Culture: Graeco-Roman. Date: 300 BC - 100 AD. Condition: Intact, excellent, with olive green patina. Provenance: Ex: German art market; ex: prominent American private  More »

Culture: Graeco-Roman. Date: 300 BC - 100 AD. Condition: Intact, excellent, with olive green patina. Provenance: Ex: German art market; ex: prominent American private collection. Measurements: 2.9 inches high, (7.3 cms). Featuring a statue of a standing actor, he is nude, bearded, and wearing a phrygian cap, with both hands bent at elbow and extended forward. Cf: Cat. no. 140, p. 127, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.   « Less

Culture: Greek. Date: 4th-3rd cent BC. Material Bronze. Condition: Intact, with green patina. Provenance: Ex: European private collection. Measurements: 2.75  More »

Culture: Greek. Date: 4th-3rd cent BC. Material Bronze. Condition: Intact, with green patina. Provenance: Ex: European private collection. Measurements: 2.75 inches high, or 7 cms. 5.6 inches in diameter, 14.2 cms. of deep rounded form with offset flaring rim. A single fluted moulding encircling the shoulder. Cf: For an almost identical example, see lot 76, Sotheby's New York Antiquities, 12 June, 2001. * Shipping Weight: 0.12lbs   « Less

Culture: Greek. Date: 6th Century B.C. Material: Bronze. Condition: Intact, superb, with green patina, with custom display stand. Provenance: Ex: European art  More »

Culture: Greek. Date: 6th Century B.C. Material: Bronze. Condition: Intact, superb, with green patina, with custom display stand. Provenance: Ex: European art market; Ex: Prominent American private collection. Measurements: 5.5 inches long (14 cms). The shaft ends terminate with two rotellae in between a facing lion's head. The grooved handle terminates below in a lion's paw. A superbly modeled handle. Cf: Lot 125, Christie's New York Antiquities Auction, 12 December 2002 (est. $10,000 - $15,000, sold for $11,353).   « Less

Culture: Greek. Date: 7th Century B.C. Material: Bronze. Condition: Intact, mounted on a custom display stand. Provenance: Ex: New York City art market; Ex: U.S.  More »

Culture: Greek. Date: 7th Century B.C. Material: Bronze. Condition: Intact, mounted on a custom display stand. Provenance: Ex: New York City art market; Ex: U.S. private collection. Measurements: 2.1 inch (5 cms). With short curled horns, the large rounded eyes with Grooved brows. Circular drilled holes at the mouth, probably serve as a water spout. Cf: Lot 182, Christie's South Kensington Antiquities Auction, 13 May 2003 (est. $4,000 - $4,700).   « Less

Culture: Greek. Date:8th Century B.C. Condition: Superb, intact, with original lid, very pretty green shades of patina. Mounted on a custom base stand. Provanenance:  More »

Culture: Greek. Date:8th Century B.C. Condition: Superb, intact, with original lid, very pretty green shades of patina. Mounted on a custom base stand. Provanenance: Ex: German private collection; EX: New York City art market. Measurements: 3.75 inches high, (9.5 cms), 3.5 inches wide, (9 cms). This pyxis is a beautiful example of the "sickle" type, so named because the shape of the vessel resembles that of a sickle. Linear incisions ornament the vessel's body. This type was most probably used to hold prefumes or smaller precious objects. This type most likely originated in Macedonia, although two such pyxides were found at Samos. Cf: For a related example, see no. 120 in Vokotopoulou, ed, Macedonians, The Northern Greeks.   « Less

Culture: GREEK. Date: LATE 8TH CENTURY - EARLY 7TH CENTURY B.C. Material: BRONZE. Provenance: EX: GERMAN ART MARKET; EX: PROMINENT U.S. EAST COAST PRIVATE  More »

Culture: GREEK. Date: LATE 8TH CENTURY - EARLY 7TH CENTURY B.C. Material: BRONZE. Provenance: EX: GERMAN ART MARKET; EX: PROMINENT U.S. EAST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTION. Condition: INTACT, WITH GREEN PATINA. Measurements: 3.1 INCHES HIGH, (7.7 CMS). Featuring a lidded pyxis, the lid handle in the form of a bird's head and neck. A very rare early greek pyxis. Cf: Cat. no. 80, fig. 1, pp- 98-99, Geometric Bronzes, Glories Of The Past, Ancient Art From The Shelby White And Leon Levy Collection.   « Less

Culture: Hellenistic. Date: Early 2nd Century BC. Material: Bronze. Provenance: Ex: AMerican private collection. Measurements: H. 4 in. (10.2cm). Losses to  More »

Culture: Hellenistic. Date: Early 2nd Century BC. Material: Bronze. Provenance: Ex: AMerican private collection. Measurements: H. 4 in. (10.2cm). Losses to lower legs of both; brownish-red and green patina. The animal's forepaws grappling the hero about the waist, its head firmly gripped under his left arm. Probably from Alexandria.   « Less

Culture: GREEK. Date: 6TH CENTURY BC. Material: BRONZE. Provenance: EX: PROFESSOR HUGO MUNSTERBERG (1916-1995), NEW PALZ, NEW YORK, EX: ROYAL ATEHNA GALLERIES.  More »

Culture: GREEK. Date: 6TH CENTURY BC. Material: BRONZE. Provenance: EX: PROFESSOR HUGO MUNSTERBERG (1916-1995), NEW PALZ, NEW YORK, EX: ROYAL ATEHNA GALLERIES. Condition: INTACT, MOUNTED, WITH DARK BROWN PATINA. Measurments: 4 INCHES HIGH, (10.2 CMS). All early Greek bronzes are very rare, and indeed this example is within such category. Cf: For a closely related example, see cat. no. 28, pp. 30 - 31, Greel Etruscan and Roman Bronzes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.   « Less

Culture: Greek. Date: 4th - 3rd Century B.C. Condition: Intact, mounted on a custom base. Provenance: EX: New York art market; EX: Prominenet American private  More »

Culture: Greek. Date: 4th - 3rd Century B.C. Condition: Intact, mounted on a custom base. Provenance: EX: New York art market; EX: Prominenet American private collection. Measurements: 5 inches high, (12.5 cms). Cf. Lot 140, Christies New York Antiquities Auction, 5 June 1998, (realized then $27,600); Votive sculptures of children have been found at many sites in Greece, some in a funerary context. Another close parallel to our present example, are statue of small girls from the Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron in Attica, where young girls called arktoi, or "little bears", performed a bear-dance at the annual festival. Cp. P. G. Themelis, Brauron: Guide to the Sanctuary and the Museum, pp. 70-71. C. Vermeule and A. Brauer, Stone Sculptures, The Greek Roman and Etruscan collections of the Harvard University Art Museum, no. 27; M. True and A. Herrmann, A Passion for Antiquities: The Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Collection, no. 50. Search for Alexander, ROM, no. S-28.   « Less

Culture: Hellenistic. Date: 2nd - 1st Century B.C. Material: Marble. Provenance: Ex French private collection; A. von S. collection, New York, acquired from  More »

Culture: Hellenistic. Date: 2nd - 1st Century B.C. Material: Marble. Provenance: Ex French private collection; A. von S. collection, New York, acquired from Royal-Athena. Measurements: H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.). The sun god, with an oval face and a steadfast gaze, his centrally parted hair is pulled to the back, and a tress falls down either side of his neck.   « Less