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Volume XXIII - 2012Celebrating our

70th Anniversary

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We are pleased to issue this catalog celebrating our 70th anniversary of dealing inclassical numismatics and our 58th year of deal-ing in ancient art. It illustrates in full color 251selected antiquities priced from $1,250 to over$300,000.

This publication is one of a continuing seriesprimarily illustrating new acquisitions featuredin our New York galleries, where over twothousand fine works of art are on permanentdisplay. All of the antiquities in this catalog aredisplayed at our New York gallery, the largestand most extensive collection of the ancientarts ever exhibited for sale.

In addition to the many masterworks of ancient art, there is a wide variety of fineitems on display priced from $100 to $1,000and up, including Greek and Roman coins andOld Master prints and drawings, perfect for thebeginning collector or for that very special gift. A few of the pieces illustrated maynot be available since they were sold while thecatalog was in preparation, but a number ofother newly acquired objects will be on displayin our New York gallery and on our website:www.royalathena.com, updated weekly.

We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every work of art sold by Royal-Athena Galleries.

©2011 Jerome M. Eisenberg, Inc. Composed and printed in the United States of America.

Every object purchased by our galleries has been legally acquired. If imported by us intothe United States, we have done so in compliance with all federal regulations and havegiven full consideration to all internationaltreaties governing objects of cultural importance. Antiquities priced at $10,000 ormore are now checked and registered with theArt Loss Registry in London.

All of our objects are clearly labeled with complete descriptions and prices. Conditionreports on all the objects are available uponrequest. We encourage browsing and are happyto assist and advise both the amateur and theserious collector. We urge our prospective clientsto ‘shop around’, for we are proud of our quality,expertise, and competitive pricing.Appointments may be arranged outside of regular gallery hours for clients desiring privacy.Updated price lists for our catalogs are availableupon request. For terms and conditions of salesee the inside back cover.

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COVER PHOTOS: no. 41Set of three Etruscan bronze brazier feet:

Gorgon rising from foliage. Ca. 500-475 BC.H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) ; W. 8 1/2 in. (20.5 cm.)

Back cover: no. 19Important Roman marble Aphrodite (Venus)

1st Century BC/AD. H. 22 in. (56 cm.)

Text and catalog design byJerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D.,

and F. Williamson PricePhotography by Ramon Perez

CLASSICAL ARTGreek Marble Sculptures 3Roman Marble Sculptures 7Greek Bronze Sculptures 27Etruscan Bronze Sculptures 28Roman Bronze Sculptures, etc. 32Sardinian & Iberian Bronze Sculptures 41 Ancient Arms and Armor 42 Ancient Terracottas 46Early Greek Vases 50Attic Black-figure Vases 50Attic Red-figure Vases 52South Italian Vases 53Etruscan Vases 57Celtiberian Vases 60Ancient Glass 61Ancient Jewelry 62Ancient Varia 68

BYZANTINE ART 64PREHISTORIC OBJECTS 66ANCIENT VARIA 68

EGYPTIAN ARTEgyptian Stone Sculptures and Reliefs 71Egyptian Bronze Sculptures 75Egyptian Ushabtis 80Egyptian Faience 81Egyptian Wood Sculptures 84Egyptian Varia 87

NEAR EASTERN ART 88

COLLECTING ANCIENT ART 94ROYAL-ATHENA GALLERIES 94 Expertise and Ethics 95Royal-Athena Galleries Catalogs Inside back cover

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Art of the Ancient WorldGreek, Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine, Egyptian, & Near Eastern Antiquities

Volume XXII - 2012

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Photo above: Urartian large bronze pectoral with repoussé decoration; detail.8th-7th Century BC. W. 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm) P. 89, no. 237.

Introduction

As we enter our 58th year of dealing in ancient art we are pleased to presentin our 90th publication an outsatnding selection of antiqiuties assembled primarilyfrom old collections in the United States and Europe. A large number of these objectswere originally purchased from us over the past several decades and we are delighted tooffer them again to a new generation of enthusiasts.

We have devoted over half a century to selling carefully attributed works ofart with particular attention to their provenance. This diligence has resulted in anastonishingly low percentage of claims against legal ownership – less than 0.0006% orone out of every 2000 objects! In view of the increasing legislation being passed inseveral countries to restrict the trade in illegally exported antiquities (which weapplaud), we may assure our clients that we continue to proudly conduct a very ethicalbusiness and take all of the proper steps to insure that our inventory is free of any pos-sible claims.

Our Seventieth Anniversary

It is hard to believe that my father, Samuel A. Eisenberg (1904-1987), and Istarted to deal in ancient coins in 1942, as Royal Coin Company in Revere,Massachusetts. Following my discharge from the army in 1951 (60 years ago!) Ireestablished the business in New York City. While specializing in ancient coins Ibegan to deal in minor classical antiquities in 1954. Following a world-wide buyingtrip in 1958, including significant purchases in Egypt, I officially established Royal-Athena Galleries and issued my first catalog devoted to antiquities – all from Egypt –in 1959. In the next three years three more catalogs were published – all devoted toEgyptian and Near Eastern antiquities. In 1965 I published the first volume of Art ofthe Ancient World that now included an extensive selection of Greek, Etruscan, andRoman works of art. For over 35 years 21 additional volumes of Art of the AncientWorld have been published, on an annual basis since 1999, not including our five spe-cial catalogs devoted to ancient vases, classical bronzes, and arms and armor (see insideback cover).

It is difficult to estimate the total number of antiquities Royal-Athena hassold – our computerized records go back less than 30 years, but the number is certainlyin excess of 50,000. From 1958 to 1965 we officially exported some 24,000 antiqui-ties from Egypt alone! How many countless thousands have enjoyed our ancient trea-sures in both museums and private collections?

Therefore, it is with great pride and delight that we celebrate our 70th year!

Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph. D.

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1 ARCHAIC GREEK MARBLE STELE SECTION, probably Attic, depicting in relief a helmeted warrior on horsebackfacing left. Ca. 480 BC. W. 10 1/2 in. (26.5 cm.); H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) Ex collection of Charles Gillet, Lausanne,Switzerland, acquired in 1965; Swiss private collection 1975-2010. Archaic reliefs are rarely offered for sale.

In the 6th and 5th century BC aristocratic families in all Greek cities and their colonies erected lavish funerary monumentsin private burial grounds along the roadside on the family estate. Each had an inscribed base with an epitaph, often inverse that memorialized the dead. A relief depicting a generalized image of the deceased sometimes evoked aspects of theperson's life, with the addition of a servant, possessions, dog, etc. Here we have a seasoned warrior, bearded and confidentlymounted on his horse, staring into his future life. The pyramidal top suggests the roof of the naiskos or shrine in which thedeceased is usually represented. This custom persisted until 317 BC, when in Athens funerary legislation was passed thatplaced limits on the amount of money one could spend on these monuments.

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2 AN IMPORTANT HELLENISTIC MARBLE STATUE OF THE NUDEAPHRODITE, (VENUS), the goddess of erotic love and beauty, reaching down in the pose of unfastening her sandal. Her head is turned to the right and her hair is tied on top of her head. After a 3rd Century BC prototype. Ca. 2nd Century BC. H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.) Ex Harounoff Family collection, Europe, 1950s.

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Aphrodite statues of this type were popularin Asia Minor, the Greek islands, andRoman Egypt (see M. Bieber, TheSculpture of the Hellenistic Age, NewYork, 1961, p. 99). For related examples seeA. Adriani, Repertorio d'Arte dell'EgittoGreco-Romano, vol. II, pls. 58, figs. 179-182, and pl. 59, figs. 183-184, J. Marcadé,Au Musée de Délos, Paris, 1969, p. 509,pl. XLVII, and M. Bieber, op. cit., fig. 394.For a discussion of the prototype and a listof other examples see D. Brinkerhoff,Hellenistic Statues of Aphrodite, NewYork and London, 1978, pp. 70-97.

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LATE HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF APHRODITEHer hairstyle is composed of long wavy wisps bound with acord and pulled into a chignon in the back. The oval face withalmond-shaped eyes and the mouth with a smile. 1st Century BC. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex French collection, Nice, acquired in the 1960s; private collection, Paris.

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3 HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT Sensitively carved of fine grain white marblewith his gaze directed slightly to the left. Ca. 2nd Century BC. H. 3 1/2 (9 cm.) Ex collection F. Antonovich, Paris; M. S. collection, Scarsdale, NY. Published: Metamorphoses Divines d’Alexandre, Paris, 1996, no. 2: J. Eisenberg,Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIII (2002), no. 3.

4 HELLENISTIC MARBLE FEMALE HEAD Probably of a goddess or Ptolemaic queen, her head turned to herright, her softly curving neck with Venus rings, her centrally parted wavy hair is bound with a diadem. 3rd-2nd Century BC. H. 4 1/2 in. (11.3 cm.) Ex Israeli private collection, 1970s.

EAST GREEK MARBLE STELE FOR DYNTONOMOSdivided into two recessed panels sculpted in raised relief;the upper with a scene of a funerary banquet, the heroizeddeceased man reclining on a couch, supporting his weighton his left elbow on a cushion, holding a cup in his lefthand, his right arm resting on his right side, wearing asleeved chiton and a himation gathered in twisted folds athis waist and over his left shoulder, a woman seated on thecouch at his feet, wearing a chiton and a himation,wrapped over her head as a veil to convey mourning, herfeet resting on a foot stool, a tripod table before them, withtwo diminutive figures below, a female to the left holding alidded cista, a youth to the right; the lower panel with anequestrian scene, the man wearing a himation fallingagainst the horse's side, holding the reins firmly, the horseprancing with its left front hoof raised, the back left legadvanced, the tail raised, with an attendant to the left. A Greek inscription incised below the architrave reads:"Dyntonomos, son of Dionysos.”Late 3rd-early 2nd Century BC. H. 30 3/8 in. (77.2cm.); W. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) Ex Italo Vecchi, London, 1969.

IMPORTANT ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF A YOUNG DIONYSOSwith masses of long curly hair bound with afillet; wearing a goat or fawn skin about hisneck, filled with fruit, which he holds upwith his left hand. Lacking legs. 2nd Century AD.H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm.)Ex private collection, Southwestern France,acquired in the mid-1990s.

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IMPORTANT ROMAN MARBLETORSO OF MELEAGER, nude butfor a chlamys draped around his neck.After a 4th century BC prototype byScopas. 1st Century AD. H. 28 1/2 in. (72.5 cm.)Ex A.D. collection, Paris, acquired inthe early 1970s.

Meleager, an Argonaut, son of Oeneus,King of Calydon, killed the Calydonianboar.

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9 IMPORTANT ROMAN MARBLE MITHRAS TAUROCTONOS The young Eastern sun god stands with hisweight on his right leg, his left advancing, He wears a chiton with a chlamys pinned on his right shoulder, and thetraditional Phrygian cap over tiered curls. In his missing raised right hand he originally held a knife to slay the bullthat represented primeval chaos.

Mithras slaying the bull is usually represented in large marble reliefs such as those in the Virginia Museum of FineArts and the Cincinnati Art Museum, both of which were acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries.

2nd Century AD. H. 20 7/8 in. (53 cm.)Ex French collection, acquired on the European market ca. 1985.

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ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF AYOUNG BOY, probably Eros, depictednude, with a softly modeled plumpbody, standing with the weight on theright leg. 1st-2nd Century AD.H. 10 1/2 in. (27 cm.) Ex collection of Sir Daniel Donohue,Villa San Giuseppe, Los Angeles,acquired before 1968.

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ROMAN MARBLE PRIAPUSStanding, wearing a short himation,lifting up the hem to reveal hisextended phallus. 1st-2nd Century AD.H. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection, 1970s.

12 ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF A NUDE YOUNG BOY, possibly a representation of Eros. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in 1973.

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13ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A BEARDEDGOD OR HERO modeled with a prominentbrow, the almond-shaped eyes with defined lids,the lips parted, his hair center-parted and spiral-ing from the crown in thick waves. 1st Century AD. H. 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm.)Ex Swiss private collection, 1970s.

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ROMAN MARBLE HERM HEAD OF ABEARDED GOD 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) Ex collection of Dr. P.,Poitier, France, acquired before 1980.

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LARGE ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERMOF HERMES (MERCURY) AS PATRON OFMERCHANTS AND COMMERCE Both sidesshow over-lifesize youthful depictions of the god, theeyes articulated and gazing to his right, with feath-ered wings emerging from curly hair, bound with atwisted fillet, the ties falling at his shoulders; thebusts emerging from a column with pilasters toeither side and an abacus above. 2nd Century AD. H. 17 in. (43.3 cm.) Ex Fazel collection,England, early 1970s; European private collection,1986.

ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF ABEARDED MALE in middle age with a care-worn yet intense gaze. Later 3rd Century AD. H. 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.)Ex American collection, acquired before 1970.

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ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THEEMPEROR AURELIAN, AD 270-275 The face is marked by strict traits: the cheeks are hollowwith salient cheekbones; short hair, mustache and beard,directly incised on the surface of the stone. Ca. AD 270-275. H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) Ex old Belgian collection, ca. 1989.The forehead is engraved with horizontal and verticalwrinkles, and the eminent eyebrows are also engraved tomark the hairiness. The foundation of the neck is round-ed up for insertion onto a torso or a statue.

Aurelian successfully reunited the Roman Empire bydefeating the Alemanni, the Goths, Vandals, Sarmatians,and the Gallic Empire in the west and the PalmyreneEmpire in the east. He thus gained the title ‘Restorer ofthe World.’ His portraits are rare.

