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A STEMMED CUP (GOBLET). H. 15.4 cm. Light buff clay coated with a pale orange glaze. Drinking vessel on tall stem, with spreading disc-foot. Two vertical strap-handles attached to conical cup’s bowl and thickened rim. Restored from fragments. Formerly Coll. Prof. Yves Bequignon, a noted Hellenist, onetime director of L’Institut d’histoire grecque, University of Strasbourg, and a contributor to the Guide bleu (Greece). Collection sticker on underside of foot: “Beq 7”. Mycenaean, LH IIIB, 1300-1190 B.C. CHF 12,000

A HEAD OF A KING. H. 5.2 cm. Bronze. Impressive head of a king with tightly fitting cap and large uraeus on his forehead. The eyes and eyebrows were originally inlayed. The lapislazuli inlays of the uraeus have been preserved. The facial features and the style of the head as a whole do not appear Egyptian. The head, therefore, may have been made outside Egypt, for instance in the Palestine region. If the head was made in Egpyt, it may date from a period of foreign dominion, for instance in the Libyan Period. Sol-id cast. Uraeus and nose reattached. Minor lacunae filled in. Formerly Coll. Azeez Khayat, New York, 5 June 1928. Thereafter Joseph M. Sayer of Cairo, Egypt, 20 July 1936. Collection John Woodman Higgins (1874-1961), founder of the Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts; JWHA inv. no. 556. Egypt, probably 21st-22nd Dynasty, 1074-780 B.C.

A DATE-SHAPED BOTTLE. H. 5.8 cm. Honey-coloured, slightly iridescent glass. A small bottle in the shape of a date without base. Flaring mouth, the lip turned inwards. Traces of iridescence. Part of the mouth lost. Formerly art market, London, 2004. Roman, Sidon, 3rd-4th cent. A.D.

CHF 3,600

CHF 1,400

AN ARYBALLOS WITH TWO HEADS. H. 5.9 cm. Purple glass. The bottle’s body is adorned by the head of a child with pudgy cheeks and wavy hair on one side and with the head of Pan on the other. The arched, oval base of the bottle represents the figures’ necks. The bottle’s neck is biconical with a central constriction. Flaring mouth with inwards folded lip. The heads were blown in a bipartite mould. Neck free-blown. Iridescent. Formerly Coll. W. B., 1960’s-70’s. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 1st-3rd cent. A.D. CHF 6,400

AN INTAGLIO WITH A HORSE. W. 1.2 cm. Carnelian. Horizontal oval; both surfaces flat, sides taper to reverse. A horse galloping to right, its forelegs far outstreched. Right rim slightly worn. A fissure at the lower edge of the intaglio. Formerly priv. coll., France. Late Hellenistic or Roman, 2nd cent. B.C.-1st cent. A.D. CHF 1,200

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A BOEOTIAN HORSE AND RIDER. H. 15.3 cm. L. 16.5 cm. Terracotta, bronze, black, red and white glaze. The slender horse with pricked ears, large neck and legs slightly apart carries a stylized rider. In his raised right hand the rider holds the original bronze spear, making this one of the extremely rare pieces in which it has survived. The left hand holds a round shield. Both figures are lavishly decorated: the horse’s whole body is black, while the mane is rendered as zigzag lines, which like the bridle are white; the round shield is black and dark red. Hand-modelled. Reassembled from large fragments. Paint abraded. Formerly Brian Aitken, New York, late 1990’s. Greek, 1st half of 6th cent. B.C. CHF 12,000

A SMALL ARTICULATED DOLL WITH POLOS. H. 7.8 cm. Clay, red and white paint. The head and body are ren-dered three-dimensionally in front; the reverse is flat. Delicate face with archaic features. The figure wears a tall polos and earrings. Traces of polychromy. Delicate holes at the beginning of the arms and three finely per-forated protrusions on the lower body served to attach the now missing arms and legs. A small hole in the po-los from which it was suspended. Rim of polos slightly worn. Old inv.no. on reverse: “253 A”. Formerly Coll. Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899). Greek, Corinth (?), early 5th cent. B.C. CHF 850

