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Calima Redware Alcarraza Vessel Mammiform, TL Tested

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Egyptian Painted Cedar Sarcophagus Mask: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A lovely example of a hand-carved cedar mask that would have attached to the exterior of a sarcophagus lid rather than to the face of a

0001: Egyptian Painted Cedar Sarcophagus MaskEst. $3,500-$5,000Lot Passed

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29 Ancient Algerian Tidikelt Stone Arrowheads: Ancient Northern Africa, Tidikelt, ca. 5000 to 3000 BCE. A fine gathering of 29 hand-knapped stone arrowheads of triangular, concave, and notched forms. The colors of the arrowheads range from pink

0002: 29 Ancient Algerian Tidikelt Stone ArrowheadsEst. $600-$900

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2nd C. Egyptian Coptic Textile Panel Vines / Abstracts: Egypt, Coptic culture, ca. 2nd to 5th century CE. A beautiful and intricate textile fragment tightly woven from cotton and wool fibers in beige, chestnut brown, and red hues. The central column

0003: 2nd C. Egyptian Coptic Textile Panel Vines / AbstractsEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragments (Group of 6): Egypt, Coptic Culture, ca. 5th to 8th century CE. A beautiful collection of 6 fragments from hand woven cotton and wool textiles, mounted on cardstock or upon modern cotton panels and framed by

0004: Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragments (Group of 6)Est. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Faience Wedjat Eye Amulets + Scarabs (11 pcs): Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom Period, 11th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1077 BCE. A lovely gathering of eleven attractive amulets formed from faience, stone, or wood, with ten bearing

0005: Egyptian Faience Wedjat Eye Amulets + Scarabs (11 pcs)Est. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Faience / Bronze Amulets and Beads (8): Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A lovely ensemble of 8 artifacts from ancient Egypt. First are a trio of mold-pressed faience discoid appliques, each featuring

0006: Egyptian Faience / Bronze Amulets and Beads (8)Est. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

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Greek Corinthian Silver AR Stater w/ Pegasus & Nike: Greece, Corinth, Corinthian, ca. 400 to 350 BCE. A beautiful AR stater coin made from 93.8% silver. Obverse: Pegasus flying left. Reverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet pushed back

0007: Greek Corinthian Silver AR Stater w/ Pegasus & NikeEst. $500-$750

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Greek Cypriot Pottery Lentoid Flask: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, ca. 800 BCE. An elegant pottery flask boasting a lenticular form with a circular body, biconvex walls, an attenuated neck, and a flared rim, all enveloped in a creamy beige

0007A: Greek Cypriot Pottery Lentoid FlaskEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Greek Mycenaean Late Helladic III Pottery Pithos: Ancient Greece, Aegean, Mycenaean Period, Late Helladic III, ca. 1300 to 1200 BCE. An elegant wheel-thrown pottery jar known as a pithos with a petite discoid base, a gradually expanding stem, an

0007B: Greek Mycenaean Late Helladic III Pottery PithosEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Greek Hellenistic Redware Figure Rider on Bull: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A charming statuette of a youth mounted atop a bull. Boasting a minimalist yet stylized form, the ancient figure straddles the long flank of the

0008: Greek Hellenistic Redware Figure Rider on BullEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

3 Greek Pottery Vessels Attic, Daunian, & Hellenistic: Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE; Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Daunian, ca. 4th century CE; Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th to 1st century BCE. A fine selection

0009: 3 Greek Pottery Vessels Attic, Daunian, & HellenisticEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

2 Hellenistic & 1 Cypriot Pottery Votives, 1 TL Tested: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic Period, ca. 600 BCE; Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 4th to 1st century BCE. An interesting ensemble of 3 mold-formed pottery artifacts from ancient Greece.

0010: 2 Hellenistic & 1 Cypriot Pottery Votives, 1 TL TestedEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Ancient Female Heads: Greek Pottery + Gandharan Schist: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th to 1st century BCE; Central Asia, Afghanistan, Gandhara, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A lovely pair of ancient female heads: a Greek pottery head and a Gandharan

0011: Ancient Female Heads: Greek Pottery + Gandharan SchistEst. $700-$1,050

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Hellenistic Pottery Spindle Jar + 2 Holyland Vessels: Eastern Mediterranean, Holy Land, ca. early to mid-1st millennium BCE; Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A set of 3 wheel-thrown pottery vessels including a spherical amphoriskos and

0011A: Hellenistic Pottery Spindle Jar + 2 Holyland VesselsEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Ancient Bronze Fibulae - 2 Etruscan + 1 Thracian: Central Italy, Etruscan culture and Bulgaria, Northern Thrace, ca. 800 to 700 BCE. This is a fine collection of cast and forged bronze fibulas with crescent or boat shapes and coiled tips. The

0012: Ancient Bronze Fibulae - 2 Etruscan + 1 ThracianEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

15 Greek & Roman Artifacts in Lead, Bronze, & Pottery: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 4th to 1st century BCE; Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A wonderful ensemble of ancient Roman and Greek artifacts that are perfect for someone

0013: 15 Greek & Roman Artifacts in Lead, Bronze, & PotteryEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Greek & Parthian Coins - 2 Silver + 3 Bronze: Ancient Greece, Magna Graecia, Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, ca. 302 to 280 BCE. Silver AR Drachm. Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with Skylla hurling a stone.

0014: Greek & Parthian Coins - 2 Silver + 3 BronzeEst. $500-$750

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Etruscan Terracotta Votive Left Foot: Classical World, Ancient Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria, Etruria, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. An impressive pottery left foot atop a thick sandal, hollow-molded to serve as a votive - not as a section of

0014A: Etruscan Terracotta Votive Left FootEst. $1,800-$2,700

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Roman Marbled Glass Flask - Aubergine & White: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. This lovely glass flask boasts beautiful mosaic patterning with aubergine and white canes, to create a marbling effect. The vessel sits on a smooth

0015: Roman Marbled Glass Flask - Aubergine & WhiteEst. $1,500-$2,250Lot Passed

Petite Roman Glass Footed Bowl: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. This dainty aqua-tinged bowl sits on a ring base, the body flares up to a rolled lip, and the rim extends into a deep interior cavity with a

0017: Petite Roman Glass Footed BowlEst. $550-$825Lot Passed

Roman Sidonian Glass Janus Oinochoe - Bacchus Faces: Roman, Sidonian, Lebanon, ca. 1st century CE. This stunning mold-blown glass piece is an oinochoe, a pouring vessel, comprised of opaque complimentary yellow and blue-green glass. It sits upon a

0018: Roman Sidonian Glass Janus Oinochoe - Bacchus FacesEst. $2,600-$3,900Lot Passed

Roman Glass Cup Applied Blue Dots: Roman, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th century CE. A lovely glass cup formed from beautiful yellow-green glass with four dark cobalt-blue glass appliques applied equidistantly around the body. The

0019: Roman Glass Cup Applied Blue DotsEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Roman Glass Double Unguentarium: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd Century CE. A gorgeous Roman unguentarium with rigaree that delicately ribbons down each slender side. This is a free-blown double unguentarium that is composed

0020: Roman Glass Double UnguentariumEst. $700-$1,050

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Stunning Roman Glass Jar Rainbow Iridescence: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous jar, free blown from translucent, blue-green glass to boast an elegant silhouette with an apple-form body, a wide, sloped shoulder, a

0020A: Stunning Roman Glass Jar Rainbow IridescenceEst. $900-$1,350Lot Passed

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