Nike crowns a victorious gladiator. She stands on a sphere and holds a palm frond in her left hand.
The secutor she crowns waves the sword. His opponent sways with his head bowed and a deep wound on the side. His hand drops the sword. He is fatally injured.
Ex Daniel Fouquet (1850-1914) collection, published as item no. 445, p. 157, pl. 90 in: Paul Pedrizet. Les terres cuites grecques d’Égypte de la collection Fouquet. Paris 1921...
Rare terracotta group with a rat and two mice seen side by side gnawing on the bait of a mousetrap.
According to Pedrizet perhaps an ex-voto offered by a person whose house or granary was infested with mice and rats.
Published as item no. 417, p. 151, pl. 120 (center right) in: Paul Perdrizet. Les terres cuites grecques d’Égypte de la collection Fouquet. Paris 1921. (copy of the publication record joined)
For a rat trap, cf...
An interesting and nicely preserved cylinder seal in brown stone, Neo-Babylonian, 8th.-7th. century BC.
An iconographic scene of the Great Babylonian King and a high priest, both bearded and wearing long dresses, on either side of the alter of the Moon god Sin, probably in the version of local patron Nabu. Behind them in the field, we see the typical Neobabylonian temple or alter structures and above a Sun symbol.
Size: 22 mm. tall and 11 mm...
Interesting and rare bronze bell, perhaps from a a church or monastery, Early Byzantine c. 8th.-10th. century.
The wide Bell with a solid loop and inscribed all the way around the body with: O AΓHOC BΛACHOC=The Saint Blaise.
Diameter: 7,2 cm. and c. 6 cm. tall.
Blaise of Sebaste in Latin: Blasius (martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr...
A high quality cylinder seal carved in a hard pinkish stone, Neo-Assyrian Empire of the early 1st. mill. BC.
The seal is carved with the Great King and his High Priest on either side as worshippers of the alter and winged emblem of Assur, the Assyrian Sun god. Behind them symbols of the Sun and the Moon.
Size: c 25 mm...
A fine and large Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris in mummyform, Late Period, 26th Dynasty (Saite Period), about 627 - 525 B.C.
The large figure depicts the mummiform Osiris wearing the Atef-crown holding crook and flail. Interestingly, there's remains of ancient gilt on the body in many places.
Size: c. 17 cm.
Condition: Choice and intact...
A very beautiful tall figural alabastron in form of Kore, Eastern Greek, Middle of the 6th century BC.
The portrait is in the tradition of the Kore representations, here as a young elegant woman holding a bird in her left hand, red-brown terracotta.
Height: 18,2cm.
Condition: Good Very fine, completely intact with very minor wear and deposits.
Ex. Old Austrian Private Collection, 1960-1990.
A lovely large amulet carved as a mythical beast in white calcite, drilled for inlay to the eyes and with a drill through the body for mounting it on a string. Mesopotamia, Uruk-Jemdet Nasr, 3300-2900 BC.
Finely shaped archaic beast. With old collection mark at the back.
Size: 43 mm. long.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with slightly rough surfaces.
Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA.
An interesting and well-engraved seal ring made of an alloy of bronze and silver end probably once gilt, Sasanian, c. 4th.-5th. century AD.
The ring engraved with a very nice enface portrait of a Sasanian king. Cleaned but retaining some patina. The ring has a closed hairline crack at the back, othervise intact.
Size: The ring is c. 25 mm. wide.
Ex. Collection of Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, 1980-1999.
An Anatolian Marble stone Idol of a lovely 'female' form, Kusura-Beycesultan Type, Early Bronze Age II, Circa 2700-2300 B.C.
The particular shape of this fertility idol is also called a 'Violin-shape', carved as it is in a nice white marble.
Size: c. 5 cm. tall.
Condition: Near Extremely fine and perfect, with much adhired sandy pockets, that can be cleaned if so desired.
Old german collection of R. K., Nordrhein-Westfalen, before 1980.
A beautiful stamp seal in the form of a reclining cow, carved in a glossy hard white stone with extreme polishing, Jemdet Nasr, 3300-2900 BC.
The stamp is carved on the sealing surface with two globules. Interesting very small seal, incredibly nicely carved in such a small size!
Length c. 10 mm. wide.
Condition: Extremely fine for type and age.
Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA and hard imprint.
Attractive and substantial cylinder showing horned animals protected by hero against attacking lion. Mesopotamia, Early dynastic, 3rd. millenium BC.
Height: 3 cm, diameter 1,7cm.
Condition: Very fine, intact with typical light wear for material.
Ex. Karl Müller, 1950-1977.
Daunian krater with globular shaped body and funnel-shaped lip...
Daunian krater with globular body and short funneled mouth. The vertical loop handles on the shoulder area alternate with two red colored stumps.
Brown-red linear decoration around the body, wavy lines at the handle area, hanging semicircles inside the funnel opening.
One handled reattached with bone glue, a medium that was in use until the 1950s.
For a related example, cf. inv. no. 1912,1220.9 in the British Museum database.
Ceramic
Daunian, Subgeometric III...
Daunian krater with bulbous body, short funnel-shaped mouth and slightly upturned handles.
The shoulder area with bluish-black bands and raised triangles, metope-like spaces within thin vertical lines. Hanging semicircles inside the funnel opening.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Database vase no. 1005779.
Ceramic
Daunian, Subgeometric II, 550-400 BC
H. 18.5 cm (7.3 in)
W. over handles 30 cm (11.8 in)
Lower part assembled from fragments. Minor losses at th...
Apulian black-glazed guttus of globular body with gently sloped shoulder, upright narrow neck and flared spout. The flared rim decorated with impressed rings.
The loop handle is attached on the shoulder, which is embellished with horizontal grooves. Red wash around and underneath the foot.
For a related vessel, cf. vase no. 5452a 1, pl. 17a, p. 365 (vol. 1) in: Jean-Paul Morel. Céramique Campanienne: Les Formes. Rome 1981.
Ceramic
Greek Apulian, 350-300 BC
H. ...
Large bulbous vessel topped by cylindrical spouts and a twofold handle between them. One spout with a red strainer on the top, the other with red wash inside and a strainer on the base.
Decorated with blue-black lines, wave scrolls, an undulating line with ivy leaves and a chain design.
Ornaments below the handle, floral motifs near the base.
For another larger than usual example with comparable decoration, cf. Beazley Database, vase no. 9002188.
The so-called listata styl...
A wonderfull white marble cylinder seal, Sumerian, Pre-Dynastic period, later 4th. millenium BC.
Very attractive seal of a massive size carved with architecture (temple facade) and bull, 6 small globules. See similar BM Inv. 102416, Collon, First Impressions Kat. 28., dated to the early Jemdet Nasr period.
Size: 2,8 cm. tall and a diameter of 2,2 cm.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact.
Ex. Private Collection of Karl Müller, 1950-1977.