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4590. AN EXCEPTIONAL PARTIAL ETRUSCAN HEAD, ca. 5th-4th century BC. The very expressive and realistic terracotta head of a young man with sharp nose and deep set eyes. 4.5 x 5 x 5.5 inches. Chin missing. Still an exceptional example of ancient classical art. Rare this nice. On custom stand.
4591. AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA HEAD, ca. 5th-4th century BC. The large realistic head of a young man with sharp nose and pursed lips. 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Fine example of ancient classical art. Rare. On custom stand.
4777. A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE TOGATUS TORSO, ca. 2nd century AD. The life-sized torso wearing toga thrown over the left shoulder. 10 x 20 x 25 inches, 200-300 lbs. Free standing with care.
4778. A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A PHILOSOPHER. Roman Provincial, likely Syria, c. 1st-3rd century AD. The over lifesize head of a bald, bearded philosopher. 11 x 11.5 x 15.5 inches. A few stable fine ancient age cracks, some with reaggregated calcium deposits within. Honey tinted marble typical of Eastern Mediterranean origin. Fully three dimensional head with the hair detailed all the way around. On custom stand. A very large and impressive piece.
4592. A ROMAN IRON 'CRUCIFIXION' SPIKE, ca. 1st-3rd century AD. The large iron nail of the type used to nail the victims hands to the cross. 5.6 inches. Rare & excellent condition.
4902. A RARE ROMANO-CELTIC SHIELD BOSS, ca. 1st quarter of 1st century AD. This is a very rare iron Romano-Celtic shield boss in a round shape with a conical middle part. This type was used mostly in the early 1st century on the left side of the river Rhine. In the area of the middle Rhine and the Moselle only 10 places are known where such shield parts were found. This shield boss comes from the area between Trier and Cologne. An identical type can be found in: Gräber - Spiegel des Lebens, Trier 1989. In this book the exacavation of the Roman graveyard of Wederath near Trier is described. In grave No. 982 a similar type was found (only difference: holes for 5 nails in the Wederath boss instead of 4 on this). On request, a scan of the referring pages of this book can be sent. The pictures here shows the boss from side, back and top. High: 9 cm, 17 cm diameter. The body shows only 5 minor holes. The boss is in a very good condition wich is rare for iron objects. An excellent item for the Roman military collector.
4593. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA DISH, circa 2nd – 3rd c. A.D.
The dish belongs to the unique examples of Roman terra sigillatas. The large scale multifigure composition is skillfully placed within a circle. The central figure is a nude Nereid, one of the daughters of Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea, probably Galatea. She rides a swimming hippocamp. A Triton points the way with his outstretched left hand. The composition is surrounded by Cupids, one of them blowing horn, the other one holding a seashell, and the third one riding a dolphin. 1.5 x 10.25 inches.
The dish with an almost identical composition in silver is a highlight of the Hermitage collection, see Art Treasures of the Hermitage, ed. by B. B. Piotrovskii, 1969, cat. #25.
4594. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA DISH, circa the end of 2nd – first half of 3rd century A. D.
A round dish with two decorated handles and a relief medallion on the bottom depicting Helios in a quadruple chariot. 2.1 x 12.5 inches. Undoubtedly all the dishes of this type imitated metalware (the dishes of the analogous form are known among glassware though undecorated). See Hellenistic and Roman Pottery in the Northern Pontic Area, Papers of the State Historical Museum, v. 102, Moscow, 1998, p. 40.
4595. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA DISH, ca. 1st century AD. The shallow dish on ring base with vertical sides, red metallic glaze with plantipedia within two incised rings, area of organic deposits remaining from grave offering. 6.3 x 1.7 inches. Professional repair. Cf. Hellenistic and Roman Pottery in the Northern Pontic Area, Papers of the State Historical Museum, v. 102, Moscow, 1998, p. 38 for tables of very similar plantipedia.
4596. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA DISH, ca. 3rd –4th century AD. The dish on ring base, red glaze. 2.2 x 4.9 inches.
4597. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA DISH, ca. 2nd –4th century AD. The shallow dish on ring base with vertical sides, red glaze. 4.9 x 1.6 inches.
