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Egyptians used silver as early as the Predynastic Period (ca. 4400–3100 B.C.) and was important – as was gold – for personal ornaments and decorative/religious objects in Egypt through Roman times.
Since Egypt essentially had no silver from its lands, sources were from neighboring countries specifically Persia…
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- Item Number: C-6854
- Provenance/Origin: Handcrafted. Early 1900s. Cairo Egypt
- Composition: Silver & other metals. Turquoise
- Dimensions: 6.5" tall with lid on x 3.5" at widest
- Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Price: $ 320.00 USD
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A stunning ancient replica of a Greco-Roman silver ring.
Acquired from a Greek antique shop in Sabac Serbia. According to the owner, it was handcrafted in the mid- to late- 1800s in a small silver foundry in Acharnes, on the outskirts of Athens.
A lot…
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- Item Number: O-7870
- Provenance/Origin: Acharnes Greece. Circa 1800s
- Composition: Silver with alloys
- Dimensions: 0.5" x .625" wide
- Weight: 0.5 pound
- Price: $ 115.00 USD
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Oinochoe (aka oenochoe) is a greek term for a wine or other functional jug. The pouring spout and the handle rising from the jug is very typical of such jugs made between 50 B.C. and 100 A.D.. Some terracotta oinochoes are painted, have reliefs along the…
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- Item Number: V-7606
- Provenance/Origin: Italy. Circa 1st Century. Chicago collection.
- Composition: Terracotta. Clay.
- Dimensions: 4.5" tall x 5" in widest diameter
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 285.00 USD
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This was acquired from an estate of an Israeli archaeologist . . . about him, I know little or nothing.
This vessel seems very primitive to be a Greek or Roman Burial vessel. It is more likely to be an ancient funerary vessel placed in the tomb…
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- Item Number: V-5971
- Provenance/Origin: Middle East. Estate of an archeologist
- Composition: Clay
- Dimensions: 9" tall x 5.25" at widest point
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $ 210.00 USD