17ROMAN MARBLE OVER-LIFESIZE PORTRAITHEAD OF CLODIUS ALBINUS (ROMANEMPEROR, AD 193-197) OR A CONTEMPO-RARY with thick curly bifurcated beard and mus-tache, the eyes set back beneath the heavy brow, withcrescentic pupils and drilled tear-ducts, his hair spi-raling from the crown in luxuriant waves and fram-ing the face in thick curls. Ca. AD 195-220 . H. 13 in. (33 cm.) Ex Collection of Robert B.Nevin (1925-2006), California, acquired in the1970s.

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19IMPORTANT ROMAN MARBLE APHRODITE(VENUS) standing nude to the waist and right hip,her lower torso and legs loosely wrapped in her hima-tion. Her left leg is raised upon a rocky outcrop hid-den beneath the drapery and she leans forward restingher left forearm on her left knee. Sensitively carvedfrom Greek island marble probably from Thasos. 1st Century BC/AD. H. 22 in. (56 cm.) Ex collection of J-P. Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France,acquired before 2000.

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20 ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF APHRODITE ANDEROS The goddess nude, standing on an integral base,holding drapery around her lower body with her right hand,drapery over her left arm, her left hand clasping a mirror,wearing a high crescentic diadem; at her side Eros with anupstretched right hand, a torch in this left hand.1st-2nd Century AD. H. 11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm.)Ex English collection, acquired prior to 2000.

21 ROMAN MARBLE APHRODITE (VENUS) Standing,clasping her himation with one hand and holding a 'handgarland' with the other, wearing a diadem, the wavy hairtied back in a chignon. Syria, 2nd Century AD. H. 11 1/2 in. (29 cm.) Ex private collection, Beverly Hills, California, formed before 1975.

23 ROMAN MARBLE LOWER HALF OF APHRODITEKALLIPYGOS, the goddess lifting her garment to expose hernude posterior. 1st-2nd Century AD.H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.) Ex French collection. Based upon a Greek original ca. 300 BC.Cf. for the type: Naples Museum, no. 288, published: S.Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine,vol. I, 1916, p.328, fig. 611.

22 ROMAN MARBLE DRAPED GODDESSstanding in relaxed pose, her left hand on her left hip; headlacking. 2nd Century AD. H. 18 in. (45.7 cm.)Ex S.B. collection, San Diego, California.

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ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF AN EMPRESSAS A GODDESS, possibly Faustina II, standing ina relaxed pose, her weight on her right foot. Shewears the stola and palla worn capite velato over adiadem. 2nd half of the 2nd Century AD.H. 33 in. (85 cm.)Ex European collection, 1980s.

Faustina II (d. AD 175) was the wife of the Romanemperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180) and wasoften depicted as a goddess in statuary.

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25ROMAN MARBLE OVER-LIFESIZEHEAD OF A GODDESS, her headslightly turned to the left, with articu-lated eyes and bow-shaped lips, wavyhair deeply drilled, centrally parted andtied in a large chignon; wearing a highcrescentic diadem with scalloped edge. Late 2nd Century AD.H. 13 in. (33 cm.) Ex English private collection, pre-2000.

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ROMAN OVER-LIFESIZE MARBLEHEAD OF TYCHE, the goddess of fortune and destiny, wearing a muralcrown; from a relief. After a 4thCentury BC Greek prototype.1st-2nd Century AD.H. 13 in. (33 cm.)Ex English collection.

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27 ROMAN MONUMENTAL MARBLE RIGHT FOREARM probably from a statue of a deity oremperor. The fingers are partiallyopen; a cylindrical bridge betweenthe thumb and forefinger. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) Very fine style. Ex English private collection, acquired in the 1980s.

28 ROMAN MARBLE LIFESIZE FOREARM HOLDING A BATON of office; from a statue. 1st -3rd Century AD.H. 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.)Ex French collection.

A short, heavy, white baton was thesymbol of the imperial mandate givento a Roman military legate. He held ithigh proclaiming "above your headand mine" to represent the emperor.

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ROMAN LARGE MARBLE MONOPODIUM: WINGED LION-GRIFFIN PROTOME ON LION’SLEG Ca. AD 120-150.H. 34 3/4 in. (86 cm.); D. 20 in. (51 cm.) H. of head 7 in. (18 cm.)Ex Philippe Heldman collection, acquired in Paris in1970.

For a discussion of furniture supports, see C. Vermeule,"Bench and Table Supports: Roman Egypt and Beyond"in W.K. Simpson and W. Davis, eds., Studies in AncientEgypt, the Aegean and the Sudan, Essays in Honor ofDows Dunham on the Occasion of his 90th Birthday,June 1, 1980, Boston, 1981.

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30 ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF OF A RECLINING BEARDED MALE, knees slightly bent, supporting hishalf-raised torso on his right arm, and wearing a very loose chiton. His left arm is raised languidly behindhis head as he looks sleepily downward and to the left; behind him and by his side, his hound reclines stretch-ing his legs forward as his head pulls up and back. 2nd Century AD. L. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm.)From a sarcophagus. Ex collection of J-P. Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France.

ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF SECTION DEPICTING A CAPRICORN, a mythical animal with theforeparts of a goat and the body and tail of a fish. From a sarcophagus; a partial inscription remaining:EREBAT. Late 2nd Century AD. L. 17 in. (43 cm.) Ex collection of J-P. Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France.

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32 ROMAN MARBLE RECTANGULAR OSCILLUM: NUDE DIONYSOS AND AMPELOS The bearded god of wine having over-imbibed, holds a rhyton (wine cup) in his right hand, achlamys over his shoulder. His nude companion, the young satyr Ampelos, supports him while strokinga panther. Rev: Two Erotes on a dolphin. Ca. 3rd Century AD. L. 18 1/8 in. ( 46 cm) x 12 1/4 in. (31 cm.)Ex Nicholas Koutoulakis, Paris, 1970s; thence by descent.

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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF SECTION: THREE HUMOROUS NUDE FIGURES engaged in some sort ofactivity, raising a pole(?); one kneels bearing the weight on his shoulders while the other two lend support, theone at left kneeling on a box (?). Possibly a depiction of erotes preparing to press grapes or olives. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 6 in. (15.5 cm.); L. 12 in. (31 cm.) Ex collection of Sir Daniel Donohue, Villa San Giuseppe, Los Angeles, California, acquired before 1968.

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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF OF A BOAR HUNT, possibly of the Calydonian boar with Meleager advancing on his quarry with a spear as mountain goats leap about him in panic; from a sarcophagus.2nd-3rd Century AD. L. 19 3/4 in. (50 cm.); H. 13 3/8 in. ( 34 cm.) Ex French collection.

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35GREEK LATE GEOMETRIC BRONZE APPLIQUE OF ASEATED MAN wearing a long garment with short sleeves.The back of the large head is bald; the arms are raised toshoulder-level. Possibly a charioteer. Peloponnese, ca. 700-650 BC. H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) Ex Sotheby's New York, May 29, 1987, no. 76, previouslyfrom Mathias Komor, New York. Cf. also with regard to the posture and function, a bronzestatuette of a man from Sparta ( W. Lamb, Greek andRoman Bronzes, 1929, 77, pl. 23a). For the style cf. a malestatuette from Arcadia (J. Dörig, Art Antique, 1975, no.183 with illus.). Certain stylistic elements are comparablewith an earlier dated pair of statuettes of Zeus and Hera, pos-sibly from Olympia, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inv. no.63.2755, (Boston Bronzes Catalog - 1971, 4, no. 2 withillus.). If the man's left hand is interpreted as a fist, he possi-bly represents a charioteer who holds the reins in his lefthand. If it is interpreted as a stump, the man could representan invalid, the figure given as a votive gift to a healing god.

36HELLENISTIC BRONZE NUDE DISCOBOLOS Posed in the iconic stance, about to let loose his discus. 2nd-1st Century BC. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) Ex private French collection formed before 1980.

37HELLENISTIC BRONZE ACTOR WITH THE MASK OF A SLAVE He wears a short belted chiton, with acloak draped over his left shoulder. His hands are folded in front, over his belly. His head is slightly turned to theright; on integrally cast pedestal base. 3rd-2nd Century BC. H. 3 7/8 in. (59.8 cm.) Ex Private collection,Luxembourg, acquired before 1980. The three most famous and best known playwrights of the New Comedy wereMenander, Philemon and Diphilus. These comedies tended to be more about the fears and foibles of the ordinaryman, his personal relationships, family life and social mishaps rather than politics and public life.

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ETRUSCAN BRONZE VOTIVEOF THE GODDESS TURAN, herhair in long braids, standing upon a circular base, with her handsoutstretched. Rare type. Ca. 625-600 BC.H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.)Ex Pino Donati, Lugano,Switzerland, 1990.Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of theAncient World, vol. VII, 1992,no. 84. Cf. Florence Museum, no.8.

39ETRUSCAN BRONZE STRIDING NUDE KOUROS Early 5th Century BC. H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)Ex collections of E. DeKolb, New York; B. Bandy Rochester, Michigan. Exhibited: Kresge Art Gallery, MichiganState University, 1985-2002. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol, XIV, 2003, no. 39.

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THREE ETRUSCAN BRONZE DANCING NUDE MALE FIGURES Each with their arms raised, one kneel-ing to the left, another to the right, and one with both legs spread; a perforated tenon below for attachment to atripod or bowl. Chiusi, ca. 520 BC. H. Each: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) Ex John Kluge collection, Charlottesville VA.Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. V, 1988, no. 24. The figures between the horse-protomesabove the legs of a tripod from Vulci in the British Museum, although female and moving from left to right, areposed in similar fashion: cf. G. Giglioli, L’Arte Etrusca, Milan, 1935, pl. CII, fig.1.

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41SET OF THREE ETRUSCAN BRONZE BRAZIER FEET: GORGON RISING FROM FOLIAGE, Her arms are wide spread and her hair trails their full length. Her mouth is open and her tongue protrudes.Chiusi workshop, ca. 500-475 BC. H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) x W. 8 1/2 in. (20.5 cm.) Choice and rare. One ex Leo Mildenberg collection, acquired in the 1960s; two ex private collection, Ticino, Switzerland, acquiredin the 1960s. The feet were originally attached by rivets to a brazier of hammered bronze. From the solid-cast,claw-shaped foot rises a flat, calyx-like support with two lateral protuberances, surmounted by the bust of a Gorgonin low relief. She has female breasts and wears a smooth sleeved chiton. On each outstretched arm rests a long tressof her wavy hair, finely corrugated and incised with parallel lines. Above her mask-like face the hair is parted inthe center and hangs in a crescent shape over her temples. She has asymmetric, strongly outlined eyes, full cheeks, agaping mouth with a lolling, grooved tongue and protruding ears with earrings. Similar pieces are preserved in London (British Museum, no. 47.8-6.145), Berlin (Berlin, 1968, 93, Fr.1516),Marseilles (Musée Borély, nos. 812, 813), Paris (Louvre, de Ridder 1913, nos 2602, 2603) and Chiusi (MonAnt30, 1925, 466, fig. 68). The bronzes have been ascribed by K.A. Neugebauer to a Chiusine workshop which, dur-ing the first half of the fifth century, produced braziers, each with three feet in the form of Gorgons or winged crea-tures. (Compare the brazier from La Boncia in the Museo Archeologico, Florence: Milan, 1912, pl. 88, I).

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42ETRUSCAN BRONZE CANDELABRUM. The finial is in the formof a couple arm in arm on a pedestal base with beading on its upperedge, the figures looking towards each other, stepping forward, withtheir outer arms akimbo. The tripod base is formed of three lion paws,each on a circular pad, with palmettes at the juncture of the legs, aknob with drop-shaped protrusions along its perimeter at the join tothe tall faceted shaft, the lowest part of the shaft incised with overlap-ping petals, surmounted by a spool from which project four branches,each terminating in a lotus blossom.Ca. 450 BC. H. 45 3/4 in. (116.3 cm.)Ex private collection, southern France, acquired in the late 19th-early20th century; thence by descent.For a similar candelabrum finial with a couple arm in arm, see G.Q.Giglioli, L’Arte Etrusca, Milan, 1935, pl. CCXIV, 2 (Berlin).

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ETRUSCAN BRONZE NUDE WARRIOR HOLDING A SACRIFICIAL HARE. wearing a negau helmet, a cloak over his leftshoulder and wrapped around his left forearm. On his extended lefthand crouches a hare; in his right hand, the remains of a dagger. Fine olive green patina. Superb style. Possibly unique.4th Century BC. H. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) Ex Old Belgian collection.It has been suggested that this is a representation of Turms (Hermes)Cf. a cornelian scarab in Copenhagen where Turms holds a fawn , P.Zazoff, Etruskische Skarabaen, Mainz, 1968, no. 33, pl. 12, 33.

Hunting hares was a popular sport among young men, and a votive thatincluded a hare was not an inappropriate gift to a hunting companion.

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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE APOLLO WITH LEFT FOOT ON OMPHALOS, the navel-stone of the earth.Anatolia, 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) Exhibited: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University,1990-1994. Ex American private collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1990. Published: J. Eisenberg,Art of the Ancient World, vol. XII, 2001, no. 82.

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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE HERAKLES HOLDING A KANTHAROS, in his outstretched right hand. The hero stands in a relaxed walking pose, a rolled fillet crowning his curly hair. 1st Century AD. H. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) Ex private French collection. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol.XVI, 2006, no. 47.

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ROMANO-CELTIC BRONZE STANDING DEITY,perhaps Balor as Herakles, depicted nude, with a tri-angular face, the club of Herakles in his lowered righthand, the lionskin hanging over his left arm, heldforth with his hand gripping a now-missing attribute,perhaps a bow.

1st Century AD. H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.)Ex English collection; John W. Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired fromRoyal-Athena in 1990. Published: C. Vermeule and J. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, andRoman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge,New York and Boston, 1992, no. 90-13.

