Roman

Aphrodite of the Gardens, 1st century A.D., Roman. Photo courtesy Axel Vervoordt Provenance: French private collection, acquired c. 1980; Bought from Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres, Paris. Condition: With a superb original archaeological patina and calcification. Since the late ‘60s, Axel Vervoordt acquired a strong reputation as an antique dealer and art connoisseur. This family-run business, based in Kanaal, near Antwerp in Belgium, has grown into an international company dealing in art and antiques, interior design... [Lire la suite]

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]

Roman face helmet. 15 B.C. Nijmegen Museum. Netherlands.

Ludovisi Ares, Roman after the Greek original from ca. 320 BC. Some restorations were made to the sculpture by Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1622.  This remarkable sculpture was rediscovered in 1622, on the site which was once apparently the temple of Mars, of which very few traces remain today. It was recovered near the more distinguishable site of the church of San Salvatore in Campo, which Pietro Santi Bartoli recorded as been found during the digging of a drain.

A pair of Gold and Glass ear Pendants. Gold and glass. Hellenistic, 3rd - 1st Century BC. L. 3.1 cm. © 2013 BADER ANCIENT ART Photo ©CLAUDIO BADER These delicate and wearable ear pendants consist of a gold shield disc that is centered with a rosette. The shield’s border is adorned with fine beaded wire. Below a gold wire pendant holds a green glass pearl. Both are intact and remain in an excellent state of preservation. Price CHF 3,800.00Provenance: Private collection Switzerland. Previously American private collection 1990’s.... [Lire la suite]

Bust of young Commodus, Roman, 18th century, Marble, height: 70 cm.  LONDON - Tomasso Brothers’ Pompeian ‘atrium’ at Masterpiece London, (27 June to 3 July) proved to be a showstopper. The internationally-renowned dealers in European sculpture have been delighted to meet collectors, art historians and museum curators visiting Masterpiece, who were unanimous in their praise for the stand’s Pompeian décor. Their display paid homage to the Antique, the term used between the 15th and 18th centuries to refer to the civilisations of... [Lire la suite]

A Italian gilt-bronze and Sicilian Jasper Mounted Frame, Roman or Neapolitan, first half 18th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's the arched cresting with a sunburst motif above a later oval mirror plate within a lunette cast border surmounted by an eagle amongst clouds with foliate trails, with a jasper ground within an engraved leaf cast border, the apron cast with a stylised scallopshell flanked by c-scrolls and sprays of palm leaves above a female mask with plaits terminating in a tassel and scallopshell... [Lire la suite]

A magnificent late Renaissance antique marble inlaid table top, Roman, last quarter 16th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's an inlaid antique marble table top (commesso) of rectangular form, centred by a lavish oval medallion of rare breccia quintilina, in turn surrounded by an oval border of shields in breccia marina and lapis lazuli, peltae in alabastro fiorito, lozenges in alabastro tartarugato, the symmetrical cartouches inlaid with stylised palmettes of giallo antico and rosso antico, the thin... [Lire la suite]

Fauno rosso, Roman, 2nd century C.E. Red marble, 66 inches. Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali di Roma Capitale – Musei Capitolini. KANSAS CITY, MO.- A spectacular example of ancient Roman sculpture will be on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City from June 22 through Sept. 29 in Kirkwood Hall. The Fauno rosso, a red marble sculpture of a satyr (also called “faun”), was given to the Capitoline Museums in 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV. It was commissioned by Hadrian, the great emperor of Rome and it was most likely... [Lire la suite]

An ancient Roman solidus of Emperor Valens, (Flavius Julius Valens Augustus) struck 364 - 378 A.D. in Antioch, Turkey.  The obverse with the pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens, facing right. The legend reading: D[ominvs] N[oster] VALENS PER[petvvs] F[elix] AVG[vstvs] - "Our Lord Valens, Eternally Lucky Augustus" The reverse shows Valens, in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding labarum (military standard) ornamented with... [Lire la suite]