Portraiture and sculpture - Southern Europe - Sold antiquities
Archive of sold antiquities
All artefacts sold in our gallery are fully documented in our online archive and database. Being a specialist ancient art dealer, preserving also the more recent history of each and every piece sold in our shop is at our heart. That is particularly useful for artefacts that changed owners in the meantime. Information that may have been lost in the process can be easily restored from our archives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information about ancient items that have been sold in our gallery. We can help you with reconstructing the history of ownership for those items. All information about our customers will be kept confidential, of course.-
Large figure of Aphrodite / Venus Anadyomene typeVery impressive, 25 cm high figure. The goddess is rising from the sea, wringing her tresses. Ex Bavarian private collection, in which the figure was since the 1970s.
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Large Roman marble head of a womanVery well preserved fragment of a larger group. Ca. 1st - 2nd century AD, Roman Empire. From an old German collection, acquired in 1987 from Helmut Liebert in Krefeld, Germany.
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Greek seated clay figure of a womanOverall in a very good condition. On the front traces of the original white grounding, and on the head traces of the original violet painting are preserved.
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Etruscan bronze figurine of a woman with pateraPerfectly preserved, with nice patina. From an old German private collection, acquired 1978 in London at Davies Antiques Gallery.
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Etruscan bronze statuette of a youthBeautiful olive-green patina. Ex private collection of the Swiss advocate and ancient arts collector and dealer Wladimir Rosenbaum.
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Greek clay figure of a seated womanExtraordinary condition for a delicate clay figure of this size and fragility. From an old German collection, acquired before 1961.
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Greek terracotta figurine of a womanNice figurine from Ptolemaic or Roman Egypt. From an old German collection, acquired at Davies Antiques, London, in 1976 - 1978.
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Polychrome hellenistic Aphrodite clay statuetteWith expertise by Pierre Verité (Paris) and TL expertise by Laboratiore QED, Marseiile. From an old collection of a Frech engineer, acquired 1985 at Galerie Carrefour, Paris.
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Body of a seated clay figure with monkeyFrom an old German private collection, acquired ca. 1976 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
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Hellenistic terra cotta head of a childFrom an old German private collection, acquired ca. 1976 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
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Greek terracotta of Athena LindiaWhite ground coating mainly preserved, traces of red pigment preserved. Overall a very attractive piece in good condition. Ex Upstate New York collection, acquired in the 1970's.
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Clay figure with richly ornamented diadem - “seated doll” typeArms movable mounted, makers signature in greek letters on the back. From an old collection of a Frech engineer, acquired 1974 in Paris.
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Hellenistic female head with melon coiffureAbout 5th century B.C. From an old collection of a Frech engineer.
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Head of a woman with melon coiffureAbout 5th century B.C. From an old collection of a Frech engineer.
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Greek terracotta head of a womanAbout 5th century B.C. From an old collection of a Frech engineer.
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Tanagra figure of a bride from Henry H. Gorringe collectionHenry Honychurch Gorringe (1841-1885) was responsible for the removal of Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria, Egypt to Central Park in New York City.
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Boeotian female figureThis idol is a specialty of Boeotia in the 6th century BC. The type is also referred to as Pappades.
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Cypriot figure from the archaic periodThe cylindrical figure is made of light brown clay and dates to the cypro-archaic period. It is referred to as Snowman type in archaeological literature.
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Greek protome from Archaic periodProbably used for votive purposes and thus showing a goddess, or as an apotropaic (protecting) object in funerary context. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Hellenistic female headThe face is worked with a very high level of detail and is excellently preserved. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Head of Aphrodite with rich diademSo-called "oriental Aphrodite". Face and head dress are worked with a very high level of detail and excellently preserved. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Large terra cotta figure of Aphrodite or Venus AnadyomeneVery impressive, 27 cm high figure. The goddess is rising from the sea accompanied by a dolphin, holding her tresses and leaning on a high herm. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Very large figure of Aphrodite or Venus AnadyomeneVery impressive, 42 cm high figure. The goddess is rising from the sea, holding her tresses and accompanied by an Eros standing on a vase and a dolphin. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Roman statue of a sitting manImpressive piece, possibly the funerary statue of a poet or a philosopher. From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, Austria, president of the local museum association, author of over 50 history books, decorated many times for his achievements.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horsemanBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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Bronze figurine of a horse from Roman eraBeautiful small figurine, very well preserved, great green patina.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horse with baseBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horseBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horseBeautiful massive figurine, perfectly preserved, great patina. With modern 925 silver base.
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Large Attic terracotta figure of a womanDelicate work of art, very nicely preserved. From the collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869 – 1949), acquired in Greece in the 1930s
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Large greek terracotta bust of a womanDelicate work of art, very nicely preserved. From a Munich private collection in which it was acquired around 1976. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
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Roman marble figurine of SalusMarble torso of Salus or Hygeia, the goddess of health, holding a serpent in her arms. From the collection of Dr. Bruno Kirschner, Israel. Exported from Israel with permit of the IAA.
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Roman marble portrait, possibly Traianus DeciusExtraordinarily preserved marble head. Comparable in quality with portraits of Roman emperors on exhibition in large museums. Either a portrait type not yet surely attributed to Traianus Decius, or a private portrait of the Decius era imitating the official imperial portraits.
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Roman bronze of a human footBeautiful delicate piece of art, very nicely preserved. Great dark patina.
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