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4th C. Byzantine Mosaic with Standing Bearded Male

Large Fossilized Eocene Palm Frond Inlaid w/ Fish

Attic Red-Figure Kylix - Nude Athletes, Robed Men

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Bob DodgeOwner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art

Sydelle DienstfreyPhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts

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Attic Red-Figure Kylix - Nude Athletes, Robed Men: Ancient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. An exemplary pottery kylix adorned in red-figure decoration of a nude athlete in discussion with a bearded, robed man in the central tondo

0001: Attic Red-Figure Kylix - Nude Athletes, Robed MenEst. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed

Greek Cypriot Pottery Vase - TL Tested: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, late Cypro-Archaic, ca. 500 to 475 BCE. A wonderful pottery vase presenting an egg-shaped body, a narrow neck, and a flared rim. A pair of sturdy tubular handles flank the

0001A: Greek Cypriot Pottery Vase - TL TestedEst. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

South Italic Daunian Spectacle Kyathos: Magna Graecia, Italy, Apulia / Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE. A fabulous polychrome kyathos (wine ladle) of a form very similar to examples from Herdonia site in Ordona, Italy. The iconographic theme

0002: South Italic Daunian Spectacle KyathosEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Relief - Bearded Male: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A mold-formed terracotta relief fragment depicting a male figure with piercing eyes, a curly coiffure and beard, and a grand headdress bedecked

0002A: Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Relief - Bearded MaleEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Fine Greek Hellenistic Gold Earrings (pr): Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A fine pair of lovely and high quality - over 23 karat! - gold earrings, each comprised of a thick tapering wire that broadens to a crescent

0003: Fine Greek Hellenistic Gold Earrings (pr)Est. $1,400-$2,100Lot Passed

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Greek Hellenistic Gold Diadem: Greece, Classical to Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 1st century BCE. A large piece of 98% gold foil (equivalent to 23K+), hammered and cut into a flexible sheet for use as a diadem in funerary

0003A: Greek Hellenistic Gold DiademEst. $800-$1,200

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Etruscan Terracotta Votive Head of a Youth: Classical World, Northern Italy, Etruria, ca. 3rd century BCE. A beautiful mold-made terracotta votive with details reworked via a modeling tool in the form of a youthful female's head which faces

0004: Etruscan Terracotta Votive Head of a YouthEst. $1,100-$1,650

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Ancient Cypriot Pottery Bilbil Vessels (pr): Ancient Near East, Cyprus, late Cypriot I, ca. 1600 to 1050 BCE. A set of 2 pottery vessels called bilbils, each with a flared foot, an apple-shaped body, a curving handle, and a flared rim atop a

0004A: Ancient Cypriot Pottery Bilbil Vessels (pr)Est. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

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Ancient Coins - Greek AR Didrachm + Corinth AR Stater: Calabria, Tarentum, 344 to 334 BCE. Obverse: Nude youth on horseback galloping right, holding two spears, text below. Reverse: Taras seated on dolphin right, flanked by stars, and holding Phrygian

0004B: Ancient Coins - Greek AR Didrachm + Corinth AR StaterEst. $600-$900

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Roman Glass Double Unguentarium w/ Trailing: Roman, Imperial period, Eastern Empire / Holy Land, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A spectacular Roman double unguentarium, sometimes called a balsamarium, comprised of seafoam green glass with four

0005: Roman Glass Double Unguentarium w/ TrailingEst. $900-$1,350

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Roman Gold Ring w/ Garnet Intaglio of Cupid: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. Quite the opulent ornament! A dazzling garnet intaglio of Cupid (Greek Eros), the Roman god of desire, erotic love, attraction, and affection, set

0005A: Roman Gold Ring w/ Garnet Intaglio of CupidEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Miniature Roman Glass Amphoriskos w/ Foliate Motif: Roman, Sidonian, Lebanon, ca. 1st century CE. In a word, BREATHTAKING! A fine, miniature mold-blown glass amphora in rich aubergine - truly of brilliant violet purple hues. Note how the mold was

0006: Miniature Roman Glass Amphoriskos w/ Foliate MotifEst. $1,500-$2,000

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0006A: Roman Leaded Bronze Signet Ring w/ EagleEst. $500-$750

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Fine Roman Gold Earrings, Shield & Grape Clusters: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A dazzling pair of gold earrings comprised of twisted hoops with petite shields and suspended grape clusters, all fit on modern hooks to be

0007: Fine Roman Gold Earrings, Shield & Grape ClustersEst. $1,400-$2,100Lot Passed

Rare Miniature Roman Alabaster Amphoriskos: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A rare example of a miniature amphoriskos carved from semi-translucent alabaster. The vessel exhibits an inverted piriform body, a cylindrical neck,

0007A: Rare Miniature Roman Alabaster AmphoriskosEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Roman Sidonian Glass Amphoriskos - Purple Hue!: Roman, Sidonian, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A free-blown amphoriskos of elegant form boasting translucent purple and aubergine hues. The piriform vessel exhibits a drop-form foot, a

0008: Roman Sidonian Glass Amphoriskos - Purple Hue!Est. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

Roman Gold Earring w/ Emerald: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A charming earring made from 77.46% gold wire. The ear wire is curled into a ring with twisting terminals, and the dangling wire body holds a

0008A: Roman Gold Earring w/ EmeraldEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Roman Gold Ring w/ Carnelian Intaglio of Goddess: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous ring of circular form, made from 92.18% gold, that is set with an ovoid carnelian intaglio. Incised atop the carnelian is an image of a

0009: Roman Gold Ring w/ Carnelian Intaglio of GoddessEst. $1,600-$2,000Lot Passed

Roman Glass Unguentarium (Marbled / Mavered): Roman, early Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A bell-shaped glass unguentarium of petite size bearing delicately marbled (or marvered) strands of opaque white glass throughout the soft

0010: Roman Glass Unguentarium (Marbled / Mavered)Est. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Two Roman Glass Juglets: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A set of 2 free-blown glass juglets, each with an apple-shaped body, a slender cylinder neck, a flared rim, and a trail handle curling up the verso.

0010A: Two Roman Glass JugletsEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Earrings & Ring w/ Ancient Roman Beads: Mediterranean, Egyptian-Romano to Byzantine era, ca. 3rd century BCE to 6th century CE. Ancient glass and carnelian stone beads strung on modern gold-plated silver ear hooks and band as wearable

0010B: Earrings & Ring w/ Ancient Roman BeadsEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Egyptian Painted Wood Sarcophagus Mask: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. An elegant hand-carved mummy mask with a square headdress and delineated neck enveloped in impressive remains of

0011: Egyptian Painted Wood Sarcophagus MaskEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

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Egyptian Faience Ushabti w/ Inscription for Hori: Ancient Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A mold-formed faience ushabti bearing a concise inscription for a man named Hori. The funerary figure is covered in pale green glaze while holding

0012: Egyptian Faience Ushabti w/ Inscription for HoriEst. $1,600-$2,400

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Pre-Dynastic Naqada I Mace Heads (Hematite & Faience): Egypt, probably pre-Dynastic / Naqada I period, ca. 4400 to 3500 BCE; Naqada II or III, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. An attractive pair of Egyptian mace heads: one hand-carved from dark gray hematite and

0013: Pre-Dynastic Naqada I Mace Heads (Hematite & Faience)Est. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

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