This bronze depicts a conflation of the Celtic godBalor and Herakles. Balor was notable for his singleEvil Eye, which could kill anyone who looked upon it.

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47 ROMAN BRONZE DIONYSOS(BACCHUS) The god of wine, intricately crafted, nude but for a nebris draped over his shoulder; in hishair a wreath of grapes and leaves. The kantharos lacking; right footrestored. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 5 in. (12.5 cm)Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

48 ROMAN BRONZE HERAKLES BIBAXThe nude hero standing with his weighton his right foot, a lionskin over his leftshoulder, a knopped club in his left hand,his extending right hand possibly onceholding a kantharos, his wavy hairbound with a diadem.H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) Ex Lord McAlpine collection, England,1980s; John W. Kluge collection,Charlottesville, Virginia. Published:J. Eisenberg, Gods & Mortals, 1989,no. 86.

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ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE OF A LICTOR in the costume of his office: a fringed mantle over a short tunic, holding the fasces, a symbol of the RomanRepublic. 1st half of 1st Century AD. H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) Ex P. Donati, Lugano,Switzerland, 1988. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of theAncient World, vol. VII, 1992, no. 112. Cf. similar inStaatliche Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Roemisches imAntikenmuseum, no. 45. The fasces was a bundle ofwhite birch rods, tied together with a red leather ribboninto a cylinder, and often including a bronze axe with theblade on the side, projecting from the bundle, representingthe power of the state over life and death.

51ROMAN BRONZE KNEELING NUDE ATLAS his arms raised to support the sky.1st-3rd Century AD. H. 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.)Ex German collection.

49ROMAN BRONZE ALEXANDER THE GREATWEARING ARMOR over a chiton, a chlamys over hisleft forearm, and holding a phiale in his right hand; hisunruly hair bound with a wreath. 1st-3rd Century AD.H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) Ex English private collection.

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52ROMAN BRONZE NUDE APHRODITE(VENUS) WEARING A CROWN ANDHOLDING EROS on her extended left palm,and a pomegranate in her upraised righthand; on original base. Later 2nd Century AD. H. 9 5/8 in. (24 cm.) Ex Louis de Clercq collection, Paris, 1836-1901; The Eros is ancient but not shown inA. de Ridder, Collections de Clercq, III, LesBronzes, Paris, the catalog of de Clercq’s col-lection published in 1905.

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55ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE BUST OFHERAKLES EMERGING FROM A PALMETTE,the hero bearded and wrapped in a lionskin; prob-ably from a carriage. 2nd Century AD. H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) Ex collection of J-P. Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France.

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ROMAN BRONZE DEEP APPLIQUE BUSTOF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, his hairarranged with the characteristic anastole.2nd Century AD. H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.)Ex collection of B.H.S., St, Petersburg, Florida,formed in the 1950s-early 1970s.

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ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUE BUST OF AWARRIOR, POSSIBLY MARK ANTONY, emerging from openwork foliate scrolls, sevenincised ears of wheat at the centre below, wearing a crested helmet over luxurious curling hair, headturned slightly to the left, with pierced eyes andfleshy lips, plunging an eagle-headed dagger intohis right breast. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 8 in. (20.3 cm.) Ex collection of a Greek archaeologist, pre-1950.

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57 ROMAN BRONZE LIFE-SIZE LEFT FOREARM OF A WOMAN wearing a twisted movable bracelet,dressed with a pleated veil on the upper part of the arm. Ca. 3rd Century AD. L. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection acquired in the 1970s.

58 ROMAN BRONZE LIFE-SIZE BRONZE ARM FROM A STATUE OF A YOUTH, his hand partiallyopen in a graceful pose and expressive gesture and probably once holding an attribute. Naturalistic detail-ing of the fingers and fingernails. Ca. 1st Century AD. L. 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm.) Ex Spink & Son Ltd.,London, 1960; Sotheby's, New York, May 30, 1986, lot 49; New York private collection.

56 ROMAN BRONZE NUDEAPHRODITE (VENUS), HOLDING AN APPLE in her raised left hand and a butterfly in her lowered right. Ex Louis de Clercq collection,Paris, 1836-1901. Published.: A.de Ridder, Collections de Clercq,III, Les Bronzes, Paris, 1905, no.125, pl. 27,2; S. Reinach,Répertoire de la StatuaireGrecque et Romaine, vol. IV,Paris, 1910, p. 209, 2.

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ROMAN BRONZE WAGON FITTING WITHTHE BUST OF HERAKLES between two headsof swans. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 4 3/8 in.(11 cm.) Ex private collection, Luxembourg,acquired before 1980. Cf. Mann und Ross undWagen, exhibition catalog, Munich, 1986, 59.

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GREEK GEOMETRIC BRONZE BULLOlympia, ca. 9th Century BC. L. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) Ex Jean-Marie TalleuxCollection, Grand Fort Philippe, France; acquiredin Paris, December 1995.

VILLANOVAN BRONZE FINIAL WITHFOUR STYLIZED HORSE-HEADPROTOMES, supported on two legs. 8th century BC. H. 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.)Ex Shelby White and Leon Levy collection, New York. Exhibited and published,Metropolitan Museum of Art, Glories of the Past,1991, no. 79; J. Eisenberg, Art of the AncientWorld, vol. X, 1999, no. 42.

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ETRUSCAN BRONZE RECUMBENT LIONwith open mouth and collar-like mane, theextended tail curled up. 5th Century BC. L. 2 in. (5 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection. Acquired from J. J.Klejman, New York, in 1961 and accompanied bya copy of the original invoice

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HELLENISTIC BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR COVER:EROS AND PSYCHE seated upona rock, their bodies turned out buttheir heads facing, The goddess atright wearing a chiton and a flow-ing himation and love’s messengernude at right; the back of the mirroris Roman.3rd Century BC.Diam. 5 in. (12.5 cm.)Ex collection of Dr. P., Poitier,France, acquired before 1980.

HELLENISTIC BRONZE CIRCULAR HAND MIRROR: ADONIS AND APHRODITEEngraved with a nude youth, Adonis, escorted by Eros, who lays himself between the limbs of his lover, Aphrodite. 3rd Century BC. Diam. 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) Ex British private collection, acquired in the 1970s-80s.

65GREEK BRONZE TREFOIL OINOCHOE Probably Lydian, with splayed foot engraved with tongues, piriformbody, tapering neck with raised collar and high strap handle with rosette engraved rotelles. Base repaired inantiquity. Late 7th-6th Century BC. H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) Ex S.B. collection, San Diego, California.

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69 ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM IN THE FORM OF A FOOT 2nd Century AD. H. 3 7/8 in. (10 cm.); L. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)Ex private collection, Bavaria, acquired before 2001. Attractive green patina; part of the chain missing.

66 ROMAN SILVER STEMLESS SKYPHOS with a hemispheric body, slightly domed foot and two annularhandles topped by a shaped thumb piece. 1st Century BC/AD. D. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.); W. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.); H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) Ex French collection.

67 ROMAN BRONZE DEEP DISH IN THE FORM OF A STYLIZEDSCALLOP SHELL Of hammered bronze sheet, the interior recessed atthe center, forming a circular foot for the vessel outside. 1st-2nd Century AD. Diam. 6 1/8 in. (15.8 cm.) Ex Swiss collection.

68 ROMAN BRONZE SIMPULUM (ritualistic ladle) The handle is deco-rated with a protome of a gazelle. 1st-3rd Century AD. L. 10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm.) Ex German collection. Cf. Silver for theGods, Toledo, 1977, p. 46, no. 15.

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70 PREHISTORIC SARDINIAN BRONZE WARRIOR with elaborate headdress. Part of bow over shoulder,quiver on back. Nuraghic Period, ca. 8th Century BC. H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) Ex private collection,Geneva, Switzerland; acquired in 1990. Rare.

71 PREHISTORIC SARDINIAN BRONZE WARRIOR with horned helmet. Bow over shoulder, quiver caseon back. Nuraghic Period, ca. 8th Century BC. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex private collection, Geneva,Switzerland; acquired in 1990. Rare.

73 IBERIAN BRONZE NUDE KOUROS, hands at his sides and wearing a cap.5th-4th Century BC. H. 4 5/8 in. (12.3 cm.)Ex Dr. P. collection, Poitier, France,acquired before 1980.

74 IBERIAN BRONZE PRIAPUS wearing a hooded coat and holding agrouping of food in the front fold of thegarment that is raised to show his largephallus. 3rd-1st Century BC. H. 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm) Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

72 PREHISTORIC SARDINIAN BRONZE WARRIOR wearing a horned helmet and a short V-neck tunic,with a high layered collar, with a quiver hanging down his back, his fragmentary bow over his left shoulder,his long oval face with pellet eyes and a long slender nose merging with his overhanging brows. 9th-8th Century BC. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) Ex English collection; John Kluge collection. Rare. For thetype see no. 92 in J. Thimme, Kunst und Kultur Sardiniens vom Neolithikum bis zum Ende derNuraghenzeit, Karlsruhe, 1980.

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LATE EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE BRONZE SWORD Slender double-edged blade with a broad semi-circular mid rib on both sides. Four holes at the base; the baluster-shaped tang with one fixation hole andnarrow flanges along its sides. Ca. 1000 BC. L. 16 1/4 in. (41.5 cm.) Ex German collection.

79 EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE LARGE BRONZE SPEAR HEAD with so-called Tiber patina (water patina). Wide blade with strong, triple middle rib, in the crossing to the spout decoration with ornamental ribs; round, conical shaft. Urn Fields Culture, ca. 1500- 1200 BC. L. 14 in. (35.5 cm.) Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

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EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE BRONZE SCHALENKNAUF-TYPE SWORD Heavily ridged, leafshaped blade with fine incised geometric ornamentation on both sides, the point slightly shortened.Riveted grip cast in one piece with a large bowl-shaped pommel. Ca. 1500-1200 BC. L. 26 3/4 in. (68 cm.) Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

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LATE BRONZE AGE OR EARLY CELTIC BRONZE DAGGER with openwork serpentine handle.Ca. 900-600 BC. L. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) Ex collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, England;J.P.A. de W., Scarsdale, N.Y., 1989-1994, acquired from Royal-Athena; O.A.V. collection, Madrid andCaracas, 1995-2010. Rare type. Fine green patina.

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MIDDLE EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE DONAULAND-TYPE BRONZE SWORD, the two-edgedblade with a bulging middle rib. A flat punched hilt tongue with beveled edges; at the crossing are eightpunched holes. Ca. 1200 - 800 BC. L. 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.) Ex German collection.Cf. P. Schauer, “Die Schwerter in Süddeutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz” I, PrähistorischeBronzefunde, IV 2, 1971, pl. 90f, no. 592.

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ETRUSCO-ROMAN BRONZEMONTEFORTINO HELMET,TYPE A (Robinson), featuring an elegant domed body with a circular knob, separately cast crestattachment, and incised decora-tion around the rim and on theprojecting rear neck guard. Tiber patina. This was a helmettype used by soldiers in the RomanRepublican army. Ca. 350-290 BC. H. 10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm.)Ex M.H. collection, NY, acquiredin Rome in 1953.

This type of helmet derives fromCeltic types and was in use fromthe late fourth through the 2ndcenturies BC. For a discussion ofthis type and similar examples seeA. Bottini et al., Antike Helme,Mainz, 1988, pp. 318 ff. andnos. 107 and 108, pp. 522-523.Cf. Louvre, Inv. no.1122, MNC,1030.

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CORINTHIAN BRONZE HELMET, Second type, withalmond-shaped eye cut-outs, spoon-shaped nose-guard, a sweeping skirt and riveted edges. 1st half of the 6th Century BC.H. 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.)Ex German private collection,acquired in the 1970s. Cf. H. Pflug, Antike Helme,1988, p/. 76ff, esp. fig. 24-25,405ff, cat. no. 27.The right cheekpiece and nose-guard appear to have been bentupwards in ancient times, in thetraditional sacrificial attitude andreturned to their original position,probably after excavation. Thecheekpiece in question has arepaired lateral crack no doubtdue to the stress of this movement.In addition there are several,restored, nickel-sized holes in theback probably from when it wasaffixed to a temple wall or monu-ment.

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85 ETRUSCAN CAST BRONZE AXEHEAD decorated with incised circles. 8th Century BC. L. 7 3/4 in. (19.7cm.) Ex German collection, acquired inLondon in 1990. Cf. Die Welt derEtrusker, exhibition catalogue,Berlin, 1988, p. 61, no. 4.7, fig. 64.

GREEK IRON DEEPEEKA FALCATA ‘KOPIS’ SWORD with a heavy single-edged blade wideningtowards the point, multiple fullers on both sides; the tang with several holes, retaining some of the bronzerivets that held the bone grip plates, now lacking. 5th-3rd Century BC. L. 14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) Ex Germancollection. The kopis is an ancient single-edged sword with a heavy forward-curving blade, designed fordelivering strong cleaving blows, used by the Greeks throughout the Classical and Hellenistic periods.

83 VILLANOVAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD with decorative parallel vertical lines and a hilt with four perforations. 8th Century BC. L. 15 7/8 in. (40.5 cm.) Ex collection of Axel Guttmann, Berlin. Cf. Geharnischte Zeiten - 200 Jahre Körper-schutz des Soldaten, Coblenz,1995, p. 150, 1.

84 VILLANOVAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD COMPLETE WITH SCABBARD bearing geometric decoration. The blade strongly ridged, the hilt retaining remnants of organic material. 8th Century BC. L. 17 3/8 in. (44.3 cm.) Ex collection of Axel Guttmann, Berlin, acquired in Freiburg in 1989.