4598. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA DISH, ca. 2nd –4th century AD. The shallow dish on ring base with vertical sides, red glaze. 5.7 x 1.9 inches. Root and soil deposits.
4599. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA DISH, ca. 2nd –4th century AD. The dish on ring base with vertical sides, red glaze. 6.75 x 2.25 inches.
4600. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA JUG, ca. 1st-2nd century AD. The jug of globular form on ring base with single handle and ridged neck, red glaze. 7 x 5.1 inches. Root and soil deposits.
4601. A ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA JUG, ca. 1st-2nd century AD. The jug of globular form on wide ring base with single handle and beveled rim, red glaze. 7.1 x 5.9 inches.
4602. A ROMAN EROTIC OIL LAMP FRAGMENT, ca. 1st century AD. The fragment depicting an explicit sexual scene with a male figure kneeling between the legs of a female, pedestal and other furniture behind, part of laureate rim remaining. 2 x 2.2 inches.
4603. A ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP, ca. 1st century AD. The lamp with the statue of a horse on a pedestal on the discus, twisted ring handle and volute spout, the whole with red glaze with metallic sheen. 4.4 x 2.6 inches.
4604. A ROMAN PLASTIC VASE, ca. 1st-2rd century AD. The vessel in the form of the head of a young Negro boy, the spount with a single handle in rear. 2.8 x 4 x 5.5 inches. Professional repair along mold seam.
4605. A GREEK BRONZE PENDANT FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES, ca. 1st-century BC to 2nd century AD. With tall headdress and finger to lips with suspension loop at rear. 1.6 inches. Cf. Ancient Beads of North Black Sea Area, Alexeyva Table 41, no. 30.
4606. A GREEK BRONZE PENDANT FIGURE OF A HERM, ca. 1st century AD. 1.2 inches. Suspension loop at rear broken in antiquity. Cf. Ancient Beads of North Black Sea Area, Alexeyva Table 41, no. 24.
4607. AN OVERSIZE GLASS PITCHER, circa 3rd c. A. D.
A domed body with a wide flat base; very short neck, bulging cut rim. The thick handle (segment cross-section) with a free end at the bottom. Light blue green with small bubbles, transparent. Remains of slight lime deposits, iridescent surface film in places. Height 9.25", diameter 6.5". Small area of repair.
For the same shape but much smaller in size, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. ##278 and 279.
4608. A ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA, late 1st – early 2nd c. A. D.
Light green, thin transparent, with bubbles. Tubular, swelling out at bottom to form a conical body; slightly pushed in base with pontil mark; slight widening towards top, with spreading rim, folded over on top and pressed flat. Tilted. Green and lilac iridescence. H. 3.5".
For a similar unguentaria, see Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #236; also Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #365.
4609. A ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIA, late 1st – early 2nd c. A. D.
Light green, thin transparent, with bubbles. Tubular, swelling out at bottom to form a conical body; slightly pushed in base; slight widening towards top, with spreading rim, folded over on top and pressed flat. Tilted. Green and lilac iridescence. H. 3.9".
For a similar unguentaria, see Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #236; also Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #365.
4610. A ROMAN GLASS BEAKER, end of 2nd – beginning of 3rd c. A. D.
Thin colorless glass. Broad cylindrical body, rounded bottom, slightly hollowed at center. Pontil mark with short bulging rim. Symmetrical. Two bands of several wheel-incisions at wall. Milky blue, green, and lilac iridescence. Cracked on the bottom but intact. Similar beakers can be found in several Turkish museums (Bergama, Eskisehir, Izmir museums), indicating that they formed a popular group amongst the types of vessels in Anatolian glassware. H. 2.45", diameter 2.55".
For a similar beaker, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #326; also Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #190; A Catalogue of Glass Vessels in Afyon Museum by C.S.Lightfoot, B.A.R., Oxford, cat. # 12.
4611. A ROMAN GLASS BEAKER, end of 2nd – beginning of 3rd c. A. D.
Pale green. Bag-shaped, broad, with vertical wall, and rounded, slightly bulging bottom; short bulging rim; base pushed up at center. Pontil-scar. Faint wheel-incisions at junction of body and rim. Pale blue, green, and lilac iridescence. Intact. H. 2.1", diameter 2.75".
