Incredible, you will have to commit to telling those around you, to the little children around you, you will see their eyes shine when you calculate the age of this tiny thing of 2.29 grams of silver.[...]
Extremely rare earring composed of six finely worked grains, each including several picket circles with six grains arranged in a triangle in their center for a total weight of 3.6 grams.
Dimensions[...]
ARCHEOLOGY
Superb set in light terracotta, from Roman or Gallo-Roman period (2nd - 6th centuries), consisting of
*a small pitcher with a handle, with a horizontally striped body in slight relief[...]
Elegant bracelet decorated with dotted flowers on a green background. These bracelets were worn during ceremonies intended to honor a deity. Our example, in glass paste, in the tradition of the most b[...]
Large terracotta figurine representing a woman holding her left arm raised. Roman period, perhaps Egypt 7cm high 6.5cm wide 11cm high with base Provenance: same Tarn collection (south of France) as th[...]
Two snail fossils...
Definitely from the sea...
In perfect condition...
They must certainly have been polished...
Two pretty stones...!
Weight... 403 gr
An Ancient green jasper scarab.
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Measures 3.6cm long excluding loose bail.
The uninscribed scarab is set with a 19th century gold pendant mount.
Very beautiful terracotta statuette representing a woman sitting on an armchair with her legs crossed. Roman Egypt 1st-3rd century Fayoum 9cm high 4.5cm wide 10.5cm with the base Provenance: same Tarn[...]
Superb Greek skyphos in terracotta with double black and ocher slips. A reddish line highlights the belly in the upper part. The lower third is punctuated with black streaks. Work from Magna Graecia 4[...]
Small terracotta votive head representing a woman with braided hair. Roman work. 4.4cm high 3.3cm wide 8cm high with base Provenance: same Tarn collection (south of France) as the other archeology pie[...]
Bas-relief in gray schist with sculpted decorations of a character under an arcade. Probably a person praying in a temple. Art of Gandhara I-3rd century AD 18cm long 15.5cm high 3.5cm thick Provenance[...]
Chaouabti Oushebti Ouchebti Statuette In Earth Egyptian work Old piece whose enamel is still present old piece we report traces of oxidation as well as wear. Free and insured shipping in mainland Fran[...]
Terracotta female head representing a deity wearing an eagle.
To compare with a figurine representing Athena presented in the collections of the Louvre museum (link: https://collections.louvre.fr/a[...]
Superb terracotta statuette representing Aphrodite on a dolphin or Aphrodite emerging from the waters. This statuette evokes the birth of Aphrodite when she emerges from the foam of the waves in a con[...]
Votive terracotta head representing a woman with hair in braids plated like the Empress Julia Domna. End of the 2nd century, beginning of the 3rd century AD. 4.1cm high 2.5cm wide 8cm with base
Small terracotta votive head representing a grotesque. Roman work 1st-3rd century CE Identified at El Djem (El Jem in Tunisia). 3.5cm high 2.5cm wide 8.2cm with base Provenance: same Tarn collection ([...]
Small terracotta votive head representing a woman with abundant hair. Greco-Roman work from Egypt. 3.6cm high 2.8cm wide 8cm high with the base Provenance: same Tarn collection (south of France) as th[...]
Terracotta votive head representing the goddess Isis. Above her elaborate headdress composed of a large bead, placed above two rows of curly hair, she wears the solar disk. Roman work from Egypt. Prob[...]
Superb Greek skyphos decorated with black dots on the upper part and lines of ocher and red slip on the body. Work from Greater Greece 4th century BC 5cm high 8cm diameter 12cm diameter with handles C[...]
Rare Roman terracotta statuette representing Baubo on his wild boar. Egyptian work from Alexandria, Naucratis or Fayoum. End of the Greek period, beginning of the Roman period Accidents and losses cle[...]
Ce masque, stuqué et peint, est trés bien sculpté avec de belles proportions, un beau profil et en volume prononcé. Le visage esquisse un leger sourire posé sur le temps pour mieux accompagner le déf[...]
Beautiful example of a hydria vase with a light background.
Decorated with brown palmettes on the belly part.
State of conservation relating to its age (missing on the base)
Period 4th century BC.
Skyphos - Large gnathian wine vase Great Greece, southern Italy Dating from the 4th-3rd BC Large wine vase painted black, with a winged head in its center, representing Eros. The decorative frieze on[...]
