#A129: A Very Rare Assyrian Faience Pyxis, Ziwiye, ca. 9th century BC.
Of quadrangular form with tapering feet and handles, the body glazed in yellow, turquoise and black with triangular motifs, the handles pierced for attachment of a lid.
A very rare example of early polychrome glazing techniques. Museum quality repair with some restoration on reverse. Height: 3".
Price: US$1,250. Status: Available.
#A104: A Fine Achaemenid Persia Zoomorphic Vessel, ca. 5th-4th century BC.
The terracotta vessel with the finely molded head of a ram. One leg and ear professionally restored.
Dimensions: 5x9x11".
Price: US$3,500. Status: Available.
#A003: A Choice Phoenician Bilbil, Circa 1300-1200 BC.
Price: US$2750. Status: Available
#A173: A LARGE PUNIC OINOCHOE, ca. 5th century BC.
The pitcher with a single handle & trefoil pinched rim, remains of glaze on the upper half.
7.5". An especially large example of the type, and a fine example of the pottery used by the Carthaginian enemies of the
Romans. See, Moscati, 'The Phoenicians', #447 for a nearly identical but smaller example. $650---Sold.
#A127: A Gandharan Stone Frieze, ca. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Beautifully carved gray-green shist scene of the Buddha holding out his begging bowl to a child
surrounded by saints & boddhisatvas. Gray-green shist. Width: 15". Free standing. The Gandharan school of Graeco-Buddhist art
flourished from the late 1st to 5th century in ancient Gandhara, near the present border of Afganistan and Pakistan where Greeks from Alexander the Greats army had settled.
Such Greek artistic style combined with Buddhist iconograpy is unique in art history.
Price: US$2,500. Status: Sold.
#A070: An Ancient Iranian Torch Holder with Ibexes, Circa 1200 BC.
Price: US$1,250. Status: Sold.
#A093: A Choice Amlash Burnished Cup, Circa 600 BC.
Price: Reduced to US$850.
Status: Sold.
#A014: A Persian Offering Bowl With Ram's Head, Circa 8th Century BC.
Price: On sale at US$1,250. Status: Sold.