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89 ROMAN IRON PLUMBATA Plumbatae or mattiobarbuli were lead-weighted darts used by the Romaninfantry. 3rd-4th Century AD. L. 5 7/8 in. (14.5 cm.) Ex German collection. Cf. M. C. Bishop & J. C.N. Coulston, Roman Military Equipment, p. 201, nos. 12 and 16. The only ancient written source forthese tactical weapons is Flavius Vegetius, De Rei Militari (1.17).

88 ROMAN IRON LANCE HEAD with four-sided element in upper part of shaft. Ca. 1st-2nd Century AD. L. 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) Ex German collection.

86EAST CELTIC CURVEDIRON KNIFE with curved,one-sided blade with engravedcircles, and an iron fitting atboth ends of the handle; thescabbard shoe remaining. 2nd-1st Century BC.L. 11 1/2 in. (29.3 cm.)Ex German collection.

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EAST CELTIC CURVEDIRON SWORD with typicalstooped wedge blade on bothsides and clutch ferrule withline decoration. 2nd-1st Century BC.L. 19 1/4 in (49 cm.)Ex collection of AxelGuttmann, Berlin.

90 LATE ROMAN BRONZE OPEN-WORK SWORD GUARD ATTACHMENT with central cross symbolsurrounded by floral decoration. On the edge are incised circles and five preserved connection rivets. A raredocument of a Christian legionary in Late Roman times. 4th Century AD. L. 2 7/8 in. x 3 3/8 in. (7.2 x 8.6 cms. ) Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

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91 GREEK TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX: FACE OF A GORGON IN LOW RELIEF with two rows of snailcurls and a corona terminating in snakes; an open mouth grimace with extended tongue; extensive painteddetails remaining. Probably from Sicily, 6th Century BC. H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) Ex American collection,acquired in New York in 1970. Cf. R. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the British Museum,1969, no. 1137.

92 BOEOTIAN POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA STANDING FEMALE wearing a large polos over her sub-stantial curled coiffure; her chiton edged in purple. 5th Century BC. H. 11 in. (29 cm.) Ex Prof. HugoMunsterberg (1916-1995) collection, New Paltz, New York, acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1976;R. M. collection, San Francisco, CA. For a nearly identical example in the British Museum, see: R. Higgins,Greek Terracottas, 1967, p. xxxi, pl. 33D.

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GREEK TERRACOTTA PROTOME BUSTOF A GODDESS probably Persephone,wearing peplos and himation; jewelry, garment folds and blond hair in red and yellow paint still visible. Ca. 470-450 BC.H. 10 1/4 in. (26.2 cm.)Ex English collection; J.B. collection, BadReichenhall, Germany. Published: J.Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol.VIII, 1995, no. 77.

Cf. R. Higgins, Catalogue of GreekTerracottas in the British Museum, 1970,nos. 842 and 857.

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96GREEK TERRACOTTA PHALLIC FIGURE OF AN ACTOR, with a grotesque obese physique, wearing acomic mask and holding his phallus. 4th century BC. H. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) Ex R.M. collection, San Francisco,acquired from Royal-Athena in 1997. Cf: P. Levi, Atlas of the Greek World, p. 147, a near identical piece inthe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA APHRODITE ANADYOMENE wearing a loose garment, her right legextended to reveal her buttocks. She stands in a languid pose, her head tilting back to the right, and her raisedleft hand pulling on the still damp tresses. Ca. 2nd Century BC. H. 9 1/8 in. (23.4 cm.) Ex French collection, acquired in the 1970s.

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HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA YOUNGMAN, wearing chiton, chlamys and fillet,riding a bull.; traces of paint remaining. Centuripae, Sicily, 3rd Century BC.Ex Dr. Ignaz Herzfeld, Basel, 1983; R.M. collection, San Francisco, acquiredfrom Royal-Athena in 1996. Published:Münzen und Medaillen, Kunst undHandwerk der Antike, 1962, no. 14.

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GREEK TERRACOTTA PROTOMEBUST OF A GODDESS with flowinghair, and a topknot bound by a diadem.Tarentum, 4th Century BC.H. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) Ex French collection. Cf. R. Higgins, Catalogue of GreekTerracottas in the British Museum, 1969,no. 1366.

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ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE VOTIVEHEAD capite velato, with centrally parted hair framing her face in waves. 4th Century BC. H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) Ex American collection, acquired in New York in 1970.

ETRUSCAN POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX: HEAD OF A GODDESS She wears a high stephane decorated with alternating red and black stripes. The lips, crown of head and thewavy hair framing the face are highlighted with red;brows, eyes, and hair rendered in dark brown; surfacesoverall with a cream-coloured coating. Latium, ca. 480 BC. H. 5 5/8 in. (14.4 cm.)Ex Hans Tollmann collection, Cologne, Germany,acquired in the 1960s-70s.

ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA MALE VOTIVE STATUE depicted capite velato, wearing a stylizedchiton and himation. 4th Century BC. H 40 in. (101.6 cm.)Ex private Rhenish collection, Germany.Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World,vol. XIII, 2002, no. 65. For these votives, see: S. Smithers, Images of Piety andHope: Select Terracotta Votives from Celeste, Studia,Varia, Getty Museum, 1993, vol. I, pp. 13.

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA MURMILLO GLADIATOR wearingremovable, crested helmet with inset triangular visor, once carry-ing an oblong shield. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) Ex M.M. Belfer collection, Paris,acquired in 1960.Cf: R. Jackson,Gladiators and Caesars, BritishMuseum, 2000, p. 46, pl. 29, for a similar terracotta.

ROMAN LARGE TERRACOTTA APHRODITE GENETRIXwrapped loosely in a himation, her upraised right hand lifts acorner of it which hangs down the back. She stands on an inte-grally molded pedestal with a relief of a thiasos, with a satyr andflautist, on the front. First 1/2 of the 1st Century AD.H. 17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) Ex German private collection.

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA LAMP IN FORM OF TWO GLADIATORS WRESTLING A BULL 2nd Century AD. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.); L. 4 in. (10.3 cm.) Ex German private collection.

ROMAN TERRACOTTAMURMILLO GLADIATORwearing removable, crested helmetwith inset triangular visor carry-ing an oblong shield and dagger;a large greave on his advancingleg. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) Ex M.M. Belfer collection, Paris,acquired in 1960.

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CORINTHIAN POTTERY LIDDED PYXIS Of globular form with a frieze of confronted sphinxes, sirens,and birds; three caryatid supports on the shoulder and the lid with a related frieze. 6th Century BC. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) Ex Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, September 21, 1982, no. 10.

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CORINTHIAN POTTERY PIRIFORM ALABASTRON WITH A SIREN Ca. 650-550 BC. H. 5 5/8 in. (14.5 cm.) Ex collection of Dr. P., Poitier, France, acquired before 1980.

105 GREEK PROTO-GEOMETRIC OINOCHOE, with alternatingbands of black slip and reddish fabric, decorated in concentrichalf-circles, dotted lines, and bars. Late 9th Century BC.H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) Ex French collection.

ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE OINOCHOE Below a laurelband, a racing hoplite (hoplitodromos), a draped citizenholding a staff on either side. Late 6th Century BC. H. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection of R.K.

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ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE EYE CUP: Herakles striding forward with raised club on either side. Ca. 520 BC. H. 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm.); Diam. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.); W. 9 3/4 in. (24.7 cm.) Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IX, 1997, no. 97; H. Munsterberg, WorldCeramics - from Prehistoric to Modern Times, 1998, p. 36, fig. 26. Ex Jean-Marie Talleux Collection, Grand Fort Philippe, France.

ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE COLUMN KRATER BY THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE F 6, FROM THEWORKSHOP OF LYDOS A swan between two confronting panthers. Reverse: A large mountain-goat;under the handles a swan on either side, same on the square top of the handle plates. Ca. 560-550 BC. H. 11in. (28 cm.); Diam. 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.); W. 14 in. (35.6 cm.) Ex South German private collection, acquired in the 1980s.

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ATTIC RED-FIGURE COLUMN KRATER BY THE PAINTER OF THE LOUVRE CENTAUROMACHYDionysos with a kantharos and a thyrsos looks at a satyr stomping grapes in a wine skin on a footstool at left. From the right another satyr with a big sack full of grapes approaches. Reverse: Three draped youths. Ca. 470-460 BC. H. 13 1/8 in. (33.4 cm.); Diam. 11 1/8 in. (28.4 cm.); W. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.)Ex D.O. collection, South Germany.

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112 ATTIC RED-FIGURE COLUMN KRATER On either side: two young horsemen each holding a spear,cloaks around their shoulders, and petasoi hanging down their backs, ride to right. Mid-5th Century BC. H. 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.). Ex Belgian private collection acquired before 1970.

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ATTIC RED-FIGURE COLUMN KRATERATTRIBUTED TO THE VILLA GIULIAPAINTER A nude satyr pursuing Amymone,running to the left with his arms out-stretched. As she flees to the left holding ahydria by one horizontal handle in her low-ered left hand, she looks back at her pursuer.Reverse: standing draped youth holding astaff in his right hand. Ca. 460 BC. H. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.); Diam. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.); W. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) Ex H.Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1968; private collection, Geneva, Switzerland.

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114ATTIC BLACK-GLAZED RIBBED HYDRIA,the overhanging rim decorated with egg and dart and the neck with a festoon of hanging drop-shaped pendants, ‘tied’ at the back; grooved foot. Later 4th Century BC. H. 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.)Ex S.B. collection, San Diego, CA.

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APULIAN LARGE RED-FIGUREVOLUTE KRATER BY THEBALTIMORE PAINTER Within anIonic naiskos with a departure scene, theyouth on the left holding his spear in theleft hand and wearing a long red mantle,his domed helmet behind, the man seatedat right offering him his sheathed sword,and wearing a himation and holding along staff, the pediment above decoratedwith palmette acroteria and a centralfrontal head, the naiskos flanked by astanding maiden and youth holding a sit-ula and patera and a sash and a staffrespectively, the neck ornamented with aprofile female head emerging from anelaborate spray of scrolling tendrils andflowering plants. Reverse: An altar sur-mounted by a basin and flanked bystanding chiton-clad women, the lady onthe left holding a tambourine and a fan,on the right a rosette garland and a thyr-sos. Ca. 340-330 BC. H. 30 3/8 in. (77.2 cm.) Ex American collection, sold Sotheby’s,June 20 1990, no.75; S.B. collection,San Diego, CA. Pub: A.Trendall &Cambitoglou, Red-figre Vase-painters ofApulia, Second Supplement p. 124, no.49-8.

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116APULIAN VERY LARGE RED-FIGURE VOLUTE KRATER BY THE BALTIMORE PAINTER Amphiaraos in the underworld: Amphiaraos before Pluto. At left, youth and lady with a fan. Behind the youth apetasos and sheathed sword are suspended. Between the lady and Amphiaraos, a pileus. Behind Pluto standsPersephone with a cross bar torch, then Polyneices offering the necklace of Harmonia to Euriphyle. Below chario-teer with Phrygian cap in quadriga to left. Behind, Hecate with two torches. In front Hermes. On neck. Nike ingalloping quadriga led by Iris and Eros. Rev: Horseman in naiskos. To right, woman with jewel box and mirror,youth with situla and knotted stick, woman with mirror and necklace. At left, woman holding jewel box andwreath, youth with mirror and phiale, woman with fan and tambourine. On neck. Bust of Nike in floral setting.Amphiaraos, the legendary king of Argos, was a hero of the war of the Seven Against Thebes. Ca. 340 BC. H. 45 in. (114 cm.) Ex S.B. collection, San Diego, CA., acquired from Royal-Athena in 1991.Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, 1991, no. 75.

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APULIAN VERY LARGE RED-FIGURE VOLUTE KRATER BY THE BALTIMORE PAINTER The contest for Adonis: Aphrodite with umbrella, Eros, Hermes, Adonis holding a bird on a string, Zeusenthroned holding a scepter with eagle, a thunderbolt in the field before him, Persephone resting on a sceptertopped by a cross, tree. Below. Dionysos and Ariadne in a panther biga, preceded by a maenad with a tambourineand thyrsos and followed by a maenad with a torch and a situla. On the neck, an amazonomachy. Rev: In a naiskos, helmeted horseman with spear. At left: from top to bottom, youth holding an oinochoe and apyxis with a white lid, woman holding a wreath, phiale, and fillet, youth holding a situla. At the right, a youthholding an oinochoe and pyxis with a white lid, woman holding a wreath and a mirror, youth holding a whiteknotted stick. On the neck, women holding a thyrsos, open box and ball (probably of wool), seated youth holdinga phiale and thyrsos, woman holding a thrysos and wreath, satyr holding situla and torch. Ca. 340 BC. H. 44 in. (112 cm.) Ex S.B. collection, San Diego, CA., acquired from Royal-Athena in 1991.Published: A. Trendall-Cambitoglou, The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, Suppl. II, p. 275, no. 23f, pl. LXXI, 3-4; J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI , 1991, no. 74.

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APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER Two fighting warriors. Reverse: Two draped youths in conversa-tion. Ca. 360 BC. H. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Diam. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm) Ex old Austrian collection, acquired before 1970.

118 APULIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA with a draped female seated to the left on a rock, looking back toward astanding nude youth, the female with a branch in her right hand, a patera and a fillet in her left, the youthwith a wreath in his right hand, holding the drapery of his chlamys in his left. Ca. 340-320 BC. H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) Ex private collection, Belgium, 1980s.

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APULIAN RED-FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE A winged female goddess, dressed in a long tunic witha tight belt, drives a biga. Under a prancing horse a hare runs head to head to them. Under the handlethere is a large female profile to left, wearing a large beaded sakkos. Two large wings spread out on the backside behind the female profile. Ca. 340-320 BC. H. 16 1/4 in. (41.2 cm.)