AN ORNAMENTAL ATTACHMENT. H. 7 cm. Bronze. Finely worked, palmette-shaped attachment with pro-nounced central ridge. It was probably used to deco-rate a helmet, probably of Phrygian type, which were often adorned with antithetical ornaments. Formerly in a southern German priv. coll., 1970’s and later. Greek, 4th cent. B.C. CHF 1,200

A LION’S HEAD EARRING. D. 1.5 cm. Gold. Four gold wires are wound together to form a tapering hoop. A cuff with lanceolate leaves marks the transition to the lion’s head protome made of hammered sheet gold. The eyes, nose and mane are finely engraved. The lion holds a loop

CHF 1,600

A FILIGREE FLORAL LUNATE PENDANT. W. 3 cm. Gold. Crescent-shaped sheet gold adorned at both ends with a rosette and tiny cluster of beads. Crescent edged with gold wire and filled with filigree floral décor in the form of sol-dered-on threads of gold. The large eyelet in the middle also has a rosette attached to it. Fine crack on the edge resealed; reinforced by sizing on the reverse. Formerly German priv. coll., acquired prior to 1982. Greek, 4th-3rd cent. B.C.

CHF 1,800

in his mouth, into which the hooked end of the hoop is inserted. A seam on the underside of the head. Very fine workmanship. Top of hoop slightly squashed. Gold hanger modern. Formerly Collection S., Cologne, 1960’s to 1980’s. Greek, Hellenistic, late 4th-3rd cent. B.C.

A PENDANT WITH THE GODDESS FORTUNA. H. 3 cm. W. 2.3 cm. Gold. The square plaque framed by three gold wires, two of them twisted, shows Fortuna, facing right, holding a cornucopia in her left hand and a bowl with sacrificial offering in her extended right hand. The flat relief was executed by repoussé. The corners of the frame are embellished with soldered spirals. A loop of twisted wire soldered onto the top edge allows the piece to be worn as a pendant. Intact, if a little worn. Formerly Eng-lish priv. coll., 1990s. Roman, 1st-3rd cent. A.D.

CHF 2,800

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A TANAGRA FIGURINE. H. 28.1 cm. Terracotta. Robed female statuette in casual pose with her right free leg held slightly to one side. Over her chiton she wears a heavily pleated himation draped over her body so that both arms are covered and tightly enough for the con-tours of her slender body to shine through. The upright neckline of the himation is hand-modelled. Adorning the figure’s delicate, slightly bowed head with finely worked facial features is a diadem decorated with (ivy) leaves. Disk-shaped ear ornaments. Mould-made with details added by hand. Firing hole on the reverse. White clay slip with remains of reddish-brown paint. Part of the neckline reattached. Surfaces worn. Formerly Coll. Schmitz, Hamburg, early 1980’s. Greek or Western Greek, 3rd-2nd cent. B.C. CHF 7,800

A COVERED MIRROR WITH A DIONYSIAC SCENE. D. 10.8 cm. Bronze. The lid features a chased relief showing the wine god Dionysos holding a vessel in his right hand with a panther between his crossed legs. His thyrsos is visible at left. With her back to the viewer, his lover Ariadne (or a maenad) has wound her left arm round his neck and is about to kiss him. To her right stands a krater. The scene is almost completely framed by an en-circling frieze of lines. There is a small ring for opening

AN INTAGLIO WITH A SATYR PLAYING THE LYRE. H. 1.3 cm. W. 1.6 cm. Carnelian. Rectangular stone, ta-pering slightly towards the base. The convex surface is delicately engraved with a satyr seated to left on a rock. He plays the lyre resting on his lap with his left hand, and cradles a thyrsos in his right arm. A small shrine stands on the rock in front of him. Intact. Formerly Sas-son Gallery, Jerusalem, since 1981. Thereafter Israeli art market. Roman, 1st-2nd cent. A.D. CHF 2,600

the lid. The underside of the mirror is polished. The two halves are held together by a hinge and both have turn-ing marks on the inside. Preserved intact. Formerly Coll. W. Rosenbaum, Ascona, before 1984. Thereafter Coll. V. and P. Vosseler-Studer, acquired in 2007. Etruscan, 3rd cent. B.C. CHF 5,800

