Search results for: 'Bird'

Italic pottery in the subgeometric style. Made around 500 BC in Apulia. An attractive vessel due to the beautiful painting and the bird shape.

The skillful work shows a wading bird, possibly a heron. Its legs bent beneath the body. The neck drawn back towards the body.

From an old German collection, acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques, London. Corinthian, 6th century B. C.

Elegant long bronze ladle, from the Greek or Etruscan culture. 5th to 4th century BC.

The ancient ring insert is made of beautiful opaque glass paste with white parts imitating an inclusion in stone.

From a German private collection, acquired 1982 at Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Germany. The bird possibly depicts a dove, a popular symbol among the early Christians, symbolizing the Holy Spirit.

Excellently preserved piece with interesting scene. From an old German private collection, acquired in Cologne 1975.

The Roman glass paste shows an interesting scene with a water basin, birds and column.

8th century BC, richly decorated. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Gold jewellery with plastically modeled head of a bird of prey or dolphin. The elaborate gold sheet head is typical for hellenistic earrings.

A wonderful and rare example of the Bronze Age Greek art of engraving stones. It shows a fantasy creature with lion body and bird of prey head. Mid-2nd Millennium BC.

Impressive piece in very good condition. The frieze shows birds and rams. From an old German private collection, acquired in a London gallery between 1976 and 1978.

Elegant long bronze ladle, from the Greek or Etruscan culture. 5th to 4th century BC.

The Roman decorative insert is made of beautiful purple glass paste, imitating amethyst. Interesting depiction.