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15/10/2026

Black-Glazed Jug with Heracles Knot and K***s
4th century B.C.

A greek black-glazed jug, produced in a South Italian workshop. The globular body is decorated all around with numerous k***s. The vessel stands on a finely profiled, slightly raised ring foot. The neck is cylindrical, with a rim flared widely outwards. A distinctive feature is the handle, which is formed from two clay rods twisted into a so-called Heracles knot. It is attached at the rim and extends down to the shoulder. See for the type another black-glazed jug from Southern Italy with a Heracles knot handle, sold at Christie’s New York on 9 December 2010, lot 125.

9.3 cm high

Provenance: German private collection H. W., acquired in 1988.

Price: 1 400 Euro

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13/10/2026

Roman Marble Portrait of the General and Emperor Clodius Albinus
190-197 A.D.

Extensively published and over-life-size marble portrait of the governor, general and later counter-emperor Clodius Albinus (148-197 A.D.). The head, which was inserted into a monumental statue of the ruler, depicts Albinus with a serious expression and raised head, gazing into the distance. The stern expression is characteristic of the Severan period. He wears no insignia on his head, his thick and voluminous curls are worked with the drill, while the ears are exposed. The deep-set eyes have engraved irises and pupils. His moustache is short and well groomed, and his mouth is slightly open. His full beard is dense and curly and has likewise been skilfully worked with the drill. Clodius Albinus was born in North Africa and pursued a successful military career before becoming governor of Lower Germania and later of Britain. During the turbulent year of the Four Emperors in 193 A.D., he was appointed Caesar by Septimius Severus. However, when Severus also made his son Caracalla a Caesar Albinus’s position had no future. After he was proclaimed Augustus by his troops at the end of 195 A.D., the civil war broke out. Albinus was killed in the battle of Lugdunum on 19 February 197 A.D. (present-day Lyon). As a damnatio memoriae was imposed on him, only a small number of portraits and statues of Clodius Albinus have survived. Stylistically, it resembles the best-known portrait from the Albani Collection, now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome (inv. nr. 463).

Provenance: With the British antiquities dealer Gawain McKinley (1945-1996). Thereafter in a French collection. Acquired in 2008 by Royal-Athena Gallery, New York. Acquired in the same year by Christian Levett for his Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, where it was exhibited until August 2023. Published: John Pollini, “Roman Marble Sculpture,” in M.Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France 2011, p. 103, fig. 60. SylviaDavis, “Museum Watch,” Nov. 2013, p. 15. Magazine Nice Matin, 19 May 2018. Online: R. Leung, “From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism,” Larry’sList, 2022.

50 cm high

Price: 60 000 Euro

12/10/2026

Hellenistic Terracotta Statuette of a Woman from Tanagra
4th-3rd century B.C.

Particularly detailed terracotta statuette of a woman from Tanagra. She stands with her weight on her left leg, while her right leg is slightly bent forward. She wears a long himation draped around her shoulders and upper body, which also covers her arms and hands, and falls almost to the floor. The drapery of the himation, which she lifts forward with both hands, is of extraordinary quality and refinement. Beneath it, she wears a chiton, the vertical folds of which emerge from under the cloak. The woman wears a wreath of leaves over her curly hair, which is tied back in strands. Her gaze is directed slightly downwards, and her expression appears serious, even melancholic. The figure stands on its original plinth. Accompanied by a TL test dated 10 January 2022, confirming the age of the statuette. Mounted.

Dimensions: 14 cm high

Price: 4 000 Euro

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10/10/2026

Noémi about our Gnathia Ware…

09/10/2026

Egyptian Large Wooden Statue of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.

Beautifully preserved wooden statue of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, with numerous areas of colour and gilding. This divine trinity represents a fusion of the creator god (Ptah), the Memphite god of the necropolis (Sokar), and the ruler of the afterlife (Osiris). The statue itself follows the depictions of Osiris in mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig. The face, with traces of gilding, displays exceptionally fine features. The alert eyes, accentuated by long eyeliner, gaze kindly at the viewer, while the mouth forms a gentle smile. The statue was carved separately and inserted into a richly painted base. The sides are decorated with a frieze of ankh symbols (the sign of eternal life) and was sceptres (the symbol of power) with jackal heads. They resemble human figures holding hands. In this combination, they promise the deceased “eternal life and all power.” Opposite the main figure sits a separately carved falcon, looking up towards him. This is Sokar, who watches over the necropolis and ensures that the deceased is protected in the afterlife and possesses the strength to shake off the dust of death like a falcon and rise again.

