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ANTIQUITIES OF THE GARDEN: A COLLECTOR’S
LIVING ANCIENT WORLD
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Antiquities of the Garden A Collector’s Living Ancient World
BY JACOB COLEY, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, ANTIQUITIES & ANCIENT ART
Agreat collection is never only about ownership; it is about recognition. The more than 120 works in this single-owner collection span centuries and civilizations, from Roman marble sculpture and Greek arms and armor to Egyptian amulets, South Arabian works, Near Eastern votives, and precious objects in silver and gold. What unites them is not geography but feeling: each object seems to have been chosen for its ability to carry memory, presence, and character across time. As the anonymous collector himself put it, “I collected these antiquities because they
spoke to me. I felt that they were here with me, teaching me. I also chose some that were like me, as in ‘alike.’ This happens often with the flowers I plant in my garden too: Pelargonium hortorum. They too are, like my antiquities, alive.”
That sense of presence is perhaps strongest in the collection’s remarkable marble portrait heads, including likenesses of Augustus, Trajan, and Caracalla. In them, Roman history becomes startlingly human. Augustus still suggests the calm authority of the age that laid the foundations for the Pax Romana; Trajan, remembered among the Five Good Emperors,
LEFT | Lots 120-122
Marble portrait heads, including likenesses of Augustus (Circa 1st Century A.D., Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000), Trajan (Circa 98-117 A.D. Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000), and Caracalla (Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D., Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000)
embodies imperial ambition joined to public duty; Caracalla, by contrast, carries the harder edge of rule, remembered both for brutality in the ancient sources and for the edict of 212 A.D. that extended Roman citizenship across the empire. Together, these faces do more than represent emperors. They present power as personality, and history as something that can still look back at us.
Elsewhere, the collection turns from the face to the body in armor: a Greek Bronze Phrygian Helmet, a Greek TinnedBronze Chalcidian Helmet, and a Greek Bronze Corinthian Helmet. Each is an object of defense, but also of identity. In the ancient Mediterranean, armor was never merely practical; it stood at the meeting point of danger, honor, and selfpresentation. These helmets remind us that the ancients did not separate the question of how to live from the question of what was worth defending. They are metaphors, even now, for the “good death” as the Greeks understood it: not death sought for its own sake, but a life made meaningful through courage, duty, and purpose.
The collection’s earliest voices may be its quietest: Near Eastern marble and lapis lazuli inlay statuettes of recumbent cows and felines from the 3rd millennium B.C. In their
ABOVE | Lots 39-41
A Greek Tinned-Bronze Chalcidian Helmet (BC 500-301, Estimate: $15,000 – 25,000), Greek Bronze Phrygian Helmet (Circa 350-300 B.C., Estimate: $80,000 – 120,000), and a Greek Bronze Corinthian Helmet (Circa 6th Century B.C., Estimate: $60,000 – 80,000)
ABOVE | Lots 21-25
Mesopotamian statuettes of recumbent cows and felines including a Limestone and Lapis Lazuli Inlay Recumbent Calf (far right), Late Uruk-Jemdat Nasr Period, Circa 3300-2900 B.C.,
Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000
compact forms is a world being organized for the first time. Mesopotamia, long called one of the cradles of civilization, was shaped by farming, irrigation, and the domestication of animals; art from the region often reflects that close dependence on the natural world. These small creatures are therefore more than ornaments. They speak to the oldest bond between humanity and animal life, and to the twin foundations of settled civilization: animal husbandry and cultivation. For a collector deeply attuned to gardens and growth, it is easy to see how such works could feel vividly, almost tenderly, alive.
Seen together, the collection forms less a survey than a tapestry. Faces, helmets, animals, tools of devotion, and objects of luxury all speak in different registers, yet each reflects the same enduring human concerns: power, mortality, beauty, protection, memory, and life lived in relation to the world around us. That breadth is what makes this collection so compelling. It does not present antiquity as distant or inert, but as a living garden of encounter, where many cultures, many objects, and many histories are woven into one collector’s sustained passion for the ancient world.
1 A Pair of Egyptian Bronze Eye Inlays Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-343 B.C. Length of eyebrow 8 cm (3 1/8 inches).
Provenance: Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Switzerland, 1960s. Private Collection, Paris.
$2,000 - 3,000
2 An Egyptian Wood Female Figure Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty, 2040-1991 B.C. Height 19.2 cm (7 1/2 inches).
Provenance: Jack Josephson Collection, New York, prior to 1980.
Private Collection, Europe, 1983-1989.
Private Collection, England. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 30 March 2015.
$12,000 - 18,000
3
An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Mummy Mask Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty, 712-525 B.C. Height 47 cm (18 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Admiral Joseph Maurice Exelmans (1816-1875), France, acquired in Egypt around 1850; thence by descent. Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Archéologie, 20 May 2015, Lot 39.
$15,000 - 25,000
4
An Egyptian Gilt Cartonnage Mummy Mask of a Woman Roman Period, Circa 1st Century A.D. Length 30 cm (11 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Egypt, 1910; thence by descent. Private Collection, Egypt, 1953.
Simone de Monbrison, Paris, 1965.
Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Archéologie, 21 May 2014, Lot 82.
Exhibited:
Germany, Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Augenblicke. Mumienporträts und ägyptische Grabkunst aus römischer Zeit, 30 January 1999 - 11 April 1999. Austria, Vienna, Austrian National Library, Tod am Nil: Tod und Totenkult im antiken Ägypten, 22 July 2003 - 5 March 2004.
Published:
K. Parlasca, Augenblicke Mumienporträts und ägyptische Grabkunst aus römischer Zeit (catalogue exhibition), Frankfurt, 1999, pp. 336-337, no. 230.
