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19 février 2013

A scarab with a rider 

A scarab with a rider 
A scarab with a rider, Etruscan, 5th cent. B.C. Photo Cahn Auktionen AG L. 1.4 cm. Carnelian. Intaglio in the form of a scarab. On the underside a horse and rider surrounded by a frame enlivened by short dashes. The horseman is nude save for the helmet...
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19 février 2013

Green-Blue Amber

Green-Blue Amber
Green-Blue Amber / Dominican Republic
19 février 2013

Pendant, Ptolemaic and Roman, 2nd-1st cent. B.C. and 3rd-4th cent. A.D

Pendant, Ptolemaic and Roman, 2nd-1st cent. B.C. and 3rd-4th cent. A.D
Pendant, Ptolemaic and Roman, 2nd-1st cent. B.C. and 3rd-4th cent. A.D. H. 4.4 cm. Gold, glass paste, garnet. Within a frame of hammered sheet gold, a relief of blue glass paste in the shape of a temple: stylised uraeus frieze crowned by a sun-disk, supported...
19 février 2013

An important ear of wheat 

An important ear of wheat 
An important ear of wheat, Greek, 4rh-3rd cent. B.C. Photo Cahn Auktionen AG A rare example of an ear of wheat made of gold. Two elongated leaves at the top of the stalk. The ear consists of three rows of kernels. The silk strands that emerge from the...
19 février 2013

A pair of important lion's head earrings, Greek, late 4th-3rd cent. B.C.

A pair of important lion's head earrings, Greek, late 4th-3rd cent. B.C.
A pair of important lion's head earrings, Greek, late 4th-3rd cent. B.C. Photo Cahn Auktionen AG H. 3.3 cm. Gold. A spiral of gold wire is wound around a core of gold wire to form a tapering, open hoop. A capsule with border of lanceolate leaves covers...
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19 février 2013

Potato Stone Agate

Potato Stone Agate
Potato Stone Agate (microcrystalline Quartz colored with Hematite) / Dulcote Quarry, Wells, Somerset, England
19 février 2013

An important necklace with a ram's head pendant. Greek, 5th cent. B.C.

An important necklace with a ram's head pendant. Greek, 5th cent. B.C.
An important necklace with a ram's head pendant. Greek, 5th cent. B.C. Photo Cahn Auktionen AG L. 17 cm. Gold. The necklace is composed of ribbed beads between which acorn and squash pendants alternate. A ram's head protome forms the central element....
19 février 2013

Earring with ram's headEarring with ram's head. Egyptian, gold

Earring with ram's headEarring with ram's head. Egyptian, gold
Earring with ram's head. Egyptian, gold, 5/8 x 9/16 in., 3/16 in. (1.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 cm). Gift of Mrs. Cole Porter. JE.1.C. © 2011 Williams College of Art The god Amun was often portrayed as a ram and both were associated with creativity and virility....
19 février 2013

Christie's London announces the sale of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Guest's Collection

Christie's London announces the sale of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Guest's Collection
Comprising approximately 200 works the remarkable collection is expected to realise in the region of €1 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012. LONDON.- Christie’s announced the sale of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Guest’s Collection, which will be offered...
18 février 2013

Belle paire de flambeaux en argent. Paris 1747-1748. Maître Orfèvre: Charles César Haudry, reçu en 1732

Belle paire de flambeaux en argent. Paris 1747-1748. Maître Orfèvre: Charles César Haudry, reçu en 1732
Belle paire de flambeaux en argent. Paris 1747-1748. Maître Orfèvre: Charles César Haudry, reçu en 1732. Photo Dupont & Associés La base hexagonale à contours est ornée d'une frise d'oves et entrelacs surmontée de six panneaux horizontaux à décor d'entrelacs...
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