Roman

Portrait head of a priest, Egyptian, Late Period, 30th Dynasty. Hard black stone. H 7.8 cm. © Galerie Günter Puhze GMBH. Provenance: private collection of Dr. H. B., Germany, acquired in 1998 from Galerie Günter Puhze, private collection, The Netherlands; private collection, England. Statuette of Venus, Roman, 2nd century AD. Bronze. H 20 cm. © Galerie Günter Puhze GMBH. Provenance: collection of Louis de Clercq (1836-1901), France. Literature: A. de Ridder, Catalogue Collection de Clercq, Tome III, Les Bronzes, Paris, 1904,... [Lire la suite]

Horse fulcrum, Hellenistic, 2nd-1st century BC. Bronze with silver inlay. H 17 cm. © DAVID AARON Provenance: reputedly part of a private European collection, 1970s; private collection, New York; art market, New York; private collection Alabastron, Achaemenid Empire, Western Asia, 5th century BC. Silver. H 26.1 cm. © DAVID AARON Provenance: private collection; Europe; private collection, acquired from the above circa 1995; sold at: Antiquities, Christie’s 11t December 2003, London, Lot 119; art market, London; acquired... [Lire la suite]

Lot 492. A Roman aquamarine ring stone with a portrait of Faustina Minor, circa 2nd century A.D.; 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) long. Estimate GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000. Price realised GBP 156,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Provenance: Set in a gold ring dating to circa 1800.English private collection, Surrey. Note: Portrait intaglios in aquamarine (blue beryl) are exceedingly rare, perhaps a result of the material’s hardness and also because large stones were uncommon in antiquity. Like other... [Lire la suite]

Xochipala, Guerrero, Mexico, Standing woman, 400 B.C.–500 A.D. Ceramic with red pigment. Princeton University Art Museum. Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin. John Bigelow Taylor Photography. PRINCETON, N.J. – Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016) was not only a respected curator, scholar and collector but also a beloved teacher at Princeton University, where he taught and curated for 52 years. Legacy: Selections from the Gillett G. Griffin Collection celebrates Griffin’s eclectic tastes through a selection of artworks and artifacts... [Lire la suite]

Lot 97. A Roman marble head of a ram, circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.; 10 in. (25.4 cm.) long. Estimate GBP 100,000 - GBP 150,000. Price realised GBP 275,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Provenance: Norbert Schimmel (1905-1990) collection, New York, acquired prior to 1964.Norbert Schimmel Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 16 December 1992, lot 62. Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 31 May 1997, lot 108.Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2005, lot 74.with Safani Gallery, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 99. A Roman marble portrait head of the Empress Faustina Minor, circa 161-176 A.D.; 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 120,000 - GBP 180,000. Price realised GBP 193,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Provenance: with Chaucer Fine Arts Inc., London, Autumn 1981 (Collecting in the 18th Century, Paintings and Drawings of Art, exhibition cat., no. 66).Spanish private collection, acquired from the above. Note: Faustina Minor (the Younger), Annia Galeria Faustina, born... [Lire la suite]

Lot 152. A pair of Roman gold bracelets, cica 3rd century A.D.; Each: 3 in. (7.7 cm.) width; weight: 206 and 210 grams respectively. Estimate: US$40,000 - US$60,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Provenance: with Heidi Vollmoeller (1916-2003), Zurich, acquired by 1966. The Heidi Vollmoeller Collection, Christie's, London, 29 October 2003, lot 415. Christie's . Antiquities, New York, 29 April 2019

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On March 13, Freeman’s will offer selected antiquities and tribal art from the collection of New York and Hollywood talent agent Jeff Hunter (1926-2018). Totaling just shy of fifty lots, The Jeff Hunter Collection represents a remarkable lifetime collecting ancient art. There is a spread across the millennia and across continents, but whether Greek idealism, the implied shapes of an ancient Anatolian idol, or the transformative qualities of an African Hemba mask, a constant theme is an interest... [Lire la suite]

Mercury and Apollo, After François Duquesnoy (1597-1643), Roman, second quarter of the 18th century. Bronze, 63.5 and 61.7 cm. © Gallery Desmet at BRAFA 2019, Stand 11c.  Provenance: private collection, Germany. Madonna and Child, Workshop of Matteo Civitale (Lucca, 1436-1501), Lucca, second half of the 15th century. Terra cotta. H 63 x W 47.5 x D 13 cm. © Gallery Desmet at BRAFA 2019, Stand 11c.  Pacing bull, After the model by Giambologna... [Lire la suite]

Torso of Herakles, Roman, 1st-2nd century AD. Marble, 80 x 70 x 33 cm (31.5 x 27.6 x 13 in.). © Galerie Chenel at TEFAF 2019, Stand 212. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Wright S. Ludington (1900-1992), Montecito, California, acquired on June 3rd 1965 from the Fallani gallery in Rome, Italy; Santa Barbara museum of Art, gifted from the above in 1993 (inv. no. 1993.1.87); Sold at Sotheby's New York, 'Antiquities: Santa Barbara Museum of Art', June 14th, 2000, lot 63. Portrait... [Lire la suite]