H. Froschauer & H. Harrauer, Tod am Nil: Tod und Totenkult im antiken Ägypten (catalogue exhibition), Vienna, 2003, p. 86-87, no. 4, Front page.
$10,000 - 15,000
6
An Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment with a Nile God New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Hatshepsut, 1473-1458 B.C.
Height 12.1 cm (4 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, United States, acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Sotheby’s, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, 12 December 1991, Lot 35.
Private Collection, Europe, 1991-2017. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 29 June 2017.
Exhibited:
New York, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, October 1986-June 1989. [Loan no. TL1986.502]
$10,000 - 15,000
5
An Egyptian Limestone Sculptor’s Model Fragment Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.
Height 17.8 cm (7 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, acquired in Tel Aviv prior to 1977. Sotheby’s, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, 14 June 2000, Lot 31.
[Inv. no. 1882 inscribed in ink on the back]
$7,000 - 9,000
7
An Egyptian Sandstone Relief Fragment with a Worshipper New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, Reign of Akhenaten, 1353-1335 B.C.
Height 22 cm (8 5/8 inches).
Provenance: Paul Mallon (1884-1975), Paris. [by repute] Art Market, Paris.
Private Collection, London, 1981-2015, acquired from above between 1970-1981.
Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, 2015 (Fragments: From the Tiber to the Ganges, no. 11).
$4,000 - 6,000
8
An Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment with a Priest New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1307 B.C. Height 21.5 cm (8 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Art Market, Cairo, prior to 1910.
Private Collection, Philadelphia, acquired from the above, 1910-1950. Private Collection, Washington, D.C., 1950-2011. Christie’s, New York, Antiquities, 9 June 2011, Lot 41. Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, 2015 (Fragments: From the Tiber to the Ganges, no. 7).
$8,000 - 12,000
9
An Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment with a Pharaoh New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty, 1307-1070 B.C. Width 13.5 cm (5 1/4 inches).
Provenance:
The Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, 1930s. Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, 2015 (Fragments: From the Tiber to the Ganges, no. 6).
$5,000 - 7,000
10
An Egyptian Limestone Fragment of a Seated Scribe New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, 1550-1196 B.C. Height 21 cm (8 1/4 inches).
Provenance:
Art Market, Europe, 1960s.
Private Collection, Washington, acquired from the above, 1960s-2009.
Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, 2015 (Fragments: From the Tiber to the Ganges, no. 17).
Inscribed with hieroglyphs reading: “Royal Scribe, Controller of the Estate of Amun, Controller of the Treasury of Amun, Amen (Em) Int [...]”
$6,000 - 8,000
11
An Egyptian Greywacke Foot Fragment for Hory Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C. Length 20 cm (7 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
John Perdios, United Kingdom, 1960-2001. Private Collection (K.N.), United Kingdom, 2001-2012. Art Market, New York, 2014.
$4,000 - 6,000
14
An Egyptian Alabaster Pilgrim Flask
New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, 1550-1196 B.C.
Height 9.8 cm (3 7/8 inches).
Provenance: Herbert Bier (1905-1981), England; thence by descent. Private Collection, United Kingdom. Christie’s, London, Antiquities, 6 July 2016, Lot 108.
$2,000 - 3,000
12
An Egyptian Alabaster Headrest Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2323-2150 B.C.
Height 20.8 cm (8 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York. [by repute] James G. Hanes Jr., North Carolina, 1960s-1970s; thence by descent to his son James G. Hanes III, 1995-2015. Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, Antiquities, Asian, European, and American, 18-19 March 2016, Lot 383.
$10,000 - 15,000
15
An Egyptian Blue Frit “New Year” Flask
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Height 13.2 cm (5 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Europe, 1970s. Art Market, New York, 2015.
$6,000 - 8,000
13
An Egyptian Alabaster Vessel
Early Dynastic Period, 1st-2nd Dynasty, 2920-2649 B.C.
Height 45.5 cm (17 7/8 inches).
Provenance:
Öfner Collection, Germany, 1965-1980s.
Private Collection, 1980s-late 1990s.
Sotheby’s, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, 10 December 1999, Lot 205.
$10,000 - 15,000
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16
An Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Frog Ring New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, 1550-1196 B.C.
Height 3 cm (1 1/8 inches); Ring size 6 1/2.
Provenance: Private Collection, New York, 1980s. Alexander Gallery, New York, prior to 1993.
$2,000 - 3,000
17
An Egyptian Carnelian Hippopotamus Amulet Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-343 B.C.
Length 3.5 cm (1 3/8 inches).
Provenance: Art Market, London, 1960s. Art Market, New York, 2016.
$4,000 - 6,000
18
An Egyptian Bronze and Glass Ibis Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C. Length 15 cm (5 7/8 inches).
Provenance: Annette Cravens (1923-2017), Buffalo, New York, acquired in 1972, Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York, The Estate of Annette McGuire Cravens, Buffalo, NY, 22 September 2017, Lot 244.
$4,000 - 6,000
An Egyptian Black Marble Recumbent Lion Roman Period, Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Length 42.5 cm (16 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Sotheby’s, London, English Furniture, Works of Art, 25 May 1979, Lot 121. Phillips & Harris, London.
Private Collection, United Kingdom, acquired from the above, 22 May 1980.
Private Collection, England, 1980-2015.
Sotheby’s, New York, Antiquities, 3 June 2015, Lot 13.
$20,000 - 30,000
20
An Egyptian Bronze Falcon Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-343 B.C. Height 27 cm (10 5/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Texas, late 1970s-early 1980s.
Sotheby’s, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, 21 November 1985, Lot 138. Private Collection, New York, 1985-2014.
Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, 2015 (Anonymous, pp. 16-17, no. 7).