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A FULCRUM FITTING WITH A BUST OF EROS. H. 7.3 cm. Bronze. The bust is sculpted in the round and shows a boyish-looking Eros facing left. The vivid modelling and meticulously cold-worked details are especially striking. The hair arranged in tufts is knotted togeth-er above the forehead. Eyes framed by finely modelled lids, round cheeks and fleshy lips characterize the long face. Little wings with finely incised feathers peep out from behind the bust. A wreath of lush vine leaves with a taenia wound round it hangs round the figure’s neck. The medallion fitting comes from the lower end of a fulcrum. Undamaged apart from lost eye inlays. Formerly Ancient and Medieval Art, Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire, England; before 1990. Late Hellenis-tic-Roman, 2nd-1st cent. B.C.

A STATUETTE OF A SEATED YOUTH. H. 13.7 cm. Terracotta, polychromy. The youth, possibly Adonis, sits on a rock in a relaxed pose, with his right leg extended. A cloak is draped around his hips and enfolds his lower arms. His full face is characterised by fine facial features and is framed by chin-length curls. Low, almost rectangular plinth. A firing hole on the reverse. White engobe and traces of blue, pink and red polychromy. Plinth reattached. Votive statuette. Formerly Coll. Abbecassis, Lisbon, prior to the 1940’s. Thereafter Daguerre Paris, 2013. Remains of an old label on underside. Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd cent. B.C.

A PAIR OF STATUETTES OF ROBED CHILDREN. H. max. 9.5 cm. Clay. This matching pair of small statuettes depict two very young children, girl and boy, each similarly wrapped in a long cloak which is drawn tightly about the body, its upper folds clasped at chest level in both hands, the feet exposed. The figures, clearly cast from the same mould, are differentiated in sex only by their coiffures. The girl’s long, luxuriant locks, whose modelling was finished by hand, are topped with a radiate crown, the boy’s bisected by a braid of hair, characteristic of youth and common to depictions of Eros. Slight breakage, mainly to figure of boy. Formerly Coll. E. S., Southern Germany. Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd cent. B.C. CHF 8,800

A DOUBLE UNGUENTARIUM. H. 17.5 cm. Pale green glass. Two almost identical tubes with a broad, in-ward-folded rim. Free blown and divided using a tool. Two lateral handles connected by a high basket handle. Silver iridescence. Partially encrusted. Intact. Formerly Coll. Sasson, Jerusalem. Late Roman, 4th-5th cent. A.D.

CHF 5,800

A PAIR OF EARRINGS WITH CAMEO. H. 1.1 cm. Gold, agate. Two earrings with a pair of cameos of Erotes turned to face each other, each set in a gold tondo. The gold ton-dos are decorated with a wavy border. Fine workmanship. Furnished with modern gold hooks. Formerly Vienna art market, 1990’s. Roman, 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. CHF 4,500

CHF 6,800

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A RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS, ATTRIBUTED TO THE BOW-DOIN PAINTER. H. 26.5 cm. Clay. A youth stands to right, in long flowing robe, playing the double flute. He wears the phorbeia, a leather strap tied across the cheeks of aulos players for additional support because of the powerful blowing required to sound the two pipes, one held in each hand. Groundline of continuous maeander to right; chain of five palmettes in sihouette on the re-serv ed shoulder; black tongues at base of neck. Com-plete, reassembled. Formerly from the estate (1995-1997) of Coll. B. G., Munich. Attic, ca. 480-470 B.C. CHF 18,000

A WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS. H. 30.5 cm. Clay. On the front of this slender cylindrical vessel slight traces re-main of the tall shaft of a stele. On the right is the figure of the deceased, a young woman, auburn-haired and ful-ly wrapped in a red cloak, save for her right arm, which she extends out to the left, as though reaching for one of the fillets or holding something aloft. On the stele’s left, another female stands in three-quarter view to right. Dressed in a long sleeveless chiton, she ges tures with a raised right hand, palm inwards, and extends her left towards the tomb, in mourning for the loss of her kins-woman. Above the scene, a border of rightward stopt maeanders punctuated by saltire squares; on the shoul-der, probably once a floral complex of interlocking pal-mettes. Figure-work in matt outlines. Added red much faded. Traces of a reddish miltos wash on reserved top of mouth, edge and underside of disc-foot. Complete; breaks through lower neck and at base of handle restor-ed. Small loss to top of deceased’s head repainted. Glaze in places misfired brownish orange. Formerly Lochard Collection, The Netherlands, acquired prior to 1943; and thence by descent to the Van der Noordaa Collection, The Netherlands. Publ.: L. Byvanck-Quarles van Ufford et al. (eds.), Klassieke kunst uit particulier bezit: Nederlandseverzamelingen 1575-1975, Rijksmuseum van Oude-heden, Leiden, 15 May-13 July 1975 (exhib. cat.). Attic, ca. 430-420 B.C. CHF 24,000

A HAND MIRROR WITH HANDLE. D. 9.6 cm. Bronze.Slightly curved disc with upright rim, to which an arched handle is attached by two lengths of bronze wire twisted to from a loop and hanger shape. The interior is decorated with a series of concentric rings. Mirrors of this type were composed of two discs that were hinged together and could be shut to protect the reflective sur-face on the inside. Partially corroded. A fragment of the rim reattached. Formerly H.A. Cahn, Basle. Roman, 1st cent. B.C.-1st cent. A.D. CHF 1,600

A JAR. H. 6.9 cm. Bronze. The squat vessel tapers to the circular base. Short, constricted neck and funnel-shaped mouth. Fine grooves at the shoulder and the base. Organ ic deposits in the interior of the vessel, pos-sibly crystallized resin. Slightly dented, minor lacunae, a crack at the rim. Formerly art market, Germany, 2000. Greek, 5th cent. B.C. CHF 2,800


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A THEATRE MASK OF A SLAVE. H. 18.1 cm. W. 14.5 cm. Terracotta. Two large openings for the eyes and a horizontal aperture for the nostrils. Bulging eyebrows and furrowed forehead. Broad, wide-open mouth with prominent lower lip. Unruly hair frames the forehead, temples and cheeks. Holes for attachment on the sides. Minor restorations. Re-assembled from fragments. Slightly worn. Formerly Rosenbaum, Ascona, 1961. Therafter, Coll. Hans and Ines Jucker, Berne. With old coll. label on reverse: “H J 342”. Publ.: Vereinigung der Freunde antiker Kunst (ed.), Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern - Biel - Solothurn (Solothurn, 1967) no. 342. Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd cent. B.C. CHF 15,000

A LUNULA PENDANT. W. 3 cm. Sheet gold. Crescent-shaped sheet-gold plaque with an upright palmette and delicate tenrils in filigree gold wire. The rim of the cres-cent is enlivened by gold wire and the tips are adorned by a rosette with a gold bead. A broad, centrally affixed loop for suspension. One bead missing. Formerly priv. coll., Austria, acquired in the 1980’s on the art market, Vienna. Greek, 4th cent. B.C. CHF 2,200

A PAIR OF EARRINGS WITH GARNETS. L. 4.3 cm. Gold, garnet, mother-of-pearl. Round gold wire, its end at-tached to an eyelet. Soldered to it, two beaded wires tied in a knot and supporting a square bezel with small garnets. Gold wire with a pearl as pendant. Gold hook modern. One pearl a modern replacement. Formerly Coll. Madame G., Rodez, France, who lived in Tunisia in the 1940’s. Roman, 1st-2nd cent. A.D. CHF 2,200

