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BRONZE AGE AND LATER
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A GROUP OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ITEMS
BRONZE AGE AND LATER
Including an Etrusco-Corinthian piriform aryballos decorated with purple and brown encircling bands and rays, circa 620 B.C., 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; a Romano-Egyptian terracotta male bust on integral socle, 1st Century B.C./A.D., 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high; two Hellenistic terracotta heads comprising a grotesque male head, 2nd-1st Century B.C., and a female head wearing diadem, 1st Century B.C., 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high max.; a Syro-Hittite stylized terracotta figure of an idol, 2nd millennium B.C., 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high; an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti, 6th-4th Century B.C., 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; three South Italian black glazed miniature vessels including a Xenon ware nestoris with scrolling S-motifs in pink, an olpe and a salt dish, 4th Century B.C., 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high max.; a Roman pale green glass unguentarium, 1st-4th Century A.D., 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; a Roman bronze key, circa 200 A.D., 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) long; two Persian bronze blades with pierced tang, circa 8th Century B.C., 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) long max.; and a large group of varia, including plain ware pottery vessels from various periods, and later 'after the antique' items(a lot)
BRONZE AGE AND LATER
Including an Etrusco-Corinthian piriform aryballos decorated with purple and brown encircling bands and rays, circa 620 B.C., 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; a Romano-Egyptian terracotta male bust on integral socle, 1st Century B.C./A.D., 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high; two Hellenistic terracotta heads comprising a grotesque male head, 2nd-1st Century B.C., and a female head wearing diadem, 1st Century B.C., 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high max.; a Syro-Hittite stylized terracotta figure of an idol, 2nd millennium B.C., 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high; an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti, 6th-4th Century B.C., 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; three South Italian black glazed miniature vessels including a Xenon ware nestoris with scrolling S-motifs in pink, an olpe and a salt dish, 4th Century B.C., 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high max.; a Roman pale green glass unguentarium, 1st-4th Century A.D., 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; a Roman bronze key, circa 200 A.D., 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) long; two Persian bronze blades with pierced tang, circa 8th Century B.C., 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) long max.; and a large group of varia, including plain ware pottery vessels from various periods, and later 'after the antique' items(a lot)
Provenance
Items three-four: reputedly from Myrhina, formerly in the Beherenhoff collection.Item ten: reputedly from the Hohenzzollern collection.
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