The interior with a draped woman to the right seated on a pile of rocks, a patera in her raised right hand, facing a nude satyr stepping up on a pile of rocks, a wreath in  More »

The interior with a draped woman to the right seated on a pile of rocks, a patera in her raised right hand, facing a nude satyr stepping up on a pile of rocks, a wreath in his right hand, a situla in his left, a band ovolo below the scene, enclosed within a band of wave and a scrolling vine, rosettes on the knobs; one side of the exterior with Eros seated on a pile of rocks, his wings outstretched, a patera in his right hand, a filleted branch in his left; the other side with a draped woman moving to the left and looking back toward a nude youth, a mirror in her right hand, a cista and fillets in her left, the youth with a torch in his right hand, a thyrsos and mantle against his left arm; a band of meander and saltire squares below the scenes, dotted ovolo along the rim, palmette complexes below the handles, details in added white and yellow. - (sp.002)   « Less

The obverse with a female figure seated in the center, a himation wrapped around her waist exposing her upper torso, her head turned back, looking at a nude youth behind her,  More »

The obverse with a female figure seated in the center, a himation wrapped around her waist exposing her upper torso, her head turned back, looking at a nude youth behind her, the youth leaning on a walking stick with his left arm and holding a floral wreath in his right hand, a fillet in his hair, to the right a female figure wearing a chiton, holding a fan in her right hand, branches in the field; the reverse with a nude youth seated on his mantle and holding a palm branch in his right hand and a white kantharos in his left,before him a woman wearing a chiton,holding a white oinochoe in her right hand, balancing a large cista on her left, a tendril in the field; a band of meander and saltire squares below the scenes, a band of palmettes and ovolo on the neck on the obverse and a band of laurel on the neck on the reverse below handles, details in added white - (DC.109)   « Less

With two draped female figures on either side of a filleted stele, the figure on the right leaning in, holding a grape cluster in her left hand, a tympanum hanging from the  More »

With two draped female figures on either side of a filleted stele, the figure on the right leaning in, holding a grape cluster in her left hand, a tympanum hanging from the fingers on her right, the figure on the left holding a fillet of rosettes in her left hand, an alabastron in her right; a band of wave below, vertical lines and beading on the neck, vertical lines on the rim, a large palmette and tendrils below the handles, details in added white - (DC.118)   « Less

Origin: Central Europe Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 9.5" (24.1cm) high x 8.75" (22.2cm) wide Collection: Classical Antiquities Style: Hellenistic Medium: Silver

Origin: Central Europe Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 9.5" (24.1cm) high x 8.75" (22.2cm) wide Collection: Classical Antiquities Style: Hellenistic Medium: Silver   « Less

Gnosticism (from Greek gnosis, knowledge) refers to a diverse, syncretistic religious movement consisting of various belief systems generally united in the teaching that  More »

Gnosticism (from Greek gnosis, knowledge) refers to a diverse, syncretistic religious movement consisting of various belief systems generally united in the teaching that humans are divine souls trapped in a material world created by an imperfect spirit, the demiurge, who is frequently identified with the Abrahamic God. The demiurge, who is often depicted as an embodiment of evil, at other times as simply imperfect and as benevolent as its inadequacy allows, exists alongside another remote and unknowable supreme being that embodies good. In order to free oneself from the inferior material world, one needs gnosis, or esoteric spiritual knowledge available only to a learned elite. Jesus of Nazareth is identified by some (though not all) Gnostic sects as an embodiment of the supreme being who became incarnate to bring gnosis to the Earth. Gnosticism was popular in the Mediterranean and middle eastern regions in the first centuries of the common era, but it was suppressed as a dualistic heresy in areas controlled by the Roman Empire when Christianity became its official religion in the fourth century. Conversion to Islam greatly reduced the remaining number of Gnostics throughout the middle ages, though a few isolated communities continue to exist to the present. - (CK.0682)   « Less

SP - SP.371 Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high

SP - SP.371 Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high   « Less

dd - PF.0951D

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dd - fj.0007

dd - fj.0007   « Less

DD - fj.9092

DD - fj.9092   « Less