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...

A wonderful sculptural Roman terracotta figural group of Aphrodite leaning on Amphora to her right and holding the hand of the small winged Eros to her left, Early Roman Imperial, c. 1st. century AD.

Size: 16,2 cm.

Condition: Extremely fine, intact and great for the type.

Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980.

Large head of Serapis shown with a fulsome beard and fringed hairdo over the forehead. On the crown a closed modius decorated with an olive branch.
The face with a small nose and flat eye cavities with thin eyelids. The mouth enclosed by a stringy moustache.
Modeled in the round. Two-piece mold with cursory back side. Remains of the original gesso layer in the cavities. Nice Hellenistic style.
Large-sized heads of Serapis are relatively rare...

POTTERY WINE KRATER
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Biblical pottery wine krater with a ring base and a shaped rim. "It was used as wine mixer and cooler"

Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Diameter: 23 cm

Condition: Very good condition untouched as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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BURNISHED POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC

Red slip, globular body with a two loop handles, rim folded outward and a flat base

Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 15 cm
Height on stand: 17 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Jericho "Jordan valley", Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the...

Very large female votive head with sensitive facial features. The head of the young woman shows a straight nose, lidded eyes, a small sensuous mouth and a round chin.
The hair is arranged as a large melon coiffure with several tresses bound together to a bun at rear.
The large size points to a votive bust deposited in a temple.
Terracotta
Greek Tarentine, 4th/3rd century BC
H. 10 cm (3.9 in)
H. with stand 17.5 cm (6.9 in)
Broken at the neck level...

POTTERY WINE STORAGE AMPHORA
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 2nd - 1st B.C.

Measurements:
Height: 58 cm
Diameter: 30 cm
Height on stand: 80 cm

Condition: Handle re-attached/ neck repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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Daunian bag-shaped vessel enhanced with a carefully rendered female protome just below the straight rim. The head with large lentoid earrings (?) and a necklace: the hair painted blue, short strokes along the body.
A rounded strainer type spout at rear and a strap handle to the side.
Buff colored vessel with red-brown and dark blue bands, a band of diamonds around the belly.
For further bird-like female protomes cf. items no. 36, 39, 46 and 49 in: J. Chamay, Ch. Courtois...

Attic red-figure askos decorated with a wild goat and a lion on the domed top.
The goat springs to right and is seen with one foreleg raised. On the facing side the body of a lion, in a crouched, ready to jump position. The combination of wild goat and lion is rare.
For a nearly identical goat combined with a satyr, cf. British Museum, item E734. Beazley Archive vase no...

Pagenstecher lekythos showing a goose with high swung neck, massive body with distinct wing tips, and detailed feet.
The beak once rendered with white color, faint discoloration of the eye. Above the bird a dot rosette...

BURNISHED POTTERY JAR
Holy Land - "CANAANITE" Early Bronze Age; Circa, 3200 - 2000 BC

Nicely made in a globular body, red slip with a funnel-shaped neck, flat base and two handles!

Dimensions:
Height: 21 cm
Diameter: 17 cm
Height on stand: 24 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land

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Carefully polished impasto ware amphora of biconical shape. The handles span from the slightly flared mouth to the shoulder.
The shoulder area enhanced with molded ridges.
Hand-built dark brown impasto with carefully smoothed surface. Dendrite-like deposits.
For related examples, cf. CVA Warsaw, Musée National 6, 4345, pl. 38.5 (inv...

Rare alabastron of conical shape and flat base, disk mouth and strap handle.
Decorated with brown and reddish bands around the body. Near the bottom a reserved band with hooks (stylized running dogs). Brown tongues on neck and collar, brown bars on the handle.
Similar to the Egg of Columbus, this type of flat-bottomed alabastron needs no additional support to stand upright.
The rarity of Columbus alabastra is noteworthy.
For a related example, cf. accession no. 96.9....

Etruscan kyathos of shallow form showing a frieze of subtle vertical ribs on the prominent pronounced shoulder.
The ribbon handle with outcurving edges arches from rim to shoulder. Small, slightly incurved base.
Ceramic, Impasto ware
Etruscan, 7th century BC
H. to handle 8.7 cm (3.4 in)
D. 15.2 cm (6 in)
Intact, pristine quality and condition. Reddish brown impasto with carefully smoothed surface. Traces of sinter. Collector’s sticker on the base.

Fine hand-modeled vessel with shallow body, rounded shoulder and short neck with slightly flared rim.
The ribbon handles arching from the rim to the edge of the shoulder. On each side applied molded ribs and a spiky knob at center.
The polished surface with traces of the modeling stick.
For a related example, cf. lot no. 180 in: Ines Jucker. Italy of the Etruscans. Mainz 1991.
Ceramic, Impasto ware
Etruscan, Villanova Culture, 750-650 BC
H. to rim 7.5 c...

This excellent 19th century WKC (Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Company, Solingen, Germany) Imperial Hunting Cutlass is 22 inches in length. The mounts are composed of beautiful brass throughout the hilt and scabbard. The pommel area has a fluted nut at the top center of the cap which acts as a threaded tang nut. The pommel has a smooth upper surface with curved edges featuring line decorated sides. The ferrule below is also lined, having otherwise smooth surfaces. The crossguard features the plain ce...

TERRACOTTA FIGURE
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN, 100 BC/AD

Hollow terracotta figure depicting two standing figures holding a temple and an offering jar in-between

This is a wonderful opportunity to own an affordable, authentic piece of ancient art that represents a fusion of three of the greatest cultures in history

Measurements:
Height: 16 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

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Conical striped alabaster mortar vessel with two handles on the upper rim. 3rd Intermediate Period, c. 1075-800 BC.

Very attractive sturdy motar in very beautiful banded stone. Finely sculptured with the twin handles and the perfect symethric shape.

Size: c. 10,4 cm. wide over the handles and c. 7 cm. tall.

Condition Intact with nice patina.

Reff. B. G. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels - Materials and Forms (1989), S. 158 Nr. 200b.

Ex...