$60,000 - 80,000
This substantial bronze depicts a falcon in a compact, upright stance, its feet set wide and its wings drawn close against a sweeping tail. The casting is hollow and of considerable quality, the walls even and well-controlled. Across the breast, wings, and flanks, the plumage is articulated in neat incised rows, each quill precisely differentiated from its neighbor, conferring a richness of surface that the patina now enhances rather than obscures. The face is alert and sharply observed: a pronounced supraorbital ridge throws the eyes into relief, their rounded forms enclosed by well-defined lids that terminate in fine canthi; below, the long facial stripe distinctive to the peregrine falcon is set back into the metal, and the culmen descends in a decisive hook. A rectangular void cut into the base of the figure identifies it as a falcon coffin, designed to receive a mummified bird in its interior, the opening once closed with a plaster seal. At 27 cm in height this is an ambitious work, among the larger examples of its class.
The religious significance of the falcon in ancient Egypt was rooted in its association with Horus, one of the oldest and most theologically complex gods in the Egyptian pantheon. Lord of the sky and divine model of kingship, Horus was worshipped across Egypt in numerous local forms throughout the Pharaonic and Late periods, and the bronze falcon coffin was one of the primary vehicles through which that worship found material expression. Sacred falcons were raised within temple precincts, mummified upon their deaths, and interred within bronze casings such as the present example, which were then dedicated at sanctuaries as votive offerings. This practice expanded dramatically during the Late Period as animal cults became a central feature of Egyptian religious life, attracting pilgrims from across the country who sought the intercession of the god through the offering of his sacred animal. The size and accomplished workmanship of the present bronze suggest it was a dedication of some consequence. For related examples see P. Jett, S. Sturman and T.D. Weisser, “A Study of the Egyptian Bronze Falcon Figures in The Walters Art Gallery,” Studies in Conservation, vol. 30, no. 3 (1985); and R.S. Bianchi et al., Egyptian Bronzes, Fondation Gandur Pour L’Art, p. 222.
21
A Mesopotamian Marble and Lapis Lazuli Inlay Bull Head
Late Uruk-Jemdat Nasr Period, Circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Length 9 cm (3 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, United States, acquired in 1981.
$3,000 - 5,000
22
A Mesopotamian Marble and Lapis Lazuli Inlay Bull Head
A Mesopotamian Marble and Lapis Lazuli Recumbent Leopard
Late Uruk-Jemdat Nasr Period, Circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Length 11.5 cm (4 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Art Market, United Kingdom.
Private Collection (M.D. O’Hara), United Kingdom, acquired from the above, 27 April 1975.
$3,000 - 5,000
21
23
A Mesopotamian Marble and Limestone Inlay Recumbent Calf
Late Uruk-Jemdat Nasr Period, Circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Length 7.5 cm (3 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection (R. Family), United Kingdom, 1988.
Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1990s. Ariadne Galleries, London, acquired prior to 12 February 2015.
$3,000 - 5,000
24
A Mesopotamian Marble and Lapis Lazuli Inlay Recumbent Feline
Late Uruk-Jemdat Nasr Period, Circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Length 7 cm (2 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, United States, acquired in 1981.
$3,000 - 5,000
25 A Mesopotamian Marble and Lapis Lazuli Inlay Recumbent Calf Late Uruk-Jemdat Nasr Period, Circa 3300-2900 B.C. Length 7 cm (2 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1979. Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, 2015 (Anonymous, pp. 2-3, no. 2).
$5,000 - 7,000
26
A Mesopotamian Chalcedony Duck Weight
Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.
Length 8.3 cm (3 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1970s.
$800 - 1,200
28
A Neo-Assyrian Lapis Lazuli Complex of the Guardian Pazuzu
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Height 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection (C.F.C), England; thence by descent (I.C.C.), England, 1963. Art Market, New York, 2015.
$4,000 - 6,000
27
A Neo-Assyrian Bone Handle
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Length 9 cm (3 1/2 inches).
Provenance: Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Geneva and Paris, late 1970s.
$1,200 - 1,800
30
A Mesopotamian Core-Formed Glass Bottle
Circa 15th Century B.C.
Height 13.3 cm (5 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Michel Albert Manoukian, Paris, 1975. Private Collection (C.A.T.), New Jersey; thence by descent. Christie’s, New York, Antiquities, 13 December 2013, Lot 40.
$20,000 - 30,000
29 A Syro-Hittite Steatite Libation Bowl
Circa 8th Century B.C.
Length 13.2 cm (5 1/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany and London, 1976.
$2,000 - 3,000
31
A Sumerian Limestone Face Amulet
Late Uruk-Jemdat Nasr Period, Circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Height 2.1 cm (7/8 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Europe, 1960. Art Market, Europe, 2000.
$800 - 1,200
32 A Sumerian Gypsum Female Worshipper Early Dynastic II, Circa 2700-2600 B.C. Height 18.2 cm (7 1/8 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection (R. Family), United Kingdom, 1988. Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1990-2015. Ariadne Galleries, London, acquired prior to 4 September 2015.
$40,000 - 60,000
33
A Sumerian Gypsum Male Worshipper
Early Dynastic II, Circa 2700-2600 B.C.
Height 16.5 cm (6 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection (R. Family), United Kingdom, 1988. Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1990s.
Ariadne Galleries, London, acquired prior to 7 October 2014.
$20,000 - 30,000
34 A Near Eastern Copper Alloy Deity Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. Height 23.5 cm (9 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1970s. Christie’s, New York, Antiquities, 10 June 2010, Lot 9.
$10,000 - 15,000
35 A Greek Gold Wreath
Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C. Diameter 19 cm (7 1/2 inches); 29.1 grams.
Provenance: Private Collection (E.W.), United Kingdom, 1960s. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 1 August 2014.
$40,000 - 60,000
36
A Greek Gold Diadem Circa 5th Century B.C. Width 16.5 cm (6 1/2 inches); 3.7 grams.