Two fragments of Coptic Tabula fabric decorated with animals and stylized friezes, purple background with ecru decoration for the first, ecru background with brown decoration for the second. Egypt Cop[...]
Terracotta oil lamp in its beautiful patina as it was found Orange-ochre terracotta, marks of time, very good general state of conservation. Provenance: old collection of archaeological objects of a B[...]
Very beautiful little terracotta head representing a woman wearing a bun. Greek work known as the workshops of Tanagra. 4th century BCE. Beautiful finesse of execution. 3cm in height (head only) Base [...]
Oil lamp with oblong tank, wide channel with straight edges open on the disc. It presents a frieze of motifs in the shape of a bishop's crosier, semi-concentric and triangular motifs. Christian period[...]
Large brooch of the 5th century AD with a Lozangic foot typical of the "Danubian" world, whose presence in western Europe is associated with the movement of Roman troops from the Danubian Limes, and w[...]
Enamelled Roman brooch and applique of the 1st-2nd century AD
Bearing a very largely preserved millefiori type enamel decoration, partly hidden by incrustations. The brooch retains its pin holder whi[...]
Exceptional and rare Campana plaque type depicting the profile of a woman
Magna Gracia / Southern Italy / Campania with traces of blue and red polychromy on the headdress.
height: 19 cm
width: 17 [...]
Large balsamaire with a wide body, slightly constricted at the base of the neck, ending in flat lips. The name balsamaire comes from the Latin word balsanum which in French gave “balm”, “balsamic” and[...]
Beautiful head of divinity, perhaps Isis. She wears an imposing headdress held by a ribbon wound and tied at the top. Beige terracotta with remains of ocher, yellow and white polychromy. Marks of time[...]
Beautiful archaic man's head, the hairstyle formed of long parallel wavy locks surrounded by a headband.
Roman art, Hellenistic period / Greek influence face reworked in the 2nd century
height of ma[...]
This is an archaeological fragment of a shaped piece made in Gaul between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD Sigillated terracotta - The sigillata ceramic is a fine ceramic intended for table service, used[...]
This is an archaeological fragment of a shaped piece made in Gaul between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD Sigillated terracotta - The sigillata ceramic is a fine ceramic intended for table service, used[...]
This is an archaeological fragment of a shaped piece made in Gaul between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD Sigillated terracotta - dimensions 6,4 x 4,2 x 0,8 cm - The sigillata ceramic is a fine ceramic[...]
Oil lamp with an angular, short, flared spout, flanked by two volutes with protruding knobs, end forming an obtuse angle. The pelvis is circular with a concave disc. The headband is decorated with a r[...]
Set of Greek Art archaeological heads,
Greece, Hellenistic period, 3rd century BC.
A head of a bearded man wearing a diadem topped with a leaf
Greece, 3rd century BC, Hellenistic period
Terrac[...]
Relief with acanthus leaves in patinated marble Roman period
Height: 15 cm
Height with base: 21.5 cm
Good state of conservation
All my items for sale are visible in Issy-Les-Moulineaux.
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Small Egyptian funerary statuette called Oushebti, in enamelled terracotta. From private collection. Very beautiful lapis color. 8.5cm Good general condition, in its original condition.
Greco-Buddhist art from Gandhara, 1st to 3rd century AD, important and very rare embossed gold pendant decorated with a scene representing the attack of a lion on a buffalo. The pendant has two rings [...]
ROMAN RED JASPER APPLIQUE OF TRAGIC ACTOR
Rome, 1st Century A.D.
5.5 x 4.2 cm the mask
2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
Provenance
Penicuik House, Midlothian, acquired by either Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet of [...]
Very fine terra sigillata plate, both very pure in its forms and light. It dates from the first century and could be a work from the South of France. Provenance: Parisian collection established in the[...]
Small terracotta head which was part of an ex-voto; This object represents a grotesque woman with a hooked nose. Alexandria, Greco-Roman period. 1st century AD. Provenance: Galerie Mariaud de Serres, [...]
This magnificent Roman-era funerary stele takes the form of a Greco-Roman temple.
Richly decorated, the stele comprises three distinct parts:
The first is the main composition, set in a temple décor[...]
Statuette of a Young Stag
Hellenistic Period, 2nd-1st century BC
H. 11 cm
L. 9 cm
Visible missing parts
Green marble base
The iconography of the stag and doe is attested in Greco-Roman antiqu[...]
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