23 août 2013
'Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome' at Cleveland Museum of Art
Gold Phiale Mesomphalos (Offering Dish), 325-275 BC. Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek). Gold; 3.7 x 22.8 cm. Courtesy of the Antiquarium di Himera. By permission of the Regione Siciliana, Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana. Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
CLEVELAND - Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome presents masterpieces of art from ancient Sicily, an island crossroads that forged a distinctive Hellenic identity. Occupying a... [Lire la suite]23 août 2013
Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery receives gift of 374 rare Southern Arabian artifacts
Head of a woman (known as Miriam), Mid-1st century, Yemen. Alabaster, stucco and lapis lazuli. Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection) S2013.2.44
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery today announced a gift of 374 ancient Arabian artifacts from the American Foundation for the Study of Man. Dating from the eighth century B.C. to the second century A.D., the objects were unearthed at the ancient city of Tamna in Yemen and provide invaluable insight into the little-known... [Lire la suite]23 août 2013
Sotheby's to offer Magnificent Ritual Bronzes from the Collection of Julius Eberhardt
A Bronze Food Vessel, Zuo Bao Yi Gui. Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th Century BC. Height 9 7/8 in., 25cm. Est. $2/3 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 17 September 2013 Sotheby’s New York will hold a single owner sale of Magnificent Ritual Bronzes - Property from the Collection of Julius Eberhardt. The auction will present ten pieces that are among the finest examples of their type to have appeared at auction in recent years. Archaic bronzes of the importance and quality of those in Eberhardt collection are... [Lire la suite]