Provenance:
Nasli M. Heeramaneck, New York, 1960s. Art Market, New York.
$2,000 - 3,000
37
A Greek Gold Diadem with an Archer Circa 6th Century B.C. Width 22.5 cm (8 7/8 inches).
Provenance:
Nasli. M. Heeramaneck, New York, 1960s. Art Market, New York.
$2,000 - 3,000
38
A Phoenician Gold Ceremonial Axe Middle Bronze Age I, 2000-1750 B.C. Width 12.8 cm (5 inches); 280.6 grams.
Provenance:
Asfar & Sarkis, Beirut, 1960s. [With copy of 1934 trade license] Private Collection, Belgium, 1980s.
Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, 2015 (Anonymous, pp. 36-37, no. 16).
$40,000 - 60,000
39
A Greek Bronze Phrygian Helmet Circa 350-300 B.C.
Total height 41 cm (16 1/8 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Basel, late 1960s. Christie’s, New York, Antiquities, 9 June 2011, Lot 108.
$80,000 - 120,000
40
A Greek Tinned Bronze Chalcidian Helmet Circa 5th-4th Century B.C. Height 33.5 cm (13 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Germany. Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 20 October 2005, Lot 287. Thomas Del Mar Ltd. (Olympia Auctions), London, Arms, Armour & Militaria, 2 December 2015, Lot 179.
$15,000 - 25,000
41
A Greek Bronze Corinthian Helmet Circa 6th Century B.C. Length 26 cm (10 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Art Market, London.
Private Collection, United Kingdom, acquired from the above in 2000. Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 15 October 2008, Lot 208 Hermann Historica, Munich, Auktion 60, 15 October 2010, Lot 2019. Christian Levett, London, 2010-2015.
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France. [Acc. no. MM.430]
Published: M. Merrony (ed.), Mougin Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 199, no. 50.
Exhibited: France, Mougin, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2010-2015.
$60,000 - 80,000
A Roman Bronze Parade Mask Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Height 19 cm (7 1/2 inches).
Provenance: Rutherford Stuyvesant (1843-1909), New York. [by repute] Charles Sheard, Minnesota, 1940s-1960s. Art Market, New York, 2000s. E. Spangenberg, Dallas, Texas. Private Collection, Europe. Ariadne Galleries, London, prior to 4 March 2016.
$12,000 - 18,000
43
An Etruscan Bronze Suite of Armor Circa 500-450 B.C. Height of helmet 30 cm (11 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Cologne, 1974. Helmut Liebert Antiquitäten, Krefeld, Germany. Christie’s, New York, Antiquities, 8 June 2012, Lot 118.
$50,000 - 70,000
44
A Pair of Greek Bronze Greaves Circa 5th Century B.C.
Height of tallest 43 cm (17 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, 1980s.
Ariadne Galleries, New York, 2016 (Art & Adornment: Treasures of Combat, pp. 26-27, no 6).
$6,000 - 8,000
45 A Pair of European Bronze Age Greaves Circa 1200-800 B.C.
Height 28.8 cm (11 3/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection (S. Family), Germany, 1990s.
Gorny & Mosch, Germany, Auktion 239, 16 June 2016, Lot 402.
$5,000 - 7,000
46
A European Bronze Age Sword
Circa 10th-8th Century B.C.
Length 43.5 cm (17 1/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Frankfurt, Germany, 1970s.
Art Market, New York, 2013.
$8,000 - 12,000
47
A Celtic Iron Anthropomorphic Sword
Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. Length 72.5 cm (28 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Portugal, acquired in the 1970s. Ariadne Galleries, New York, 2016 (Art & Adornment: Treasures of Combat, pp. 88-89, no. 24).
$6,000 - 8,000
48
A Celtic Iron Sword La Tène Period, Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. Length 54.5 cm (21 1/2 inches).
Provenance: Art Market, Netherlands. Private Collection, Cologne, Germany, acquired in 1996. Ariadne Galleries, New York, 2016 (Art & Adornment: Treasures of Combat, pp. 110-111, no. 32).
Ritually bent and still retaining its scabbard, this sword reflects a practice seen across Europe from the Bronze Age through the Migration Period, in which weapons were intentionally deformed before deposition. In the Celtic world, the bending of a blade is generally interpreted as a symbolic act of decommissioning, effectively “killing” the weapon and preventing its further use in the afterlife.
$7,000 - 9,000
49
A Byzantine Bronze and Steatite Plaque with Saint Demetrios Circa Late 13th-Early 14th Century A.D.
Height 4.5 cm (1 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Eastern Europe, acquired in the 1980s.
$2,000 - 3,000
50
A Byzantine Gilt-Silver Enkolpion with Saints Demetrios and George Circa 13th-14th Century A.D.
Height 5.5 cm (2 1/8 inches); 22 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection (C.M.), Germany, 1970s. Ariadne Galleries, New York, 2014 (Anonymous, pp. 44-45, no. 20).
$3,000 - 5,000
51
A Byzantine Gold Clasp Pendant
Circa 11th Century A.D.
Length 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches); 25.1 grams.
Provenance:
J.J. Klejman, New York, 1960s. Christie’s, London, Antiquities, 25 October 2012, Lot 142.
$3,000 - 5,000
52
A Byzantine Gold and Garnet Cross Necklace Circa 11th-12th Century A.D.
Height of cross 4.8 cm (1 7/8 inches); 16.4 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, North Germany, 1990s. Art Market, New York, 1990s. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired in the 1990s.
$7,000 - 9,000
54
A Byzantine Silver Processional Cross Circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
Height 18.5 cm (7 1/4 inches); 50 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Rosenheim, Germany, 1960s. Private Collection, United Kingdom, mid 1990s. Art Market, New York, 2014.