Dimensions: 56 cm high; 37.5 cm long (base)

Provenance: With Galerie Ancient Art BV of Geoffrey Turner (1941-2018) in Brussels before 1984. Acquired there by the last owner in 1984 or 1985. Published in an article from the early 2000s. With a French antiquities passport.

Price: 20 000 Euro

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03/10/2026

Noémi about an amazing Roman Bronze from a chariot..

02/10/2026

Hellenistic Terracotta Bust of a Woman with Melon Hairstyle
3rd century B.C.

Graceful terracotta bust of a woman from the Hellenistic period wearing an elaborate melon hairstyle. Her hair is divided into braided sections, drawn tightly towards the back of the head and then arranged into a double wreath of hair. This type of hairstyle had great popularity from the Classical period through to the Roman Imperial era. The woman depicted here is young and probably of high status. Her facial features are exceptionally delicate, her expression gentle yet self-confident. A veil covers the back of her head and falls over her left shoulder. On the back side is an old collection label dating from the mid-20th century. Mounted on an old wooden base bearing two further collection labels on the underside.

11.5 cm high

Provenance: From an old French collection dating from the mid-20th century, as documented by the collection labels. Auctioned at Drouot in 2022. Most recently in the Paris art trade.

Price: 980 Euro

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30/09/2026

Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Bes
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.

Important and exceptionally finely crafted bronze statuette of the dwarf god Bes. The protector against the dangerous desert animals wears a lion skin over his head and shoulders in this highly detailed statuette. The animal's paws fall over the chest at the front and rest at the sides of the buttocks at the back. The lion’s head hangs down between the front legs. As the wild “protector” of the household, pregnant women, and newborns, Bes borrows from the predator’s skin the lion's fearsome power, ferocity, and resilience to keep demons, evil spirits and misfortune away from people. His oversized head with its grotesque features, shaggy full beard, bulbous nose, and protruding tongue, is equally intimidating. The deep-set eyes are inlaid with silver and stare fixedly at the viewer. The body of the dwarf god, unclothed apart from the lion skin, is powerfully built. The long arms hang down at his sides, with the hands resting on his thighs. The missing feet and the flat headdress indicate that the statuette served as an intermediate fitting, probably as the handle of a masterfully crafted sistrum. See for the depictions of Bes wearing a lion skin, the statuette in the Egyptian Museum in Turin, with inventory number Cat. 599. Mounted on an old wooden base.

7.4 cm high; 14.4 cm high including base

Provenance: From an old French private collection. Auctioned at the estate auction at Drouot on 15 March 2024. Thereafter in the Spanish art trade. With Spanish export licence.

Price: 12 000 Euro

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29/09/2026

Globular Vessel of the Tuncahuán Culture with Elaborate Negative Painting
500 B.C.-500 A.D.

Magnificent, large vase of the Tuncahuán culture from the Ecuadorian highlands, decorated in polychrome negative painting. The globular vessel stands on a rounded base and has a polished surface. The yellow, red, and black patterns depict abstract figures, zigzags, and stepped motifs. In interpreting these motifs, it is assumed that viewing them by candlelight while simultaneously consuming coca leaves may have evoked certain, perhaps figurative, associations. The vase has a short, concave neck and a rounded rim turned outward.

Dimensions: 14.5 cm high

Price: 1 400 Euro

Provenance: Austrian private collection of Prof. Josef Mairitsch (1938-1994), inventory number M 89. Acquired between 1960 and the early 1980s. Since then, in family ownership. With collection note and copy of the inventory list.

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26/09/2026

Noémi about our new Chacidian helmets we just acquired for our upcoming exhibition on 8 October in Vienna.

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