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PAESTAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS The lid decorated with a swim-ming ketos with pointed muzzle and ears, sinuous spotted body, andtwo fish in the field. Reverse: a dotted palmette flanked by foliate ten-drils behind. Ca. 340 BC. Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) ; W. 8 1/4 in.(20.9 cm.); H. 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm.) Ex K. Suvanna collection, Sussex, England, acquired in the 1970s; Gil and MyrnaGoldfine collection, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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122APULIAN LARGE RED-FIGURE LOUTROPHOROS BY THE PATERA PAINTER, decorated in two regis-ters, the upper register of the obverse with a female at the center seated on an x-form folding stool, facing leftwith a filled patera in her outstretched right hand, a female before her stepping onto an Ionic column capital, awreath in her right hand, a fillet in her left, a female behind the central figure standing beside a pillar, a fan inher right hand, a ball of wool in her left; the lower register with a female on either side of a filleted stele, that tothe left seated on an Ionic column capital, a mirror in her right hand, a ball of wool in her left, a fillet behindher, that to the right seated on a mantle, a filled kalathos in her right hand; a frontal female bust emerging froma calyx. The upper register of the reverse with a female and a nude youth walking to the left, a fan in her righthand, a box and a fillet in her left, the youth with a situla in his right hand, a filleted thyrsos in his left, thelower register with a female seated on either side of a stele, each holding the end of a fillet and looking back.Ca. 330-310 BC. H. 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm.) Ex private collection, Switzerland, 1995. Possibly from the Seated Woman Group.

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125 GREEK POTTERY PLASTIC VASE The youthful features modeled with plump lips and wide eyes, thehair dressed in long ringlets, surmounted by a wreath with foliage at the sides. 4th Century BC.H. 5 1/2 in. (13.5 cm) Ex French private collection sold at Piasa, Drouot, Paris, October, 2003.

126 CANOSAN LARGE CIRCULAR POTTERY PYXIS, the domed lid molded in relief with an embracing couple seated on a stool, the man nude, his mantle below, his right arm crossing the woman who is drapedin a diaphanous floor-length garment; a winged Eros approaches from the right. 3rd Century BC. H. 5 in. (12.7 cm.); Diam. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) Ex American private collection, dispersed in 1996.

CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS BY THE SIKONPAINTER On both sides, a nude young satyr stands admiringhimself in a mirror. Ca. 375-350 BC. H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection. Published: G. Puhze, Kunst derAntike, 1977, no. 133.

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APULIAN GNATHIA WARE SQUAT LEKYTHOS decorated in added colors with a nude Eros holding amirror. 4th Century BC. H. 5 1/2 in. (14.2 cm.) Ex collection of Dr. P., Poitier, France, acquired before1980.

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129 ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO CHALICEOF RASMUSSEN TYPE 1B. The deep conical cup is supported byfour flat-backed plaques as legs withalternating figures in relief of koraiand sphinxes; on a ring base. Three concentric grooves encircle thelower part of the body. A series of smallincisions mark the edge of its offsetbase. On the recessed bottom of theinterior, a series of grooves radiate out-wards from a central omphalos. Cerveteri, ca. 580 BC.H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.)Ex Andrea Compagno collection,Lugano, Switzerland, acquired in the1970s from Pino Donati.

128 ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE with threewarriors, each wearing a high crestedhelmet and carrying a spear and ashield, two wearing a tunic andcuirass; band of ivy leaves on the shoul-der. Early 5th Century BC. H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in Basel, 1978.

127 ETRUSCAN ‘PONTIC’ BLACK-FIGURE CUP decorated with two registers. The upper has a warriorbetween two boars; the lower with five geese walking to right. 6th Century BC. H. 4 in. (10.2 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection; New York private collection.

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CELTIBERIAN POTTERYKALATHOS Cylindrical withcanted lip and two handles, depict-ing four hunters, two of them onhorseback, spearing down a boar.The field is filled with ornaments. Ca. 2nd Century BC.H. 8 7/8 in. (22 cm.); Diam. 12 1/8 in. (31 cm.)Ex Brian North Lee collection,Chiswick, England, acquired in1986. Choice and rare.

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131CELTIBERIAN POTTERY VASE depicting hunters withshields and spears stalking to right. The field is filled withornaments and inscriptions. Ca. 2nd Century BC. H. 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) Ex Brian North Lee collection, Chiswick, England, acquiredin 1986. Cf. Die Iberer, exhibition catalog, Bonn, 1998,pp. 191, 272, no. 63. Choice and rare.

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CELTIBERIAN POTTERYKALATHOS Cylindrical with cantedlip and two handles, depicting four hel-meted hunters, one of them holding thereins of a horse, accompanied by twoferocious looking hounds, attacking astag and a hind. The field is filled withornaments and inscriptions. Ca. 2nd Century BC. H. 8 7/8 in. (22 cm.); Diam. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.)Ex Brian North Lee collection,Chiswick, England, acquired in 1986.Choice and rare. 60

133 HELLENISTIC BROWN GLASS AMPHORISKOSwrapped in yellow thread-glass that is feathered on thecollar, then in a spiral around the shoulder, and infeathers down to the disc foot. On either side an appliedhandle loops at the lip, flows down the neck, and ends ina loop at the shoulder. Late 2nd-1st Century BC. H. 5 in. (12.6 cm.) Ex French collection.

134 HELLENISTIC BLUE GLASS AMPHORISKOSwrapped in yellow and white thread-glass that is feath-ered on the collar, then feathered down to the disc foot.On either side an applied handle loops at the lip, andloops at the shoulder. Late 2nd-1st Century BC. H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) Ex French collection.

135 ROMAN MOULD BLOWN YELLOW GLASSHEXAGONAL VASE each of the six sides with alternat-ing vases and theater masks in relief. 1st Century AD. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) Ex English private collection, acquired in the 1970s-80s. Cf. D.Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the CorningMuseum, II, 2001, p. 36, no 506.

136 ROMAN LARGE CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE with pyriform body double waisted, a very long tubular neck,and funnel-shaped lip; greenish iridescence. 4th Century AD. H. 10 7/8 in. (27.8 cm.)Ex French collection.

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137 ROMAN MOLD BLOWN MANGANESE PURPLE GLASS HEAD FLASK, the body with the face of achild or Eros with hair in rows of tight curls; tubular neck with broad flat folded lip. 3rd-4th Century AD. H. 3 1/4 in. (8.1 cm.) Ex French collection. Cf. M. Milkovich, The AlfredWolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, Memphis, 1964, p. 34, no. 86.

138 ROMAN MOLD BLOWN AMBER GLASS HEAD FLASK, the body with the face of a child or Eros withhair in rows of tight curls; tubular neck with broad flat folded lip. 3rd-4th Century AD. H. 3 in. (7.5 cm.)Ex French collection. Cf. The Alfred Wolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, p. 34, no. 86.

139 ROMAN BLUE-GREEN GLASS ARYBALLOS, with two ribbon handles applied to the neck and shoul-der; silvery iridescence. 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) Ex collection of Gershon Bineth (d.1973), Jerusalem; Ricklis collection, NY, acquired in the early 1970s.

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ETRUSCAN LARGE GOLD PENDANT: MASK OF A SILENOSCircular, the grotesque bearded facewith mustached grin repoussé within aborder of small ‘eyes’; a suspension tababove. 5th Century BC.H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.)Ex private collection of a French schol-ar, M. M.B., acquired before 1970.

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ROMAN GOLD FINGER RING SET WITH ARELIEF OF A WEDDED COUPLE standingwith hands joined in dextrarum iunctio, bezel setin an elaborate mounting of swirling ropes andbeading. 2nd-3rd Century AD. Diam. 2.2 cm.; Wt: 4.04 g.; Size 7Ex German collection.

ROMAN GOLD FINGER RING WITH A REDCARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF PIETAS, the god-dess of duty and devotion, set within the cast, seg-mented mounting. 2nd-3rd Century AD.Diam. 1.1 cm.; Wt: 5.9 g.; Size 6 1/2Ex German private collection.

144 ROMAN GOLD WEDDING RING with a tworight hands in relief clasped dextrarum iunctio,within a raised bezel. 1st Century AD. Diam. 2 cm.; Wt: 5.8 g.; Size 8Ex Rhenish private collection, acquired fromKroha Münzkabinett, Cologne Germany, before2001.

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ROMAN SILVER ANCHOR FIBULA WITHTHREE PENDANTS suspended from chains, the pendants with punched decoration. 2nd Century AD. Total L. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) Ex German collection.

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PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EAR PENDANTSWithin a rounded bezel is the face of a god orhero in relief; below each is a glass pendant. 1st -3rd Century AD. H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.)Ex French collection.

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149 BYZANTINE SILVER RING ENGRAVED WITHARCHANGEL MICHAEL holding a staff sceptre anda sphaira. The angel is depicted nimbate, with curledhair and short beard, wearing an elaborate chiton, wings framing. 13th Century AD.Diam. 2.1 cm.; Size: 8 1/2. Ex German collection. Published in 1998 and 2004 (See no. 148) .

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PAIR OF LATE ROMAN OR EARLY BYZANTINEGOLD EAR PENDANTS of inverted volutes overbezel; stationary beaded pendant on wire loop.5th-6th Century AD. H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.)Ex Swiss collection.

148 BYZANTINE SILVER RING WITH ENGRAVEDBUST OF SAINT DEMETRIOS with cross-sceptre and inscription. Diam. 2 cm.; Size 8 Ex German col-lection. Published and exhibited: L. Wamser - G.Zahlhaas (Ed.), Rom und Byzanz. ArchäologischeKostbarkeiten aus Bayern, Munich, 1998, p. 221, no.326; L. Wamser, Die Welt von Byzanz, Munich ,2004, p. 332, no. 682.

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ROMAN NECKLACE OF GRADUATED BICONICAL AMETHYST BEADS Ca. 1st -2nd Century AD. L. 41 in. (104 cm.) Ex French collection. In ancient Rome the amethystwas believed to neutralize poisons and by extension,amethyst jewelry was thought to defend the wearerfrom infection during epidemics.

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150 BYZANTINE BRONZE PEACOCK withtail spread; extensive cold-worked incision ofthe feathers. 7th-10th Century AD. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) Ex German privatecollection, acquired in 1970.

152 EARLY BYZANTINE STUCCOAPPLIQUE MOLD: JONAH THROWNOVERBOARD A fragmentary mold for terra sigillata decora-tive appliques. 4th-5th Century AD. W. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.)Ex German private collection.

151 LATE BYZANTINE ENGRAVEDBRONZE ICON OF ST. MALEINOS The saint is depicted as a bishop wearing

vestments, holding a cross, standing under an arch. 12th-15th Century AD.H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.); W. 3 3/8 in. (8.6cm.) Ex German collection.Michael Maleinos came from a well-to-doand influential family from Cappadocia andgrew up at the court of Leo the Wise. Alreadyat the age of 18 years he withdrew from theworldly life to Bithynia, where he founded avery reputable lavra, a gathering ofanchorites. As a name saint of MichaelFeodorowitsch, the first Romanow czar, hewas revered especially in the Russian-orthodoxarea knowingly and often.

CHALCOLITHIC BROWN FLINTKNIFE said to have come from Denmark. 3500-1700 BC. L. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) ExDavid R. Russell collection, England.

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SWISS LAKE DWELLINGS NEOLITHIC FLINT AXE A small chisel-shaped axe head mounted in a deerantler sleeve with double pointed grip. Ca. 2000 BC. L. 4 in. (10 cm.) Ex English collection, retaining anold collection label inscribed: 'Coll L. Guiguard'.

SWISS LAKE DWELLINGS NEOLITHIC FLINT AXE The flint blade with curved cutting edge, mountedin a red deer antler handle, Ca. 2000 BC. L. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) German private collection, formed dur-ing the 1960s-1970s. Cf. A. MacGregor (Ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collec-tion of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, p.87, no. 5.27.

SWISS LAKE DWELLINGS NEOLITHIC FLINT AXE The black stone blade with curved cutting edge,mounted in a red deer antler handle, covered in black. Ca. 2000 BC. L. 3 in. (7.5 cm.) Ex German privatecollection, formed during the 1960s-1970s. Cf. A. MacGregor (Ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the NearEast in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, p.87, no. 5.27.

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NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY HEAD FROM ANIDOL with incised almond-shaped eyes, cheek line, raisednasal ridge, and pointed nose; perforations for earrings, andthree additional perforations at the top-back of the head. Vinca Culture, Balkan area, 5th Millennium BC. H. 1 7/8 in (4.8 cm.) Ex M. M. collection, Belgrade.

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NEOLITHIC POTTERY FERTILITY IDOL Vestigialarms and head; orifices drilled. Vinca Culture, Balkan area,5th Millennium BC. H. 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) Ex German private collection. Cf: Idole, exhibition cata-logue, Munich Staatliche Museum, 1985, p. 104, no. 49.

160 NEOLITHIC TERRACOTTA SEATED FEMALE FIGURINE (headless) with hands to breasts. Very rare. Thessaly, Greece, 6th-4th Millennium BC. H. 3 in. (7.6 cm.)Ex English collection, acquired in London, April 1989.

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IMPORTANT NORDIC NEOLITHIC STAGANTLER AXE, the edge formed by oblique cut-ting, shafthole tine-base into axe. Very large forthe type and in perfect condition. Ca. 5400-4000 BC. L. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm.) Ex The Christensen Fund collection, Palo Alto,California; private collection, Boston.

NORDIC MESOLITHIC GRAY ANDWHITE FLINT PICK, heavily percussioned,flaked on both sides to form a rare tool withcharacteristics of both a symmetrical hand axeand an early pointed spearhead. Retains someof the qualities of earlier borers and burins;heavily patinated. Ca. 9000-6000 BC. L. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) Ex The ChristensenFund collection, Palo Alto, California; privatecollection, Boston.