For similar crosses in shape and size, see J. Spier, Treasures of the Ferrell Collection, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, pp. 288-289, no. 209-211.
$4,000 - 6,000
53
A Byzantine Silver Censer Circa 5th-8th Century A.D.
Width 12 cm (4 3/4 inches); 276.2 grams.
Provenance: Temple Gallery, London.
Private Collection, London, acquired from the above prior to 1990.
$3,000 - 5,000
55
A Byzantine Iron and Gilt-Bronze Processional Cross Circa 10th-12th Century A.D.
Height 78 cm (30 3/4 inches); 1008.2 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Bavaria, Germany, acquired in 1980.
Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Auktion 210, 12 December 2012, Lot 36.
$4,000 - 6,000
56 A Byzantine Silver Plate
Circa 550-650 A.D.
Diameter 23.5 cm (9 1/4 inches); 863.4 grams.
Provenance: Art Market, London. Private Collection, United Kingdom, acquired from the above, 6 September 1976. Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 2 October 2014, Lot 142.
$12,000 - 18,000
57
A Greek Gilt-Silver Kantharos Circa Late 4th Century B.C.
Height 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches); 177.1 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection (N.K.), Switzerland, acquired in the 1960s; thence by descent.
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, prior to 8 November
2013 (Rupert Wace Ancient Art 14, no. 45). [Inv. no. 4171]
$7,000 - 9,000
58
A Pair of Roman Silver Trullae
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Length of longest 23.5 cm (9 1/4 inches); 422.4 and 346.5 grams.
Provenance: Art Market, Paris, late 1970s.
Horst Merk Collection, Germany, 1981.
Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, prior to 11 August 2015.
$4,000 - 6,000
59
A South Arabian Alabaster Standing Male Figure
Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C.
Height 58 cm (22 7/8 inches).
Provenance:
Asfar & Sarkis, Beirut, 1950-1960s. [With copy of 1934 trade license]
Private Collection, Europe and Asia, 1980s.
Art Market, London.
Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired from the above in 2009.
$30,000 - 50,000
60
A South Arabian Alabaster Face Stele Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D. Width 19.5 cm (7 3/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium, 1960s. Art Market, New York, 2014.
$4,000 - 6,000
61
A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Bearded Man Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. Height 21.5 cm (8 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, acquired in the 1980s. Ariadne Galleries, New York, 2012 (Anonymous, pp. 42-43, no. 19).
$6,000 - 8,000
62
A South Arabian Limestone Double-Sided Stele with Inscriptions Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Height 22.4 cm (8 7/8 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1970s. Art Market, New York, 2009.
$4,000 - 6,000
63
A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman Circa 1st Century B.C.
Height 25.5 cm (10 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom, acquired in the 1980s. Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 23 October 2013, Lot 118.
$10,000 - 15,000
64
A South Arabian Alabaster Anthropomorphic Stele Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Height 40 cm (15 3/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, France, 1980. Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, 2015 (Anonymous, pp. 12-13, no. 5).
$4,000 - 6,000
65
A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Man Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Height 39 cm (15 3/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, France. Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Archéologie, 30 November 2012, Lot 513.
$6,000 - 8,000
66
A South Arabian Alabaster Bust of a Wheat Bearer Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C. Width 75 cm (29 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1970s. Art Market, New York, 2009.
$6,000 - 8,000
67
A Pair of South Arabian Limestone Seated Figures Circa 7th Century B.C. Height of tallest 21 cm (8 1/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1970s.
Art Market, New York, 2009.
$4,000 - 6,000
68
A South Arabian Alabaster Bust of a Woman Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C.
Height 38 cm (15 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium, 1980s.
$3,000 - 5,000
69
A South Arabian Alabaster Standing Warrior Circa 2nd Century B.C.
Height 30 cm (11 3/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium, acquired in the 1960s. Art Market, New York, 2014.
$4,000 - 6,000
70
A Eurasian Gold and Turquoise Inlay Vessel in the form of a Recumbent Ram Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
Length 8.5 cm (3 3/8 inches); 38.4 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, California, 1980s-1990s. Private Collection, New York, 1990s-2013. Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, 2014 (Anonymous, pp. 16-17, no. 7).
$6,000 - 8,000
71 A Pair of Eurasian Gold Plaques with Stags Circa 4th Century B.C. Width 6 cm (2 3/8 inches); 37.3 and 35.4 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, London, acquired in 1997. Christie’s, London, Antiquities, 26 April 2012, Lot 350.
$20,000 - 30,000
73
An Eastern Roman Silver Bull
Circa 2nd Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D.
Length 15 cm (5 7/8 inches); 385.1 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Bavaria, Germany; thence by descent in 1982.
K. Schmidt, Cologne, Germany, acquired in 1989.
$3,000 - 5,000
72
A Eurasian Electrum Feline Appliqué
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Width 2.5 cm (1 inch); 1.1 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, 1980s.
Art Market, New York, early 1990s. Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Archéologie, 29 May 2013, Lot 178.
$1,000 - 2,000
74
A Eurasian Gilt-Bronze Openwork Roundel
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Diameter 10 cm (4 inches); 126.3 grams.
Provenance:
Nasli M. Heeramaneck, New York, 1960s. Ariadne Galleries, New York, 1980s (Booklet I 2013-2014, p. 14, no. 11).
$3,000 - 5,000
75
A Nordic Gold Bracteate Pendant
Circa 6th Century A.D. or Later
Height 5.2 cm (2 inches); 12.1 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany, acquired prior to 1970; R. Bussey Collection, acquired prior to 1983.
$3,000 - 5,000
76
A Viking Electrum Torque
Circa 10th-11th Century A.D.
Diameter 20.2 cm (8 inches); 541.1 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, California, 1970s.
Private Collection, Europe, late 1990s. Ariadne Galleries, London, 2013.
