introduction of fat-based soaps in the late Empire, the cleansing medium was a mixture of low-grade olive oil and pumice. This was applied to the body and then scraped off by means of a strigil. Strigils were made in different sizes and shapes to suit different parts of the body; sets were sometimes attached to a chain or ring, which went round the wrist for convenience in carrying, and could be combined with an aryballos for the oil. Such sets can be found in major museum like the British Museum London (Inv. no. GR 1868,0105.46) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession number 40.59a–e). The strigils in this set were decorated by a series of lines along part of the scrapers, and have markings on the inside of the handles. Lovely, well-aged patina shows shades of green, red-brown and blue (traces of azurite). When hanging on ring, set measures 10-1/2"L, while height of strigils alone is 7-5/8"L, intact/excellent condition, with some encrustation/surface wear, plus some roughness at the ring and the tip of one of the scrapers, as shown. A highly desirable set, rarely seen on the market. ProvenanceEx-private Dutch collection; previously with Christie’s, South Kensington, London, sale 7952 of 8 April 1998, part of lot 326. Material Bronze Dimensions 10-1/2"L Condition Intact   « Less

From ancient Rome, ca. 2nd to 1st centuries B.C. Molded hollow pottery striding winged Eros, depicted as a slightly pudgy youthful figure having small wings from shoulders,  More »

From ancient Rome, ca. 2nd to 1st centuries B.C. Molded hollow pottery striding winged Eros, depicted as a slightly pudgy youthful figure having small wings from shoulders, and holding a ceremonial object in his left hand, against his chest. He wears a decorated headdress over the long, wavy hairdo. Large areas remaining of white surface pigment. Standing on an integral rectangular raised platform base with a small dove between his feet. Scattered areas of root marks and light encrustation. 5-7/8”H, left wing re-attached, otherwise intact. ProvenanceEx-Harvey Sarner collection, ex-Sotheby's, NYC, 1981. Material Pottery Dimensions 5-7/8”H Condition Repaired   « Less

Ready to wear! From ancient Rome, ca. 200 BC – 200 AD Lovely, small triangular shaped grape cluster of high karat gold with seven compartments for embedments, which  More »

Ready to wear! From ancient Rome, ca. 200 BC – 200 AD Lovely, small triangular shaped grape cluster of high karat gold with seven compartments for embedments, which are filled with aubergine glass chips. A soldered tubular suspension loop is above. 1/2”T. 1.1 grams. Slightly misshapen, but generally intact and excellent. ProvenancePrivate NYC collection, Ex-Arte Primitivo, NYC Material Glass Dimensions 1/2”T Condition Intact   « Less