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SARDINIAN MARBLE FEMALE TORSO From a schematicvotive figure, of inverted triangular form. Late 3rd-2ndMillennium BC. H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) Rare. Ex English collec-tion dispersed at Sotheby’s London in December of 1993; G.H.collection, Houston, Texas, acquired from Royal-Athena in 2000.

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PAIR OF EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE BRONZE ARMLETSNarrow wound spirals, the outside edge with a strong middle rib,the upper end twisted at the rolled up ends. Ca. 1000 BC. Ls. 4 1/2 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

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EUROPEAN EARLY IRON AGE BRONZE DOUBLE SPECTACLE RING Hallstatt, 8th-7th Century BC. W. 3 1/4 in. (8.5 cm.) Ex German collection.

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ROMAN SILVER NUDE EROS HOLDING A LARGE CORNUCOPIA 2nd-3rd Century AD. H. 2 3/4 in. (7.1 cm.)Acquired in Paris, October 2000; ex F. D. collection, Novi,Michigan, acquired from Royal-Athena in August 2002.Exhibited: Ball State University Art Museum, 2002-2005; GeorgeMason University Art Museum, 2005-2011.

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167 CYPRIOT LIMESTONE LIFE-SIZE HEAD OF A BEARDED DEITY wearing a diadem above the fore-head and a long wig falling down to the shoulders. 6th-5th Century BC. H. 12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm.)Ex estate of Cole Porter; Louise Cole Schmitt (daughter of Cole Porter's first cousin Jules Omar Cole). Tip ofbeard restored.

168 ROMAN LIMESTONE RELIEF SECTION: YOUNG BOY HOLDING ROOSTER 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 7 in. (17.8. cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm.) Ex Dutch private collection, Maastricht;H.J. collection, Sun City, Arizona. Exhibited at Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1985-2009. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IV, 1985, no. 271A.

169 ROMAN LARGE STUCCO ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT: HEAD OF A SATYR THEATER MASKlooking left at a syrinx (pan flute). Additional elements include floral motifs, dental and ogee moldings. 1st-2nd Century AD. L. 16 in. (41 cm.) Cf. J. Dentzer-Feydy & J. Teixidor, Les antiquités dePalmyre au musée du Louvre, Paris, 1993, pp. 150-153. Ex French collection.

VIKING BRONZE OPEN-WORK APPLIQUE Rectangular in form, lavishly worked to depict entwinedsea serpents. Small attachment holes on the edges. 8th-9th Century AD. L. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.); H. 1 in. (2.5 cm.) Ex German collection. Cf. nearly identical example in J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XX, 2009, no. 165.

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171 GOTHIC SILVER FIBULA WITH CABOCHON GARNETS incorporating a half-circle headplate withspoked grooves and five projecting knobs, an arched bow with a pronounced central ridge, and a long point-ed foot plate decorated with grooves with geometric motifs. 5th Century AD. L. 4 in. (10 cm.) Cf. J. Werner, ‘Studien zu Grabfunden des V Jahrhunderts aus der Slovakai und der Karpatenukraine’,SLA, 1959, pp. 427-431. Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

172 NORTH WESTERN CELTIC BRONZE OPEN-WORK CIRCULAR PENDANT topped with a double,arching loop and finely worked with braided wire, suspending seven decorative chains. 9th-10th Century AD. H. 6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) Ex German collection.

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EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM LIMESTONESUNK RELIEF OF ITJER, with the figure of aman striding to left, wearing a kilt, broad collar,and short beard, and holding a tall staff in hisright hand and a cloth in his left; his face withlarge almond-shaped eye and eyebrow in relief; aninscription above containing his name, Itjer. VIth Dynasty, ca. 2360-2195 BC.H. 24 in. (61 cm.); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm.)Ex Michel Abemayor, New York, 1959, as from theTomb of Methethy; New York private collection,acquired from the above in the 1980s.

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EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONEBUST OF AN OFFICIAL wearing a shortbraided wig and a short beard. The reverse has aninscribed back pillar, of which only the topremains, carved with two lines of hieroglyphs,'Two arms under...' and '...whom the sacred bar-que has passed'.XVIIIth-XXIth Dynasty 1550-1070 BC.H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection.Acquired from Charles Ratton, Paris, in 1959 (acopy of the original invoice will accompany thispurchase.)

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EGYPTIAN DIORITE HEAD OF ANOFFICIAL wearing a shoulder length baggywig/head cloth. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC.H. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.)Ex old European collection.Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the AncientWorld, vol. XIII, 2002, no. 151.

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EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DEEP BUST OFA MAN seated with his arms at his sides,with a broad striated wig, originally wearinga kilt, the belt and tab preserved; a hiero-glyphic inscription on the back pillar, reads‘A Royal offering (to) Rat-Tawy, Lady of

[Heaven?]...’ XXIInd Dynasty, 945-712 BC.H. 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.)Ex Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith; lentto the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1934;gifted in 1952; deaccessioned in 2010. Rat-Tawy was "the Sun Goddess of the TwoLands," the feminine form of Ra/Re. She wasconnected with the temple of Medamud. (SeeR.H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods andGoddesses of Ancient Egypt, London, 2003,p. 164).

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EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SUNK RELIEF, Five columns of hieroglyphic text: Prayers to the Aten withcartouches of Nefertiti (l.) & Akenaten (r.); to r., cartouches of the princesses Meritaton, Meketaton, andAnchesenpaaton. (See full copy in Geschenk des Nils). Amarna Period, 1365-1353 BC. W. 20 7/8 in. (53.1cm.); H: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) Ex R.B. collection, Darien, CT, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1991. Pub.: G. Roeder, Amarna-Reliefs aus Hermopolis, Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Hermopolis-Expeditionin Hermopolis 1929-1939, vol. II, Hildesheim, 1969, 172, 176, pl. 201; Geschenk des Nils, 1978, no.201.

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EGYPTIAN KUSHITE BLACK STONE MALE BUSTBald and bare chested; with an uninscribed back pillar.XXVth Dynasty, 750-656 BC. H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.)Ex English collection; M.A.M. collection, Pontiac,Michigan, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1984.Exhibited: Detroit Institute of Art, 1985-1989.

182EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE CANOPIC JAR WITH AHUMAN HEAD of Imsety, son of Horus and guardian of the liver. Late Dynastic Period, 712-343 BC. H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) Ex P.A. (1908-2004) collection,a UN diplomat, New York, acquired from S. O.Simonian, Cairo, in June 1970; thence by descent.

183EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF SECTION A priestwith shaven head striding to right wearing a long pleatedloincloth fastened with a panther-headed belt. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC. H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)Ex collection of Mme. V., Paris, acquired in1960.

EGYPTIAN STEATITE RECUMBENT SPHINX WITH THE HEAD OF A PHARAOH wearing thenemes-headcloth. XXXth Dynasty -Ptolemaic Period 380-30 BC. L. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) Ex L.T. collection, Pennsylvania,acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1982.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS, eyes inlaid with silver and holdingthe crook and flail, and wearing the Atef-crown with ram’s horns.On an integral base. Late Dynastic Period, 712-343 BC. H. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) Ex Lequeu collection, acquired in Egypt at thebeginning of the 20th century.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS, mummiform, holding the crookand flail, and wearing the Atef-crown. Late Period, 712-30 BC.H. 6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) Ex French collection.

186EGYPTIAN BRONZE PTAH, PATRON GOD OF ARTISTSAND CRAFTSMEN, wearing a cap and closely wrapped cloak;traces of gold sheathing remaining. Late Period, 664-30 BC. H. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) Ex Trampitsch collection, Paris; R.B. collection, Darien, Connecticut, acquired from Royal-Athena in1989. Fine Style. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the AncientWorld, 1985, no. 459.

187EGYPTIAN BRONZE ENTHRONED OSIRIS IAH, mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig with uraeus surmounted bya crescent moon and sun disk. He holds the crook and flail crossedover his chest. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC.H. 4 in. (10 cm.) Ex French collection. A rare syncretistic formof Osiris as the moon god.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE STRIDING KHONSU-THOTHwearing a composite headpiece with a lunar crescent and diskwith the ibis head of Thoth, surmounted by the Atef-crownwith ram’s horns, plumes, and solar disk. He also wears a tri-partite striated wig, khebesout false beard, and a kilt. On anintegral rectangular base. Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC.H 5 1/2 in. (17.1 cm.) Exhibited and published: C.A.R.Andrews and J.van Dijk, Objects for Eternity, EgyptianAntiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz,2006, pp. 172-173, no. 3.04, illus.

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EGYPTIAN GOLD-INLAID BRONZE STRIDING FALCON-HEADED HORUS wearing tripartite wig andshendyt-kilt, both incised and inlaid with gold wire. Botharms of this sky god are held out before him. On an integralrectangular base. Libyan Period, ca. 900-700 BC. H. 3 1/4in. (8.3 cm.) Ex English collection. Published: J. Eisenberg,Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIII, 2002, no.161.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE STRIDING ANUBIS wearing a tripartite wig and loin cloth; on an integral rectangular base. Ptolemaic Period, 2nd-1st Century BC. H. 3 in. (7.5 cm.)Ex French collection.

EGYPTIAN BRONZE STANDARD FINIAL OF HORUSdepicted as a falcon wearing the Double Crown and standingon a papyrus column. Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC.H. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) Ex French collection.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE FINIAL OF THEGODDESS SELKET with the body of ascorpion. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC.H. 3 in. (7.6 cm.)Ex collection of Victor Bénédict, France,acquired between 1890 and 1930. Cf. C. Spieser, ‘“Serket”, protector of thechildren to be born and deceased to comeback to life,’ Revue d’Egyptologie 52,2001, pp. 251-264.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE STANDARD SURMOUNTED BY A SACRED BULLreclining; between his horns is a solar disk. Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC.H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.)Ex French collection; acquired at the Drouotin Paris, Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of theAncient World, vol. XIV, 2003, no.174.

194EGYPTIAN BRONZE MIRROR: HANDLE IN THE FORM OF A NUDEFEMALE wearing a tripartite wig, herhands cupping her breasts. Rare. Ptolemaic Period, 2nd-1st Century BC.H. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.)Ex French collection.

195EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT INSCRIBED FOR HOR-IRY SON OF PA-DI (?) She is the embodiment of thegoddess of joy, Bastet, seated in the traditional pose on an integrally cast base with hieroglyphic invocation toOsiris written twice: ‘Live! Recitation by Osiris, (that he) may give life and health to Hori son of Pa-di [?][…?...] the East..’ Late Dynastic 664-332 BC. H. 4 in. (10 cm.) Ex Belgian collection, acquired in the 1980s.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE DEEP BUST OF ACAT the embodiment of the goddess of joy,Bastet. Breast restored. Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC. H. 3 in. (7.6 cm.) Ex collection of Mrs. EliasVaes (1908-2002), Netherlands, formedbetween 1960-70; Kralings Museum,Rotterdam.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT, the embodiment of the goddess of joy, Bastet, seated in the traditional pose. Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC. H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) Ex old French collection, acquired in the late 1950s-early 60s.

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198EGYPTIAN BRONZE STRIDINGLION with stylized, incised mane.Ptolemaic Period, 2nd-1st Century BC.L. 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) Ex French collection.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE CROUCHINGIBIS Solid cast with engraved tailfeathers and legs on oval bronze base.Ptolemaic Period 305-30 BC. H. 3 3/8 in. (9 cm.); L. 4 in. (10.2 cm.)Ex Maurice Nahman, Cairo, 1939;acquired by the Cincinnati Art Museumin 1947, deaccessioned at Sotheby’s NYin 1994; R.B. collection, Darien,Connecticut.

200EGYPTIAN BRONZE HORUS FALCON STANDING ATOP A SARCOPHAGUS, wearing the DoubleCrown and beaded collar. Entire bodyfinely engraved.Ptolemaic Period 305-30 BC.H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.); L. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.)Ex R.B. collection, Darien,Connecticut, acquired at Sotheby’s NY,December 17, 1992, lot no. 34.

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203 EGYPTIAN GLASSY DEEP BLUE FAIENCEUSHABTI OF HOR, Prophet of Amun, with wig, facialdetails and hieroglyphic inscription in black paint. XXIstDynasty, ca. 1069-945 BC. H. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.)From the 2nd cachette at Deir el-Bahari, uncovered in1892. The Hor ushabtis are considered the most beautifulof the entire cachette.

204 EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE USHABTI FORNEFER-KA, Administrator of the Temple of Ptah, mum-miform, holding hoes and seed bag; nine horizontal linesof hieroglyphic text. XXVIth Dynasty, ca. 664-525 BC.7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) Ex R.B. collection, Darien,Connecticut. Extremely fine style.

205 EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCEUSHABTI Uninscribed.Early Ptolemaic, 4th-3rd Century BC.Ex R.B. collection, Darien,Connecticut.

201 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM POLYCHROMEWOOD USHABTI of the Guardian of the Temple of the Two Lands. XIXth Dynasty, ca. 1293-1185 BC. H. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) Ex French collection.

202 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE USHABTI OFAMENEMOPÉ, Priest of Amun, with frontal column ofhieroglyphic text and details in black. XXIst Dynasty, ca.1080-945 BC. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) Ex French col-lection. Cf. J.-F. and L. Aubert, Statuaires Égyptiennes:Chaouabtis-Ouchebtis, Paris, 1973, pl. 41, for similarexamples.

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206 EGYPTIAN BLUE-GREEN FAIENCE ENTHRONEDISIS NURSING HARPOKRATES She wears upon herhead the hieroglyph of her name fronted with a uraeus;her feathered throne with finely incised details. PtolemaicPeriod, 305-30 BC.H. 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) Ex French collection.