$3,000 - 5,000
77
A Viking Bronze Band Fitting Circa 8th-9th Century A.D.
Length 21.5 cm (8 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Netherlands, 1960-1990.
$1,200 - 1,800
78
A Celtic Gold Bowl
Circa 4th Century B.C.
Diameter 13.5 cm (5 1/4 inches); 106.8 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Southern Germany, prior to 1987; thence by descent.
K. Schmidt, Cologne, Germany, acquired in 1993.
Art Market, New York, 2015.
$5,000 - 7,000
79
A Minoan or Mycenaean Painted Ostrich Egg Rhyton
Circa 2000-1000 B.C.
Height 15.5 cm (6 1/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection (E.W.), United Kingdom, inherited in 1973.
Ariadne Galleries, New York, 2012.
$8,000 - 12,000
81
An Attic Black-Figured Epinetron Fragment with Dionysus, Athena, and Hermes
Circa Late 6th Century B.C. Length 25.5 cm (10 inches).
Provenance:
Art Market, France.
Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1982. Christie’s, London, Antiquities, 29 April 2010, Lot 48. [With French export license]
$1,000 - 2,000
80
A Minoan or Mycenaean Terracotta Kernos Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. Width 18 cm (7 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, 1970s.
$1,000 - 2,000
82
A South Italian Black-Glazed Askos in the form of a Boar Circa 4th Century B.C. Length 18.1 cm (7 1/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany, acquired in the late 1980s-1990s.
Galerie am Museum Jurgen Haering, Freiburg, Germany.
Prof. H.-H. Heissmeyer, Schwabisch Hall, Germany, acquired from the above in 2003. [Inv. no. 13]
Christie’s, King Street, Antiquities, 1 October 2015, Lot 31.
Published:
H. Heissmeyer, Vasen und figürliche Gefässe aus der griechischen Antike.
Katalog einer süddeutschen Sammlung, Dettelbach, 2008, no. 35. H. Heissmeyer, Vases and Figure-Shaped Vessels of Greek Antiquity. Catalogue of a Collection in South Germany, Schwäbisch Hall, 2015, p. 101, no. 34.
$5,000 - 7,000
83
A Tarentine Terracotta Relief with a Griffin Circa 5th-4th Century B.C. Height 57 cm (22 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Hudson, New York, prior to 1979. T.D. Collection, Connecticut, 1979-1990s. Art Market, New York, 1990s-2016.
$4,000 - 6,000
85
A Greek Terracotta Fertility Figure Thessaly, Circa 3rd-2nd Millennium B.C. Height 22 cm (8 5/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Switzerland, 1980s. Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Arts d’Orient Archéologie, 17 June 2010, Lot 269.
$10,000 - 15,000
84
A Cypriot Picrolite Figure Chalcolithic Period, Early 3rd Millennium B.C. Height 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection (T.S.), London, 1960-1979. Private Collection, London. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 12 March 2015.
$8,000 - 12,000
86
A Greek Marble Steatopygous Idol Neolithic, Circa 5000-3000 B.C.
Height 5.3 cm (2 1/8 inches).
Provenance: Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Switzerland, 1970s.
Private Collection, Belgium, 1990s.
Art Market, New York, 2014.
$6,000 - 8,000
87
A Greek Marble Torso of Aphrodite Anadyomene Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Height 26 cm (10 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Austria, 1970s. Art Market, New York, 2015.
$5,000 - 7,000
88
A Roman Mosaic Panel with Hippolytus and Phaedra Eastern Mediterranean, Circa 3rd Century A.D. 160 x 208 cm (63 x 81 7/8 inches).
Provenance: K H. Oedekoven Collection, Germany, 1960s; thence by descent. Ariadne Galleries, London, prior to 31 May 2013 (Booklet I 2013-2014, p. 7, no. 4). [With United Kingdom Export License]
$40,000 - 60,000
89
A Greek Marble Head of Demeter Circa 4th Century B.C.
Height 29.5 cm (11 5/8 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Germany, 1950-1960. Bertholder Collection, Rosenheim, Germany, 1960s. Private Collection, United Kingdom, 2010. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 21 January 2015.
$30,000 - 50,000
90
A Greek Marble Head of a Youth Circa 3rd Century B.C. Height 21 cm (8 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Schepp Collection, since the 1970s. Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Archéologie, 29 November 2014, Lot 230.
$8,000 - 12,000
91
A Cypriot Limestone Head of a Youth Circa 6th-5th Century B.C. Height 10 cm (4 inches).
Provenance: Art Market, Europe, 1980s. Mme. Lacroix Collection, Lasne, Belgium, 1990s. Art Market, New York, 2014.
$4,000 - 6,000
92
A Palmyrene Limestone Head of a Youth Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Height 35 cm (13 3/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection (A.K.), Geneva, Switzerland, 1970s. Art Market, New York, 2015.
$8,000 - 12,000
93 A Greek Gold Necklace with Acorn Pendants Circa 5th Century B.C. Length 46 cm (18 1/8 inches); 116.8 grams.
Provenance: T. Abgariantz Collection, California, 1974. Ariadne Galleries, New York, prior to 2005.
Published: PALM BEACH! America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair, “Inside Ariadne’s Treasury,” 2005, p. 35.
$20,000 - 30,000
94
A Greek Gold Pendant with the Mistress of Animals
Circa 7th Century B.C.
Height 3.5 cm (1 3/8 inches); 1.9 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany, 1970s.
Art Market, New York, 1980s.
$3,000 - 5,000
95
A Greek Gold and Carnelian Finger Ring with the Goddess Artemis
Circa 2nd Century B.C.
Width 3.2 cm (1 1/4 inches); Ring size 6 1/2; 17.5 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany, 1980s.
