EditorialFossil fish tooth, Fossil fish tooth with fossilized bone, probably a tusk of an Isurus Retroflexus, an extinct shark species that was very common in the miocene. (Determined by Lex Cat Shop based on photo, October 2010)., niet van toepassing, Netherla...
EditorialPunchbowl Punch bowl with mounting, An interior scene is shown on both sides of the spherical porcelain pot. On one side are depicted two slender female figures, who hand over a wrapped qin (lute) to a child, a performance from the Chinese story The Hi...
EditorialFossil fish tooth, Fossil fish tooth with fossilized bone, probably a side tooth from the left upper jaw of a Cosmopolitodus Hastalis, an extinct shark species that was very common in the Miocene and early Pliocene. (Determined by Lex Kattenwinkel, col...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a standing woman, Classical, ca. 450?400 B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, H. 13 11/16 in. (34.7 cm), Terracottas, Large in scale with its high base and elaborate hairdo, the statuette is a good example of a common Boeotian typ...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a seated woman, Archaic, ca. 575?550 B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, H.: 5 5/16 x 3 1/16 in. (13.5 x 7.8 cm), Terracottas, Because of her seated position and the headdress, this figure probably represents a goddess. Of partic...
EditorialBronze cuirass (body armor), Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Apulian, Bronze, H. (front): 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm), Bronzes, The cuirass was the major element of a Greek warrior's panoply. This one is considerably later than most of the objects in this...
EditorialBronze statuette of Harpokrates, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H.: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm), Bronzes, Small votive figurines of Harpokrates (the infant Horus) are common, especially in Egypt where he was an important deity in local popular ...
EditorialBronze phallic amulet, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, W. 3 1/8 in. (7.95 cm.), Bronzes, This pendant is in the form of a double phallus with a phallus and scrotum hanging beneath the very large central ring. Its form is common for Roman pha...
EditorialMirror, 12th?13th century, Found Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Metal, The back of this small mirror is decorated with an allover pattern of six-petal rosettes with a small knob in the center, a feature thought to have been copie...
EditorialBronze statuette of Harpokrates, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H.: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm), Bronzes, Small votive figurines of Harpokrates (the infant Horus) are common, especially in Egypt where he was an important deity in local popular ...
EditorialBronze cuirass (body armor), Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Apulian, Bronze, H. (front): 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm), Bronzes, The cuirass was the major element of a Greek warrior's panoply. This one is considerably later than most of the objects in this...
EditorialBronze phallic amulet, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, W. 3 1/8 in. (7.95 cm.), Bronzes, This pendant is in the form of a double phallus with a phallus and scrotum hanging beneath the very large central ring. Its form is common for Roman pha...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a standing woman, Classical, ca. 450?400 B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, H. 13 11/16 in. (34.7 cm), Terracottas, Large in scale with its high base and elaborate hairdo, the statuette is a good example of a common Boeotian typ...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a seated woman, Archaic, ca. 575?550 B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, H.: 5 5/16 x 3 1/16 in. (13.5 x 7.8 cm), Terracottas, Because of her seated position and the headdress, this figure probably represents a goddess. Of partic...
EditorialTerracotta stirrup jar, Late Helladic IIIA2 late-IIIB, ca. 1325?1200 B.C., Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.), Vases, The stirrup jar is one of the most common Mycenaean shapes used to contain liquids such as oil or wine.
EditorialMirror, 12th?13th century, Found Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Metal, The back of this small mirror is decorated with an allover pattern of six-petal rosettes with a small knob in the center, a feature thought to have been copie...
EditorialBronze statuette of Harpokrates, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H.: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm), Bronzes, Small votive figurines of Harpokrates (the infant Horus) are common, especially in Egypt where he was an important deity in local popular ...
EditorialBowl, Ubaid, mid 6th?5th millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Eridu (modern Abu Shahrein), Ubaid, Ceramic, 2 in. (5.08 cm), Ceramics-Vessels, The most common type of vessel excavated from graves of the Late Ubaid period at the southern Mesopotamian site of Er...
EditorialBronze cuirass (body armor), Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Apulian, Bronze, H. (front): 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm), Bronzes, The cuirass was the major element of a Greek warrior's panoply. This one is considerably later than most of the objects in this...
EditorialSpherical jar with four rows of painted decoration, Meroitic Period, 100 B.C.?A.D. 300, From Egypt and Sudan, Nubia, Pottery, paint, H. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in), From both the technical and aesthetic point of view, the ceramics produced during the Meroitic p...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a male figure holding the head and neck of a mask or image, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm), Terracottas, This clay statuette surely has to do with a performance of some kin...