207 EGYPTIAN GREEN AND YELLOW GLAZEDFAIENCE AMULET OF A NUDE FEMALE CONCUBINE or servant carrying a vase on her headwith both hands raised to support the vessel. Two ducksare bent under her shoulders along the body and twocobras along her back feet. Rare. XXIInd Dynasty, 945-712 BC.H. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) Ex French collection.

208 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET OF SEKHMET, lion-headed goddess of passion and war.Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) Ex French collection.

209 EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE AMULET OFTHOUERIS The goddess patroness of pregnancy andprotector of the family at night is depicted as a bipedalhippopotamus with the tail of a crocodile; wearing tripar-tite wig. Early Ptolemaic, 4th-3rd Century BC. H 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) Ex R.B. collection, Darien,Connecticut, acquired in Paris, September 1992.

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211 EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE AMULET OF THE HORUS FALCON wearing the Double Crown. Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC. H. 2 in. (5.1 cm.) Ex French collection.

212 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET OF THE SKY GOD, SHU, his head topped by the solardisc, kneeling, his arms raised, and his right foreleg touching the ground, the left knee bent.Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC. H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) Ex French collection.

213 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE BES The dwarf god standing with bared teeth and wearing feathercrown. XXI-XXVth Dynasty, 1069-664 BC. H. 2 in. (5.1 cm.) Ex collection of Edouard Louis Joseph,Baron Empain (1852-1929), France.

214 EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE AMULET OF BES, fearsome, dwarf protector of women in childbirthand dispeller of bad dreams; with leonine face, mane, and tail and wearing feathered headdress. Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305-30 BC. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) Ex R.B. collection, Darien, Connecticut.

210 EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE AMULET OF ACOUCHANT SPHINX with the body of a lion and thehead of a pharaoh wearing the nemes headdress. LateDynastic Period, 664-343 BC. L. 2 in. (5 cm.) Ex French collection.

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215 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE NUDE PATAIKOS Dwarf protector of children. Late Period, 664-30 BC. H. 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) Ex French collection.

216 EGYPTIAN PALE TURQUOISE FAIENCE DEEP BUST OF ISIS LACTANS wearing a tripartite wig that is fronted by a cobra and surmounted by her hieroglyph, a throne; suspension loop on back. Very fine style. Early Ptolemaic, 4th-3rd Century BC. H 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) Ex R.B. collection, Darien, Connecticut,acquired at Numismatic Fine Arts sale, New York, December 11, 1991, lot no. 33.

217 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE WEDJAT-EYE (EYE OF HORUS) with black painted eyebrow andpupil; remains of white glass inlay; seated cat in front. 3rd Intermediate Period, 1085-715 BC.H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) Ex Thetis Foundation, Geneva; New York private collection.

218 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET OF A CAT, seated on a rectangular base, with ribbed suspension ring. The cat is symbolic of Bastet, the goddess of women and joy.. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC.H. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm.) Ex French collection; New York private collection.

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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM POLY-CHROME WOOD FEMALE SERVANTwearing a close wig and sheath dress; bend-ing forward from the waist, probably toknead bread or to strain mash for beer. Probably from Assuit, XIIth Dynasty, ca. 1780-1191 BC.H. 12 in. (30.5 cm.)Ex Diniacopoulos Collection, Montrealformed between 1910-1932 and 1954;Carlos Museum, Emory University;American private collection, Providence,Rhode Island.

PAIR OF EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOMPOLYCHROME WOOD FEMALE SERVANT FIGURES The standing fig-ures lean forward, preparing to strainmash for beer or to prepare dough, wear-ing knee-length white skirts, bodies paint-ed in yellow ochre, facial detail and hairin black. VIth Dynasty, ca. 2345-2181BC. H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.)Ex collection of Edouard Louis Joseph,Baron Empain (1852-1929), France.

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221EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM WOOD LEFT ARM,in two parts joined at the elbow by a dowel and mortise, thefist with finely delineated finger nails, clenched around anobject, now missing; slight remains of pigment; from a statue. XIIth Dynasty, ca. 1991-1780 BC. L. 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.); H. 4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.)Ex collection of Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain (1852-1929), France.

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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM WOOD RIGHT ARM,with naturalistically and finely modeled details, clasping awooden instrument; from a statue. XIIth Dynasty, ca. 1991-1780 BC. L. 10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) Ex collection of Edouard LouisJoseph, Baron Empain (1852-1929), France.

223EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM WOOD CLAPPERS,each carved with a slender hand,the finger nails well detailed, wear-ing a triple wrist band, the armgently curving into the elbow.Ancient musical instruments usedfor both dance and religion. XIIth Dynasty, ca. 1991-1780 BC. L. 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.)Ex collection of Edouard LouisJoseph, Baron Empain (1852-1929), France.

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227EGYPTIAN WOOD NUDE CONCUBINEOR SERVANT, standing with her feet togetheron an integral plinth, her right arm lowered,her left bent with the hand below the breasts;wearing a short wig of echeloned curls thatframe her face and cover her ears. XXVth Dynasty, 712-664 BC.H. 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm.)Ex Luigi Vassalli Collection (1818-1887);Horace L. Mayer Collection; gifted to theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1957. deaccessioned in 2010.

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EGYPTIAN WOOD FRAGMENTARYOBELISK WITH OSIRIS carved in highrelief on one side. Mummiform, he wears theAtef-crown and holds the crook and flail; eyesrecessed for inlay. Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC. H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) Ex French collection.

EGYPTIAN WOOD STRIDING DIGNITARY, probably a priest, with shavedhead and nude but for a kilt; arms at hissides. Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 BC. H. 9 in. (23 cm.) Ex French collection.

EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM GESSO-PAINTEDWOOD LEFT FOOT with sandal strap, dowel at back;from a statue. XIIth Dynasty, ca. 1991-1780 BC. L. 5 1/4 in. (13.2 cm.) Ex collection of Edouard LouisJoseph, Baron Empain (1852-1929), France.

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EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM BRONZEKNIFE with lotus-form carved wood handle.Ca. 1550-1070 BC. Rare.L. 11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) Ex French collection.

231EGYPTIAN WOOD COPTIC DOLL The eyesare almond shaped and deeply incised, as is pubictriangle. Ca. AD 395-641.H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) Ex French collection.Cf. W. M. F. Petrie, Objects of Daily Use,London, 1927, pl. L, no. 600.

EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC FLAKED FLINTCURVED KNIFE with long rounded blade andshort handle grip. 4th-3rd Millennium BC. L. 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.)Ex collection of Edouard Louis Joseph, BaronEmpain (1852-1929), France.

EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGESECTION DEPICTING THE APIS BULLmummified, reclining on a bier, wearing a beadedshroud, a bead necklace, a solar disk between hishorns, and flail raised at his side. Ca. 1050-525 BC. W. 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm.Ex collection of Louis Zara (1920-2001)

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ANATOLIAN NEOLITHIC GOLD IDOL of stylizedhuman form made from sheet gold with struck decorativedots. Two holes in the center. Rare. Anatolia, ca. 4500 - 3300 BC. H. 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.); Wt. 4.42 gr. Ex private collection, Vienna.

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EASTERN ANATOLIAN GREEN STEATITE SEATEDFIGURE, presumably a god, his hands upon his knees,carved with stylized human features and a conical head. Late 4th Millennium BC. H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.)Ex French collection. Cf. J. L. Zimmermann, Collection dela fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, no. 2.

EASTERN ANATOLIAN BROWN STEATITE KNEEL-ING FIGURE, presumably a god, his hands upon hisknees, carved with stylized human features and a conicalheaddress. Late 4th Millennium BC. H. 1 5/8 in. (4 cm.)Ex collection of Jan Beekmans, Germany, assembledbetween 1960-1970.

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HITTITE BRONZE LUGGED AXEwith trapezoidal heel and biconcave blade. 2nd Millennium BC. L. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001),Berlin. Cf. D. Russel, Antique WoodworkingTools, Their Craftsmanship from the EarliestTimes to the Twentieth Century, Cambridge,2010, p. 34, no. 83.

URARTIAN LARGE BRONZE PECTORAL WITH REPOUSSÉ DECORATION including three images of Inanna, the powerful goddess of love and war, on both shoulder guards, and four

(of five) double ‘serpent chains’ draped across the front.Very rare. 8th-7th Century BC. W. 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm)Ex Zurich private collection, before 1995.

There are numerous holes around the edge where the pectoral was attached to a tunic. This crescent-shaped pec-toral may have been worn around the neck of a high official. Two bronze statuettes in the VorderasiatischesMuseum, Berlin, depict male figures with crescent-shaped pectorals.

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PHOENICIAN LARGE TERRACOTTA STANDING YOUTH,his right hand raised in an attitude of prayer or greeting; the leftonce held an implement. Mediterranean marine encrustations.6th Century BC. H. 41 in. (104.1 cm.) Ex Marwan Shehab collection, Beirut, acquired from Asfar and Sarkis, Beirut, in 1964.

239PHOENICIAN LARGE TERRACOTTA HALF-FIGURE OF ASEATED NUDE YOUTH, possibly a victorious athlete, withpierced ears. The legs, now lost, were apparently made separatelyand then attached; part of the bench remaining. Mediterraneanmarine encrustations. 6th Century BC. H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.)Ex Marwan Shehab collection, Beirut, acquired from Asfar andSarkis, Beirut, in 1964.

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PHOENICIAN LARGE TERRACOTTA PREGNANT YOUNGWOMAN standing veiled, wearing a diaphanous long garmentthat clings to her body, playing the double flute. Mediterraneanmarine encrustations. 6th Century BC. H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm.)Ex Marwan Shehab collection, Beirut, acquired from Asfar andSarkis, Beirut, in 1964.

241PHOENICIAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A YOUTH WITHROWS OF CURLS, possibly a victorious athlete, with pierced ears.6th Century BC. H. 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm) Ex French collection.

SCYTHIAN IRON DAGGER A double-edged blade with the characteristically-shaped quillons;broad tang with decorative notches on the side; a ring-shaped pommel, the ends terminating in stylized eagle heads. Black Sea, 3rd-2nd Century BC. L. 17 1/4 in. (44 cm)Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

SCYTHIAN IRON DAGGER A two-edged blade with typically formed handlecharacteristically-shaped quillons; a slender shank with wide iron pommel. Black Sea, 3rd-2nd Century BC.L. 11 1/4in. (28.5 cm) Ex private collection, Vienna, 1980s.

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SCYTHIAN SILVER FINGER RING ENGRAVED WITH A HORSEMAN, hisarms extended. Southeast Caspian region. Earlier 1st Millennium BC. Rare.Diam. 2.8 cm.; Wt: 46.9 g.; Size 7 1/2 Ex German private collection, acquiredbefore 1980.

244 NEAR EASTERN IRON SWORD, the blade with a broad flattened mid-rib, thegrip with a tang pierced with two discs separating the three now-missing sections ofinlay; with a crescent-shaped pommel. 1st Millennium BC. L. 20 in. (51 cm.)Ex English private collection, acquired in London in 1985.

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SCYTHIAN GOLD AEDICULA PENDANT OF A GODDESS standing within ashrine, restraining a crouching lion in each hand by a chain. 8th - 7th Century BC.H. 2 3/4 in. (7.1 cm.) Ex German collection.

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SCYTHO-SARMATIAN OPENWORK BRONZE HORSE TRAPPING, shield-shaped with two resisters of ani-mals, the lower with a pair of rearing horses confronted against a central pole standard. East of Colchis, BlackSea area, N.E. Caucasus (Georgia), 3rd-2nd Century BC. H. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) Cf. V. Nauka, Archéologie del’Union Soviétique, 1992, p. 10, no. 13.

WESTERN ASIATIC ORANGE BRECCIA CHALICE, the hemispheric cup on a thick column flaring at thebase. Late 3rd-early 2nd Millennium BC. H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) Ex French collection.

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SCYTHO-SARMATIAN OPENWORK BRONZE HORSE TRAPPING, shield-shaped with two registers ofbirds, beneath are two rearing horses confronted against a central pole standard. East of Colchis, Black Sea area,N.E. Caucasus (Georgia). 3rd-2nd Century BC. H. 6 5/8 in. (17 cm.); w. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) Ex Dr. Wassilijew collection; French collection. Similar bronzes were found in the Caucasus, west of theCaspian Sea in Dagestan (See R. Agayev, ‘BeltBuckles from Dagestan’, Soviet Archaeology.)

PARTHIAN BRONZE HANDLE: LEAPING LIONESS OR PANTHER.Ca. 3rd Century AD. L. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) On loan to the Sackler Art Museum, Harvard, 1989-2011.

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standing quadruped. 2nd Millennium BC. L. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm.) Ex English collection, 1990s; with Royal-Athena in 1995. Probably unique.

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his objects of art, rather than depositing them in avault or holding receipts. Also, art is not as volatileas stocks and bonds, the coin, gem, and collectiblesmarkets, and especially the gold and silver markets.

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Royal-Athena GalleriesJerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D., the founder and

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Over the past 55 years we have sold more than 800works of ancient art to many of the country's lead-ing museums, including the Metropolitan Museumof Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the SacklerArt Museum at Harvard University, the YaleUniversity Art Gallery, the Princeton University ArtMuseum, the Newark Museum, the Walters ArtGallery, the Detroit lnstitute of Arts, the CincinnatiArt Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, theMilwaukee Public Museum, the New OrleansMuseum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the J.Paul Getty Museum. In addition to the BritishMuseum and the Louvre, we have sold ancientworks of art to the Benaki Museum (Athens), theEgyptian Museum (Barcelona), the Musée duCinquantenaire (Brussels), the Museum of Fine Arts(Budapest), the Römisch-Germanisches Museum(Cologne), the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden(Leiden), the Museo Archeológico Nacional(Madrid), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, theRoyal Ontario Museum (Toronto), the PapyrusMuseum (Vienna), and a number of other museumsin Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Germany,Japan, and Switzerland. The new Mougins Museumof Classical Art in Mougins, France, has acquirednearly 200 antiquities from us. The catalogs of clas-sical marble sculptures from the Museum of FineArts, Boston, and from the J. Paul Getty Museumillustrate no less than 39 pieces acquired from ourgalleries. In addition, over one thousand objectspurchased from us have been donated to many othermuseums, including the Freer Gallery of Art, theSackler Gallery (The Smithsonian Institution), andthe Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Dr. Eisenberg travels overseas several times annu-ally to visit collectors, museums, clients, and manyof the nearly 150 private sources, agents, dealers, and auction houses with whom he is in frequentcontact. Since 1954 he has made over 250 overseastrips, purchasing over forty thousand antiquities formany tens of millions of dollars.