For a similar beaker, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #327; also Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #180,182.
4612. A ROMAN GLASS BEAKER, 1 c. A. D., Syro-Palestinian.
Light bluish green, very thin ware; near-cylindrical, with short bulging rim, ground flat on top; tubular pushed-in foot; almost flat base. Symmetrical. Several wheel-incisions at top and middle. Pale blue, green, and lilac iridescence. Intact. H.3.5", diameter 2.75". For a similar beaker, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #295; also Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #183.
4613. A ROMAN GLASS BOWL, 3 c. A. D., Eastern Mediterranean.
Thin, colourless ware. Rounded body, fairly deep, with short bulging rim, ground flat on top;
Slightly hollowed base. Rainbow iridescence. Intact. H.2.25", diameter 3.1".
For a similar bowl, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #334; also Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #173.
4614. A ROMAN GLASS BOWL, 3 c. A. D., Eastern Mediterranean.
Colorless ware. Steep rounded sides; high, pushed-in base ring. Flat bottom. Rounded off lip. Pontil scar. Some iridescence. Intact. H.1.9", diameter 3.8". For a similar bowl, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #323; also Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #652.
4615. A ROMAN GLASS BOWL, 2 A. D., Eastern Mediterranean.
Bubbly, colourless ware. Steep sides, outcurved rim with wide fold on underside; tubular pushed-in foot; floor kicked with thickening at center. Some iridescence and soil-deposit. Restored. H.2.0", diameter 4.1".
For a similar bowl, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #290; also Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #196.
4616. A LARGE ROMAN GLASS PITCHER, second half to end of 1st A. D.
Light turquoise, transparent, medium thin. High bellied form, with high wide tapering neck and rounded shoulder; flaring rim with lip-fold in; tubular pushed-in foot. Strip handle; bottom end folded over, top rested on the rim. Pontil mark on bottom. Thin rainbow iridescence. Some minor cracks, but intact. H.8.25", diameter 4.25".
Two similar pitchers sold at Christie's (June 1999, lot # 185) for $ 4025.00.
For a similar pitcher, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #259; also Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #125.
4617. A ROMAN GLASS PITCHER, second half of 1st A. D. Eastern Mediterranean.
Green, transparent, fairly thick ware. Conical body with broad flat base, slightly hollowed, narrow cylindrical neck. Two-stepped rim, folded down, then up, and tooled flat on top. Thick angular ribbon-handle with three ribs on outer surface folded down under rim, "fins" on outside at lower end. Wheel cut grooves grouped by sets at middle point of body, two more sets below. Blue, green, and lilac iridescence. Intact. H. 6.25", diameter 4.0".
For a similar pitcher, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #240; also Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. #145 for similar form and technique.
4618. A ROMAN GLASS PITCHER, 3 cent. A. D.
Light turquoise, transparent, medium thin. High bellied form, with narrow tapering neck and rounded shoulder; flaring rim with lip-fold in; pushed-in base. Strip handle with fold under rim. Pontil mark on bottom. Thin rainbow iridescence. Soil and roots deposits on inside. Some cracks, but intact. H.7.0", diameter 3.1". For a similar pitcher, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #268.
4619. A ROMAN GLASS PITCHER, 4 cent. A. D.
Light blue-green, transparent, bubbly. Constrained spherical body with long tapering neck; wide conically-flaring rim, lip cut and reworked; pushed-in base. Ribbon-handle with two ribs on outer surface with top end folded over twice. Thin thread wound in spiral from neck to the base center. Soil and lime deposits on inside. Small area of professional repair. H. 6.0", diameter 3.4".
See "Roman and Preroman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum", by J. W. Hayes, Toronto, 1975, cat. # 642 for similar form.
4620. A ROMAN GLASS FLAGON, 1 cent. A. D.
Greenish, transparent, bubbly ware. Ovoid body with pushed in base; short narrow neck, curving up from body with flaring mouth with lip-fold in. Rainbow iridescence. Some minor cracks, but intact. H.5.2", diameter 3.4".
For a similar form, see Ancient Glass in Hermitage Collection, by N. Kunina, 1997, cat. #352.
