Greek Artifacts


Enlarge Syrian Terracotta Bowl, c. 2000 BC

Syrian Bowl with Lug Handle, Terracotta, 2000 BCE. Hand thrown, tan clay,157 x 157 x 60mm. Intact.

Provenance:
Dave Liebert The Time Machine Auction #207 (12/30/1992)
(IT14-0028)  Price: $ 175.00 US  

Enlarge Iron Age Terracotta Bowl, 1200 - 586 BC

Terracotta Bowl, Iron Age Period I - II, 1200 - 586 BC. Hand thrown, reddish clay, 140 x 45mm. Shallow with small foot. Museum acquisition number (684) printed within the bowl. Expertly repaired.

Provenance:
Ex collection of Bangor Maine Theological Seminary, collected early 1900 in Palestine
Hurst Gallery, MA, (10/31/1992)
(IT14-0040)  Price: $ 225.00 US  

Enlarge Luristan Bronze Patera, c. 10th - 9th Century BC

Luristan Bronze Patera, c. 10th - 9th Century BC. 105 mm across, approximately 10 mm deep. A small, shallow bowl with 5 bands of incised parallel lines. Broken and repaired, and the repair could have been better. Missing a few small pieces.

(IT14-0031)  Price: $ 105.00 US  

Enlarge Bronze Arrowhead, 800 BC

Arrowhead, Leaf Shaped, Bronze, 800 BCE, 45mm, Iran

Provenance:
Harmer Rooke Galleries (1/03/1992)
(IT14-0079)  Price: $ 35.00 US  

Enlarge Bronze Age Sickle Blade, c 800 BC

Bronze Age Sickle Blade, c 800 BCE, 117 x 18mm, Fine+. Found in Britain.

Provenance:
Old London detector collection.
Ex private London collection.
Ancient-artefacts-uk on ebay 190926707585 (11/04/2013)
(IT14-0034)  Price: $ 75.00 US  

Enlarge Achaemenid Blue Glass Seal, c. 6th - 5th c BC

Achaemenid Blue Glass Seal, c. 6th - 5th c BC showing a contest scene between a royal hero and an Ibex on each side. Seal was cone shaped with a pass through hole for hanging, but the top has broken off.

cf Malter Galleries Auction LVIII (1994) lot 220.

Provenance:
TimeLine Auctions, UK (2011)
(VC0214-0019)  Price: $ 175.00 US  

Enlarge Terracotta Juglet, 4th - 3rd Century BC

Terracotta juglet with black banding on neck, body and handle, 4th - 3rd Century BC. Repaired lip, 490 x 80mm Possibly Carthaginian.
cf example Bardo Museum, Tunis

Provenance:
Dominique at Richelieu Numismatique Paris, (11/03/2000)
(IT14-0005)  Price: $ 250.00 US  

Enlarge Bactrian Stone Foot Amulet, 3rd - 2nd Century BC

Bactrian Stone Foot Amulet, 3rd - 2nd Century BC. 11 x 14 mm. Holed for suspension, incised toes.

(VC0214-0008)  Price: $ 95.00 US  

Enlarge Punic Terracotta Cup, 2nd - 1st Century BC

Punic terracotta cup with red slip, 2nd - 1st century BC. 4” x 3 1/8th wide
cf Cintas Ceramique Punique pg 450 figure 10 and plate 61 #14

Provenance:
ex old Dutch Collection formed in Tunisia formed in ’50-60’s
Mercurius Artefacts, Iltoma, Holland (01/2006)
(IT14-0004)  Price: $ 150.00 US  

Enlarge Terracotta Spindle Unguentarium, 2nd-1st C BC

Terracotta Unguentarium, 2nd-1st C BC, 205mm

- cf Hayes Greek and Greek-Style Pottery in the ROM #238 listed as: Clay pinkish red with fine grits, surface wet-smoothed. Fairly thick-walled. Tubular neck, sloping shoulder, fairly slender body tapering to a narrow base. Heavy base-molding, wire marks below. Rim slightly flaring, chamfered on top. Undecorated. A few clay smears, etc. from manufacture.” Listed as Palestinian type.

- cf Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilization #151 listed as Hellenistic. “Slender spindle-shaped body on solid flat foot and out-turned rim. Undecorated… The spindle-shaped unguentarium which is a very common type in Cyprus, is presumed to be a local production.” Also see Diedrichs Ceramiques Hellenistiques, Romaines et Byzantines.”

(IT14-0039)  Price: $ 150.00 US    Sold 

Enlarge White Glass Pendant Fragment,Graeco-Roman, 2nd BC - 2nd AD

Bearded and horned male god facing r Pendant Fragment, White Glass, Graeco-Roman, 2nd BC - 2nd AD, 26mm, chipped around edge. cf. Louvre 3 pg 418 #11 of male bearded bust r (dated to 2nd-3rd C AD).

Provenance:
ex New York private collection
Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Inventory #2040 (11/17/2010)
(IT14-0086)  Price: $ 100.00 US  

Enlarge Near East Haematite Amulet Dedicated to the Storm God, 7th - 4th c BC

Near East Haematite Amulet Dedicated to the Storm God, 7th - 4th c BC.
This type of amulet would have been worn in everyday life to ward off evil.

Provenance:
TimeLine Auctions, UK (2011)
(VC0214-0068)  Price: $ 175.00 US