Archéologie & Antiquiities

Lot 76. A Parthian Bronze Animal-Headed Rhyton, Iran, circa 1st century B.C.; 4.4 cm high. Price realised GBP 45,360 (Estimate GBP 40,000 – GBP 60,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 Provenance : Private collection, Osaka, Japan, prior to 1968.Kobayashi Private collection, Osaka, Japan, 1968–1993. Note: Rhyta were designed to aerate wine - with a hole at the front from which the liquid flowed. In this example the wine would pour in a stream from the animal's open mouth directly... [Lire la suite]

Lot 69. A Proto-Elamite Silver Gilt Kneeling Goat-Headed Anthropomorphic Deity, Circa Late 4th-3rd Millennium B.C.; 4.4 cm high. Price realised GBP 151 200 (Estimate GBP 40,000 – GBP 50,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 Provenance : with Mahboubian Gallery, New York, acquired prior to 1969. Christie's. Antiquities, London, 05 July 2023  

 Lot 63. A Scythian Electrum Appliqué of a Horse, circa 6th-5th century B.C.; 35.6 cm long; weight: 362.4 grams. Price realised GBP 138,600 (Estimate GBP 80,000 – GBP 120,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 Provenance : with Mandala Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 16 February 1997.London private collection, acquired from the above. Lot 64. A Scythian Gold Stag Appliqué, circa late 5th century B.C.; 5.8 cm long; weight: 54.5 grams. Price realised GBP... [Lire la suite]

Nubian Artist, Sudan, Winged Isis Pectoral, 538–519 BCE, gold, 2 11/16 x 6 11/16 inches, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ATLANTA, GA.- For more than 3,000 years, a series of kingdoms flourished along the Nile Valley south of ancient Egypt in the Nubian Desert of modern-day Sudan. The High’s exhibition “Ancient Nubia: Art of the 25th Dynasty from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” (June 2-Sept. 3, 2023) features more than 200 masterworks... [Lire la suite]

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, Roman, 161–180 AD Gold 13 1/8 × 11 5/8 in Site et Musée romains d’Avenches et Musée cantonal d’archéologie et d’histoire, Etat de Vaud VEX.2023.3.1 Getty presents The Gold Emperor from Aventicum, an exhibition showcasing a nearly life-size gold bust of the emperor Marcus Aurelius found at Aventicum (present-day Avenches, Switzerland), an ancient Roman city built on an earlier Celtic settlement. The exhibition will be on view at the Getty Villa Museum from May 31, 2023, through January 29, 2024. “The... [Lire la suite]

WASHINGTON, DC.- The Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Roads is a digital exhibition that explores Sogdian art through existing material culture. It focuses on the golden age of the Sogdians, from the fourth to the eighth centuries CE, when Sogdiana flourished through trade and agriculture. Sogdian emigrant communities spread across China, South and Southeast Asia, and into the Central Asian steppe and Mongolia. During these centuries, a highly sophisticated and distinct Sogdian urban culture developed, epitomized by... [Lire la suite]

LONDON - This major exhibition at the British Museum will explore the relationship between luxury and power in the Middle East and southeast Europe between 550-30 BC. This was a period when the Persian empire of ancient Iran clashed with the cities and kingdoms of Greece before it was conquered by Alexander, king of Macedon, known to history as ‘Alexander the Great’. Luxury and power: Persia to Greece moves beyond ancient Greek spin to delve into a more complex story of luxury and power in ancient Iran, Athens, and the world of... [Lire la suite]

A Greek gold chain necklace, Hellenistic, circa 3rd century BC. Gold, Length: 43.4 cm. Courtesy KALLOS GALLERY at   Provenance: Jean Sigrist Collection, Basel, acquired in the 1960s - 1970sWith Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 2002Private Collection, Switzerland. The necklace is composed of three loop-in-loop chains fastened together to form a ribbon, with a fringe of small seed-pod pendants attached to the outer links of the necklace. The terminals are in the form of elliptical plates bordered with beaded wire... [Lire la suite]

Egyptian Sarcophagus Cover, Late Dynastic Period-early Ptolemaic Period, c.350-300 BC. Limestone, H. 57.5 cm (22.6 in.). Courtesy CHARLES EDE at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private collection, Bochum, Germany; acquired prior to WWII, thence by descent. The deceased is shown idealised, wearing a smooth wig tucked behind large ears, the lappets falling forwards over the shoulders, framing a delicately carved, broad, collar necklace. The face has elongated cosmetic lines to the lids and brows, the lips are... [Lire la suite]

Bactrian 'Princess', Late 3rd - early 2nd millennium BCE, Oxus civilisation, Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana. Chlorite and calcite, 10.5 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm (4.13 x 3.75 x 2.16 in.). Courtesy GALERIE KEVORKIAN at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Ex Edward Montague collection, UK.Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 October, 1988.French private collection, Paris. Literature: 2001. Published in Afganistan, una historia milenaria, page 96, catalogue n° 92002. Published in Afghanistan, une histoire millénaire, page 94, catalogue... [Lire la suite]