Why Collect Ancient Art?There are several reasons for collecting fine works

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collecting: 1. Study the field which interests you as much aspossible. 2. Buy cautiously at first.3. Make sure that your work of art has quality. 4. Deal with a top gallery or art dealer. “Some deal-ers and major galleries will guarantee the authentici-ty of the art works they sell, so check this point aswell." (Not only have we been guaranteeing ourancient art for over fifty years, but to the best of ourknowledge our two-day auction sale conducted byParke-Bernet Galleries (now Sotheby's) in 1964 wasthe first auction sale by several years in which everypiece was guaranteed - but by us!) 5. Have an understanding with your dealer or galleryabout trading up - so he’ll repurchase or resell yourworks as you have more money to invest in high qual-ity art. (We normally allow full credit for the exchangeor upgrading of objects purchased from us.)6. Do not buy art works just because they are a cur-rent rage. 7. Ask the advice of museum directors or curatorswhenever possible. 8. Decide upon your investing limit before you buy.If you fall in love with a more expensive object try toarrange for a time payment. (We certainly encouragethis and offer flexible time payments!) 9. Spread your financial risks by buying a variety ofart unless you are an expert in a particular field. 10. “Buy the best examples you can afford in anycategory.”

We would add two other important rules: 11. Ask for the provenance of any potential acqui-sitions. 12. Do not buy objects that have been signifi-cantly restored. Beware of overly restored faces inboth vase painting and sculpture.

Ancient Art as an lnvestmentHistorically, ancient art investments have yielded

excellent long-term capital appreciation, usually 8%to 10% annually. Any investment in tangibles, espe-cially works of art, should be projected for at leastfive to ten vears. Normally one should not hold more than 10% of their investment portfolio in art.Collecting fine art is a pleasurable way of hedging against inflation because the investor can enjoy

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This aggressive purchasing policy, perhaps without par-allel in the field, enables us to offer an extraordinarynumber of choice objects at very reasonable prices. Ourwillingness to buy in volume and to purchase ourinventory outright, rather than to take it on consign-ment, results in extremely competitive pricing, oftenconsiderably below that of other galleries.

Furthermore, exchanges and purchases are fre-quently made from many past and present clientswho may be upgrading their collections or liquidat-ing some of their holdings in order to collect in otherareas. Exchanges or purchases are sometimes carriedout with museums both in the United States and inEurope for their duplicate accessions or for objectsnot in their recent or current fields of specialization.

Expertise and EthicsAncient art has been the specialty of our director

for some 57 years, and numismatics for 70 years.His many publications on ancient art and numismat-ics span over five decades. The first volume of Art ofthe Ancient World by Dr. Eisenberg was published in1965. Since 1968 Dr. Eisenberg has concentrated onexpertise in the ancient arts, having lectured on thissubject at New York University and presented sever-al scholarly papers at the annual meetings of theArchaeological Institute of America, most recentlyon the ‘Roman’ Rubens Vase. His wide range ofexpertise is further revealed through other recentpapers: on Egyptian bronzes at a Congress of theInternational Association of Egyptologists, onEtruscan bronze forgeries at an International BronzeCongress, on the ‘Greek’ Boston and Ludovisithrones at the Magna Graecia Symposium in Venice,on Roman bronze forgeries at the 1999 InternationalBronze Congress, and on the Portland Vase as aRenaissance work of art at the 2003 InternationalCongress of Classical Archaeology. He chaired aconference in London on the Phaistos Disk in 2008.

In 1996 he was a Visiting Professor at the Instituteof Classical Archaeology of the University of Leipzig,Germany. He was elected a Fellow of the RoyalNumismatic Society in 1952; a member of theArchaeological Institute of America in 1960 (and aLife Member in 1988); a Patron of the AmericanNumismatic Society in 1955 (and a Life Associate in1998); a Fellow for Life of the MetropolitanMuseum of Art in 1966; and most recently, aBenefactor of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, andan Honorary Fellow of the Egyptian Museum inBarcelona, Spain.

Dr. Eisenberg has appeared as an Expert in theCourts of several states and has conducted appraisalsfor the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S.Treasury Department, the U.S. Customs Service, theMetropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul GettyMuseum, as well as many other prominent institu-tions. He was elected a Qualified Appraiser by theAppraisers Association of America in 1964 and hasrecently participated in several episodes of theAntiques Road Show. He served on the vetting com-mittee of the European Fine Art Fair at Maastrichtfrom 1993 to 2001 and was the Chairman and co-organizer of the New York Antiquarian InternationalFine Art Fair held in November 2001.

Dr. Eisenberg has been a leader for several yearsin the promotion of the ethical acquisition of antiquities by museums and collec-tors and has delivered papers on this subject at theArchaeology Section of the U.K. Institute forConservation in 1993 and at the 1998 InternationalCongress of Classical Arch-aeologists. He gave anaddress by invitation on the international trade inantiquities at the UNIDROIT Convention inRome in 1993.

He organized two symposia in New York in 1994on public policy and the movement of antiquitiesand in 1998 on the acquisition of antiquities bymuseums for the International Association ofDealers in Ancient Art, of which he is a foundingmember and was a member of the executive boardfrom 1993 to 2002.

In 1999 he presented testimony to the UnitedStates Cultural Properties Committee on the legaland illegal trade in ancient art in Italy.In 2003 he was a featured speaker and panel partic-ipant in the U.S. Government Conference onStolen Mideast Antiquities in Washington, D.C.Also in 2003 he featured on the European TV chan-nel Arte and on BBC Radio’s File on Four in in-depth interviews on the antiquities trade. He ap-peared on television on CBS News, Dateline NBC,PBS Jim Lehrer News Hour, and CBC Television(Canada), and was interviewed on the BBC andPBR Radio, and in print in the New York Times,Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, PhiladelphiaInquirer, Washington Post, The Times, and a dozenother publications. In 2004 he was featured on aDiscovery Channel program and on Fox News onthe antiquities trade. Also in 2004 he presented apaper on ‘The Mesopotamian Antiquities Trade andthe Looting of the Iraq Museum’ to the AmericanBar Association. In 2005 he was interviewed on theantiquities market and the collecting of antiquitieson National Public Radio in the US and in 2006 onNational Public Television in Athens, Greece.

In 2007 he delivered a paper on ‘Perspectives onthe Antiquities Trade and the Collector: Past,Present, and Future’ at the symposium ‘The Futureof the Global Past’ at Yale University. He was inter-viewed in depth for his expertise on Greek televi-sion in 2008 and on Artfinding in 2009.

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In the newly opened Mougins Museum ofClassical Art, in the French Riviera, a few kilo-

meters away from Cannes, among the fourfloors of works of art there are nearly 200

antiquities acquired from Royal-Athena includ-ing many marble statues and heads, bronze hel-mets, and other ancient treasures. They havean excellent website and a superb catalog hasjust been issued. See www.mouginsmusee.com.

MINERVAMinerva, the bi-monthly, international review of ancient art,archaeology, and numismatics, published in England, was

established by Dr Eisenberg, its publisher and editor-in-chieffrom 1990 to 2009. It features the most extensive and timely

coverage by any magazine of worldwide excavations, auctions and exhibitions emphasizing Greece, Etruria, the Roman Empire,

Egypt, and the Near East. The book reviews are concise and objective. It also includes the

most extensive annotated listings of international museum exhibi-tions, meetings, and symposia in ancient art and archaeology.

Subscription (6 issues per year):U.K.: 1 year £21, 2 years £39, 5 years £90.

Europe: 1 year £23, 2 years £44, 5 years £100.

U.S.A., Canada, and rest of world:Surface: 1 year $50, 2 years $90, 5 years $220.Air: 1 year $66, 2 years $122, 5 years $296.

Sample copies: $8 or £6 postpaid. editorial@minervamagazine.com www.minervamagazine.com

Art and Antique Dealers League

Appraisers Association of America

International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art

Confederation Internationale desNegociants en Oeuvres d’Art

Wanted to Purchase: Fine Antiquities of All PeriodsWe are prepared to travel world-wide to acquire select works of legally acquired ancient art

for our continually expanding clientele.We will purchase collections of any size, act as your agent to sell your objects on commission, or

exchange them for other select pieces from our extensive inventory.Send photographs and full details with your letter or e-mail.

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Ancient CoinsWe carry a fine stock of select Greek silver and bronze coins from $100, Roman gold coins from

$1,000, and Roman silver and bronze coins from $75. We began our business as ‘Royal Coin Company’in January 1942, 70 years ago, and Dr Eisenberg, cofounder of the firm, has specialized in ancient coins,as sole proprietor, since 1952.

AcknowledgementsDr. Eisenberg wishes to express his gratitude to F. Williamson Price who has again diligently prepared

and co-authored the catalog, to Ramon Perez who did nearly all of the photography, to the scholars whoattributed and reattributed some of the sculptures and vases, especially Kees Neeft and the late KonradSchauenburg, and to the several others who prefer to remain anonymous.

Recent Royal-Athena Catalogs:• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XV, 2004) illustratesin full color 190 objects. (72 pages, $5) • Gods & Mortals: Bronzes of the Ancient World(2004, illustrates in full color 80 objects, 80 pages, $5) • Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare(2004, illustrates in full color 100 objects, 48 pages, $5) • Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XVI, 2005, illustratesin full color 192 objects, 80 pages, $5)• Mythologies of the Classical World & Ancient Egypt(2006, 48 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XVII, 2006, illustratesin full color 233 objects, 96 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XVIII, 2007, illustratesin full color 259 objects, 96 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XIX, 2008, illustratesin full color 222 objects, 96 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XX, 2009, illustrates infull color 217 objects, 96 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XXI, 2010, illustratesin full color 252 objects, 96 pages, $5)• 1000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases, 2010, illustrates infull color 195 vases, 96 pages, $5)• All 11 of the above catalogs (total list price $50), with price lists: $40. (Add $50 for overseas airmail.)

Other Royal-Athena Catalogs Available • Art of the Ancient World(Vol. IV, 1985) illustrates in full color over 600 works ofart. 208 pages, 192 color plates: $15 • Gods & Mortals: Bronzes of the Ancient World(1989) illustrates in full color 180 objects. (52 pages, $5) • One Thousand Years of Ancient Greek Vases fromGreece, Etruria, & Southern Italy (1990) illustrates infull color 186 vases. (48 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. VIII, 1995) illustrates

in full color 244 objects. (48 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. IX, 1997) illustrates

in full color 264 objects. (64 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. X, 1999) illustrates in

full color 264 objects. (64 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XI, 2000) illustrates

in full color 167 objects. (64 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XII, 2001) illustrates

in full color 410 objects; 30 pages of glossaries andmythologies. (161 pages, $10)

New YorkRichard M. Novakovich Assistant Director &

ManagerBetty W. Eisenberg ComptrollerSuzanne George Office Manager

London (Seaby Antiquities)Anthony Law AdministratorPeter Clayton Consultant

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F. Williamson Price, Associate Director Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D., Director

Alan J. Eisenberg Newsletter EditorRamon Perez PhotographerAndrew England WebmasterAlina Bessarabova Conservator

• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XIII, 2002) illus-trates in full color 203 objects. (80 pages, $5)• Art of the Ancient World (Vol. XIV, 2003) illus-

trates in full color 225 objects. (80 pages, $5)• A number of the objects in the last several catalogsare still available. Price lists will be included.• All 10 of the above catalogs, 1985 through 2003

(total list price $65), only $50. (Add $50 for over-seas airmail.)Orders for our catalogs may be charged to your creditcard. Trade lnquiries

We cordially invite inquiries from fellow art dealers,art consultants, architects, interior designers, and insti-tutional collectors and investors.Special Presentations, Condition Reports, andColor Photographs of Objects

We can supply special presentations with furtherinformation, such as condition reports, and 4 x 6 in.(10x15 cm.) or 8 x 10 in. (20x25 cm.) color pho-tographs, often with other views or close-ups, onany of the objects illustrated in this catalog uponrequest. A selection of photographs may also beviewed at our London gallery or at the various fairs.

Conservation and Mounting ServicesA professional conservator, Alina Bessarabova,

working on our premises in New York, does expertconservation and restoration of ancient art andantiques. A same-day or a one day service is availablefor an additional charge. Small metal and woodmountings and bases are custom made but due toinsurance restrictions this work is usually limited toobjects purchased from us. We are pleased to accepttrade accounts. Terms and Conditions of Sale

All items are offered subject to prior sale. All pricesare subject to change without notice, otherwise, the cur-rent price list is valid through 2012. The following cred-it cards are honored: American Express,Visa, Mastercard.A deferred payment plan is also available. New York res-idents must add the appropriate sales taxes (currently 87/8%). No cash refunds may be made after 10 days ofreceipt; however, full credit is allowed on all objects pur-chased from our galleries with the exception of a fewconsigned items. All shipping and insurance charges willbe billed to the purchaser. Title remains with Royal-Athena Galleries until payment is made in full.

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