Private Collection, New York, acquired in 1999. Christie’s, New York, Ancient Jewelry, 13 December 2013, Lot 268.
$6,000 - 8,000
96
A Greek Gold Bracelet with Nugget Pendants Circa 6th-Early 5th Century B.C. Length 18 cm (7 inches); 112.1 grams.
Provenance: N. Kapamadji, Florange and Ciani, France, 1972. Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Archéologie, 30 November 2012, Lot 539. $12,000 - 18,000
97
A Greek Gold Strap Necklace Circa 330-300 B.C.
Length 32.5 cm (12 3/4 inches); 40.1 grams.
Provenance:
Art Market, London, mid 1970s.
G. McKinley, London, prior to 1985. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 16 October 2014.
$30,000 - 50,000
98
A Roman Gold Fibula Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Length 7 cm (2 3/4 inches); 25.5 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection (C.M.), Germany, 1970s.
Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, 2014 (Anonymous, pp. 30-31, no. 13).
$3,000 - 5,000
99
A Greek Gilt-Silver Apollo Appliqué Circa Late 4th Century B.C.
Height 2.8 cm (1 1/8 inches); 6 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany, 1960s-1970s.
Art Market, Europe, 1980s.
D. Benaim Collection, New York, 1994.
$1,000 - 2,000
101
A European Bronze Age Spiral Armband
Circa
Width 13.8 cm (5 1/2 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Dortmund, Germany, 1970s.
$1,500 - 2,500
100
A Greco-Achaemenid Silver Phiale
Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Diameter 27.5 cm (10 7/8 inches); 620 grams.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Belgium, 1960s.
Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Arts
d’Orient Archéologie, 17 June 2010, Lot 234.
$3,000 - 5,000
102
A European Bronze Age Fibula Circa 1800-1200 B.C.
Width 21 cm (8 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection (J. Moore), acquired prior to 1983.
$800 - 1,200
1400-1200 B.C.
103
A Roman Bronze Horse Trapping
Circa 3rd-5th Century A.D.
Height 30 cm (11 3/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, France, 1980s.
For a near identical example see ‘Rome’s Photograph Library Record’ (neg. no. 1939.571-591) at the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. (Arachne Online Database: 4680927). [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/4680927]
$3,000 - 5,000
104
Two Roman Bronze Chariot Fittings in the Form of Shells
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Height 13 cm (5 1/8 inches).
Provenance: Bertholder Collection, Rosenheim, Germany, 1960s.
$3,000 - 5,000
105
A Pair of Roman Bronze Eagle Chariot Fittings
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Height 14 cm (5 1/2 inches).
Provenance: Bertholder Collection, Rosenheim, Germany, 1960s.
$3,000 - 5,000
106
A Greek Bronze Kouros Archaic Period, Circa 550-540 B.C.
Height 8.3 cm (3 1/4 inches).
Provenance: Atlantis Antiquities, New York, 1988 (Greek and Etruscan Art of the Archaic Period, p. 18, fig. 16).
Hesperia Arts Auction, New York, Antiquities, 27 November 1990, Lot 8.
Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Arts d’Orient Archéologie, 17 June 2010, Lot 276.
$3,000 - 5,000
107
An Etruscan Bronze Warrior Circa 5th Century B.C.
Height 17 cm (6 3/4 inches).
Provenance: Professor Adolphe Goumaz, Pully, Switzerland. Roland Ansermet, Neuchatel, Switzerland. Ariss Ancient Art, Panama, acquired from the above, 27 March 2007. Art Market, New York, 2016. [With Swiss Export License]
$8,000 - 12,000
108
An Italic Bronze Warrior Circa 450-425 B.C.
Height 21.5 cm (8 1/2 inches).
Provenance: Charles Scarisbrick (1801-1860), Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire, United Kingdom; thence by descent to his great-great-grandson, Charles Anthony Scarisbrick (1925-2005).
P. Munro-Walker, Bournemouth, United Kingdom, acquired from the above in the late 1960s.
Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, 2017 (Anonymous, no. 11, pp. 28-31).
$12,000 - 18,000
109
A Roman Bronze Athena
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Height 17.7 cm (7 inches).
Provenance:
Art Market, France, 2000s.
Pierre Bergé & Assoc., Paris, Archéologie, 1 June 2012, Lot 238. [With French Export License]
$4,000 - 6,000
110
A Roman Bronze Togatus
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Height 17.5 cm (6 7/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired in 1962.
Private Collection, United Kingdom. Art Market, New York, 2014.
$8,000 - 12,000
111
A Roman Bronze with a Slain Amazon on Horseback Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Length 22 cm (8 5/8 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection (K.M.), United Kingdom, 1970s-early 1990s.
Private Collection, Germany, 1990s.
Ariadne Galleries, New York, 2015.
$3,000 - 5,000
112
A Roman Marble Goat
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Height 30.5 cm (12 inches).
Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, Antiquities, 6 July 1995, Lot 84.
Christie’s, New York, Antiquities, 5 June 1998, Lot 287. Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 1 May 2013, Lot 84.
$10,000 - 15,000
113
A Roman Pavonazzetto Marble Laconian Hound
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Height 65.5 cm (25 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection (E.W.), United Kingdom, 1960s.
Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 17 June 2015.
$80,000 - 120,000
With an inquisitive, upturned head, the seated hound is captured in a moment of heightened alertness as if responding to a distant sound. The planted forelegs and massive paws, along with the alert torsion of the head and body, attractively combine to render the hunting dog in a state of latent, barely contained energy. The head is characterized by a narrow muzzle with a line of plastically rendered scruff along the jaw, with long pendent ears set low on the head and falling close to the neck. These aspects of the head, along with a deep muscled chest and abdominal tuck, are all characteristic of Laconian hunting hounds, immensely popular throughout the ancient Mediterranean. Idiosyncratic treatment of anatomy, such as selective thickening of vulnerable paws and forelegs and schematically conceived ribs, might be explained by vagaries of workshop production. It could also reflect technical challenges posed by the heterogeneous structure and pronounced veining of the pavonazzetto marble chosen, an attractive yet notorious stone for complicating precise carving due to the increased risk of fracture.
