Archéologie & Antiquiities

Statue of Asklepios, Second century AD, Roman. Photo courtesy Ariadne Galleries  Acquired by Alexander Iolas, in New York and Paris, between 1950 and 1965; Acquired in Paris; European Private Collection, 1980-1982; Ophiuchus Collection, 1982-2013 Published and Exhibited: Vogue, 1982 Classical Antiquities from Private Collections in Great Britain. A Loan Exhibition in Aid of the Ashmole Archive, Sotheby(January 15th-31st 1986) Hydria with Nike, Fifth century BC, Greek. Photo courtesy Ariadne... [Lire la suite]

Ancient: This undated picture released by the Shaanxi provincial cultural relics bureau shows a stone marker carved with an epitaph inside the newly discovered tomb of Shangguan Wan'er. © AFP/Getty Images BEIJING (AFP).- Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a 7th-century female politician who was one of the most powerful women in China's ancient history, local media said on Thursday. Shangguan Wan'er -- who lived from 664 to 710 in the Tang dynasty -- was a trusted aide to China's first empress Wu Zetian and is... [Lire la suite]

Head of the Emperor Claudius or Nero, AD 43–99, Romano-British. Unknown maker. Copper alloy, 31.5 x 24.5 x 25 cm. British Museum. A life-size head from an equestrian statue of the emperor Claudius, fished out of the river Alde at Rendham, Suffolk in 1907 will be reunited with a fragment of a horse’s leg, found some 60 kilometres away near Ashill in 1979, in the exhibition Masterpieces:  Art and East Anglia at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich, on view from 14 September 2013 to 24 February 2014.  These two... [Lire la suite]

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]

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]

Gold fitting in form of eighteen dragons Eastern Zhou dynasty Spring and Autumn period, 6th or 5th ct. BC. Photo courtesy Nagel Auktionen Nagel. November 2nd 2013 - Julius Eberhardt Collection - Japan, Korea - http://www.auction.de

Ring-shaped Bronze Ornament with Birds, La Tène culture,  Great Britain, 350 BC. Photo courtesy Auctionata Bronze with green patina. Large ring-shaped ornament. Stylized bird decoration. Diameter: 10.5 cm. Very good condition. Estimation : 480 / 600 € This ring-shaped bronze ornament is from Great Britain, where it was made in the La Tène culture around 400 to 300 BC.The large ornament shows a charming detail: on the one side there are two stylized birds who are looking at each... [Lire la suite]

Feline Stalking Bronze, Later Hellenistic or early Imperial periods, ca. 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD. Photo courtesy Auctionata Bronze, malachite patina. Felien stalking. Beautifully modeled with fine features. Dimensions: 15 x 3.5 x 5.5 cm. Estimation : 960 / 1 200 € Very good conditionThis feline was cast in bronze in later Hellenistic or early Imperial periods, ca. 1st C. BC - 1st C. AD.The pacing lioness is beautifully modeled with fine feline features which appear incredibly... [Lire la suite]

Rare Mesopotamian Necklace with Gold and Carneols, 1000 BC. Photo courtesy Auctionata 14 carneols and agates, 10 gold pearls, 12 gold spirals, one ceramic pearl with inclusions. Gold hook clasp. Unusual necklace. Length: 43.5 cm. Good state of conservation. Estimation : 1 600 / 2 000 € This beautiful necklace was made in Mesopotamia between 1500 and 1000 BC.It is composed of 14 carneols & agates, 10 gold pearls, 12 gold spirals and a ceramic pearl with inclusions in different colours... [Lire la suite]

Five Etruscan Miniature Bronze Lions, 5th Century BC. Photo courtesy Auctionata Bronze miniatures, malachite patina. With tangs on the underside. Finely modeled. Incised details. Dimensions: each 3.7 x 1 x 2 cm. Very good condition. Estimation : 2 400 / 3 000 € These five Etruscan lions were cast in bronze in Etruria, today's Italy in the 5thCentury BC. The lying lions are finely modeled with incised detailing. They all have tangs on the underside. The lions are in... [Lire la suite]