4621. A ROMAN GLASS FLAGON, 4 cent. A. D.
Greenish-yellow, transparent, bubbly ware. Ovoid body with tubular pushed-in small foot; very short neck with flaring mouth with thick lip. Thick angular ribbon-handle with three ribs on outer surface folded down under rim and over, "fins" on outside at lower end. . Thin thread wound in spiral from under lip and several times around neck. Film of rainbow iridescence. Restored. H.5.75", diameter 2.6".
4622. A LARGE ROMAN CROSS-BOW FIBULA, 8 x 5,5 cm, bronze with nice ornamentation. This fibula is a rare type because it has a locking mechanism for the needle. Pin lost.
4623. A BRONZE STATUE OF MERCURY, holding money purse and caduceus. This small statue wears a small silver torque around the neck which shows that it was used in a Gallo-Roman household. The torque is the chain between the Roman and the Gallic culture. Found in the near of Trier, 5 cm high, one lower-leg lost, nice work, green patina, Reference: Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann: Römische Bronzestatuetten aus Augst (here a Venus wearing a gold torque).
4624. STATUE OF JUPITER, nice large Jupiter statue with missing head, 11 cm high. In one hand it holds the attribute of Jupiter: the thunderbolt. All in all a nice large statue. Reference: Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann: Römische Bronzestatuetten aus Augst
4625. FIBULA, in shape of a horsefly. Very large bronze fibula ( 8 cm), with detailed work on the wings and the head. One half of the pin is lost. Found near Cologne. The museum in Cologne dates them into
the late 3rd/beginning of 4th century AD. Reference: Riha, Die römische Fibeln,
4626. FIBULA, in shape of a horsefly. Small silver fibula, with ornamented wings, pin is missing. Found near Cologne. The museum in Cologne dates them into
the late 3rd/beginning of 4th century AD. 3,5 cm, Reference: Riha, Die römische Fibeln,
4627. FIBULA, in shape of a swastika with horse heads at the four ends. Complete with needle. About 2nd century, 3,5 cm, Reference: Riha, Die römische Fibeln,
4628. FIBULA, in shape of a turtle, red enameled body with white circles. Complete with needle. About 3rd century AD, 5,5 cm, Reference: Exner, Die Emaillefibeln.
4629. A ROMAN LEGIONARY TILE, Legio VIII AVGVSTA, This legion was based in the year 24 in Pannonia and afterwards for a long time in Southern Germany. The inscription on the tile is LEG VIII AVG. 18 x 20 cm. Complete but for edge chips and with clear inscription.
4630. ROMAN DICE, made of bone, 1 cm x 1 cm, in nice condition.
4631. ROMAN PHALLIC AMULET, intact with suspension loop, one end shows a phallus, the other one the manus ficus, green patina, 3,5 x 3,5 cm.
4632. ROMAN PHALLIC AMULET, large cast phallus, complete with suspension loop, 4,5 cm length. Found in Bonn (Bonna).
4633. ROMAN SILVER SPOON. Silver spoons were used only in rich roman households. Complete and no damage, a little corrosion at the handle, 15 cm long. A very rare silver object of the daily life. About 2nd century. Reference: Riha/Stern, Die römischen Löffel.
4634. ROMAN MIRROR, handle is missing. The disk shows circle ornaments and mostly no corrosion. 9 cm in diameter.
4635. ROMAN BRONZE APPLICAE FITTING. Very nice artwork, showing the head of Athena, 5 x 3 cm. The use of this item is not clear. Found near the legionary castle in Koblenz. (Confluentes).
4636. ROMAN SILVER FIBULA, complete with the iron needle. Ca. 3rd century, 3,7 cm long.
4637. A LARGE ROMAN TRANSPORT AMPHORA, early type of the time of Augustus. 90 cm high, 33 cm in diameter.
Restored at the bottom. Large and rare type. Found in Trier. Comes complete with stand. Reference: Gose, Typen rheinischer Keramik.
4638. ROMAN COCK MADE OF CLAY. This is a typical but rare grave gift for a child. Maybe it was a play toy or a sacrificial object. Reference: Limesmuseum Aalen, Grabbrauch in Süddeutschland, there a similar cock. 9,5 x 9 cm. Some restoration at the head.