Sculpted animals and dogs in particular were ideally suited to display within garden and funerary contexts where their lifelike presence and associations with loyalty and vigilance would have resonated strongly. The tradition was rooted in Greek naturalism and deeply appreciated by Roman sculptors. Colored marbles were frequently chosen for animals, used to enhance vivid, lifelike effects. Hounds in colored marble and stone have been found in metropolitan Rome during the 19th century, notably a strikingly similar seated hound rendered in serpentine excavated on the Esquiline (Musei Capitolini inv. no. MC1110) and a striding pointer carved in pavonazzetto with a verde antico base (Musei Vaticani, inv. no. MV.425.0.0). The enduring appeal of such sculptures was not lost on enthusiasts of later eras: the famed ‘Jennings Dog’ (an imposing Molossian now in the British Museum, inv. no. 2001,1010.1), notably, was one of the earliest and most admired antiquities to enter an English collection.
For dogs in Greek sculpture, see the section in G.M.A. Richter, Animals in Greek Sculpture (London, 1930). Vermeule’s analysis of the function and meaning of such statues remains useful C.C. Vermeule, “Greek Funerary Animals, 450-300 B.C.” AJA 76 (1972): 49-59, as does his earlier article, which takes up aspects of Roman craftsmanship: “The Basel Dog: A Vindication” AJA 72, no. 2 (1968), pp. 95-101. For the “Jennings Dog” and aspects of antiquarian interpretation, see F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique (New Haven, 1981).
114
A Roman Marble Head of Venus Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Height 19.5 cm (7 5/8 inches).
Provenance: Professor Cecil Erskine (1912-2006), Dublin, acquired in the 1950s-1960s; thence by descent. Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 24 October 2012, Lot 102.
$30,000 - 50,000
115
A Roman Marble Torso of Venus Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Height 26 cm (10 1/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, France, 1960s-2005. Private Collection, London, 2005-2015. Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, 2015 (Fragments: From the Tiber to the Ganges, no. 25).
[With French export license]
$5,000 - 7,000
116
A Roman Marble Torso of Venus Circa 1st Century A.D.
Height 25.5 cm (10 inches).
Provenance:
Art Market, New York or Paris, early 1990s. Private Collection, London, 1990s-2013. Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, 2013 (Antiquities: Including the Collection of Ernst Langlotz (1985-1978), no. 39).
$5,000 - 7,000
117
A Roman Marble Head of Apollo Lykeios Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Height 14.8 cm (5 7/8 inches).
Provenance: Embiricos Collection, United Kingdom, acquired prior to 1970. Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 2014 (Rupert Wace Ancient Art 14, no. 48).
$6,000 - 8,000
118
A Roman Marble Draped Torso Circa 2nd Century A.D. Height 35 cm (13 3/4 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, Paris, 1970s. Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 September 2008, Lot 84. Sotheby’s, New York, Antiquities, 10 December 2009, Lot 30.
$10,000 - 15,000
119
A Roman Marble Sarcophagus Fragment Circa 2nd Century A.D. Height 67 cm (26 3/8 inches).
Provenance:
W. D. Wilson, Kent, United Kingdom, acquired in 1963. Art Market, London, 2015.
$4,000 - 6,000
120
An Over Life-Size Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Julio-Claudian Emperor Circa Early 1st Century A.D. Length 35.5 cm (14 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection (C.F.C), England, 1950s-1963; thence by descent (I.C.), England, by 20 February 1963. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 3 December 2014.
$40,000 - 60,000
Imposing in scale, this portrait head reflects the enduring influence of JulioClaudian imperial imagery, drawing in particular upon the portraiture of Augustus (Gaius Octavius, r. 27 B.C.–A.D. 14), whose portraiture established the visual language of the early principate and succeeding dynasties. Augustan imagery was carefully calibrated to project stability and authority, with a carefully measured idealization shaping imperial representation throughout. While maintaining key elements of this tradition, such as the almond-shaped eyes and the characteristic fringe of comma-shaped locks, certain features of the present head depart from canonical imperial portraits produced in Rome, notably the deeply set eyes, defined nasolabial folds, and firmly articulated lips.
The slight central forking of the hair above the forehead recalls the arrangement seen in Augustus’ Prima Porta type, though here rendered with a more pronounced and rhythmic articulation rather than finely differentiated locks. Likewise, the schematic treatment of the cheeks and jaw contrasts with the plastically nuanced surfaces characteristic of court production. Such variations could indicate a provincial context, where local workshops adapted official imperial prototypes with varying degrees of fidelity and interpretive flair. The simplification of facial planes and the more graphic treatment of the coiffure find parallels in Julio-Claudian portraiture from the eastern provinces, particularly at sites such as Ephesus and Pergamon.
Within this framework, the present head may be understood as a provincial rendering of an Augustanizing portrait type (Augustanizing to the extent that it has been identified as Augustus in earlier inventories), derived from an official model but translated into a more structurally simplified idiom, while retaining, and indeed emphasizing, the enduring authority of Julio-Claudian visual traditions.
(12 3/4 inches).
Provenance:
Private Collection, London and Paris, 1970. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 19 November 2013.
$40,000 - 60,000
A Roman Marble Bust of the Emperor Trajan Circa 2nd Century A.D. Height 32.4 cm
A Roman Marble Portrait Head of the Emperor Caracalla Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Height 33 cm (13 inches).
Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1980s. Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired prior to 23 May 2014.
$30,000 - 50,000
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