A RING WITH CAMEO. D. max. 1.5 cm. Gold, agate. Hor-izontal oval hoop made of sheet gold with grooves and floral decoration, into which a cameo with a female bust to left, probably a helmeted goddess (Minerva?) is set. Hoop partially filled in. Formerly Coll. Saeed Motamed (1925-2013). Roman, 2nd-4th cent. A.D. CHF 1,200

TWO FIBULAE AND A NECKLACE. L. 30 cm. Silver. Two fibulae with similar decoration. Pin holder in the shape of an upright palmette with a rivet to which the pin was attached. The catch consists of a plaque adorned by two hemispherical elements and a central loop. The bow of the fibula is composed of four, respectively five, flut-ed beads alternating with disc-shaped elements. Fibulae of this type were found mainly in northern Greece and the Balkans. L. max. 4.9 cm. Furthermore, a four-strand necklace with a ring at each end. Probably part of alarger ensemble. Both pins and one catch lost. One loop broken. Formerly H.A. Cahn, Basle. Northern Greek, 5th-4th cent. B.C. CHF 2,800


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A VOTIVE EYE. L. 5.3 cm. Clay. The eye is embedded in a horizontal oval representing a section of the face. It is framed by broad lids which are joined together on one side and open on the other, probably thereby indi-cating the lacrimal caruncle. The votive therefore ap-pears to be that of a left eye, as is further suggested by the bulge above it, that would, in this case, represent the brow. Iris and pupil are represented in relief. Similar objects from the votive deposits of Ponte di Nona near Rome and Campetti, Porta di Caere in Veji are assign-ed dates ranging from the late 3rd cent. to the 1st half of the 1st cent. B.C. Mould-made. Traces of red paint. Surface slightly worn. Formerly private coll. of an aca-demic, England, acquired between 1950 and 1975. Old label with findspot: “Rome, Columbarium near Tomb of Scipio”. Roman, 3rd-1st cent. B.C. CHF 850

A DAGGER. L. 39.2 cm. Bronze. The triangular blade is set off from the handle by a profile. The lower section of the grip is decorated by horizontal bands and the upper section was originally inlaid. The crescent-shaped top of the handle is enlivened by grooves. Traces of use. Formerly Coll. Hofmann, Berlin, before 1939. Late Bronze Age, probably Western Asia, 13th-11th cent. B.C. CHF 2,200

A NECKLACE. L. 55 cm. Agate, gold. Composed of nineteen graduated biconical beads interspersed with small round agate beads and later gold spacer beads. Restrung. Modern fastener. Formerly European priv. coll., 1978. Thereafter, Christie’s, New York, 8 December 2005, lot 68. Roman, 1st cent. B.C.-1st cent. A.D. CHF 7,800

A SPIRAL-HEADED PIN. L. 20.3 cm. Bronze. Solid, round bronze wire, terminating in a spiral twisted to the left with twelve layers. Dress or hair pin. Surface partially corroded, otherwise intact. Fine green patina. Formerly Munich art market, 2000. Early Iron Age, Hallstatt Period, 8th-6th cent. B.C. CHF 1,300

A RAZOR WITH DOLPHIN HANDLE. L. 9.4 cm. Bronze, iron. The boat-shaped blade of hammered iron is held by a cast bronze handle. The elegantly curved body of the dolphin terminates in a spatula-shaped tail fin. The surface of the body is roughened with lines of engraveddots. Formerly Munich art market, 2000. Publ.: JDC, Tiere und Mischwesen, Cat. 13 (Basle 2001) no. 95. Roman, 1st-2nd cent. A.D. CHF 1,200

AN ENAMELLED “CHATELAINE” BROOCH. L. 9 cm. W. max. 4 cm. Bronze, enamel. The brooch is comprised of a D-shaped cast-bronze plate with a central raised boss, two small lateral lugs and a third, larger, posi tioned centrally above, the whole decorated with red and yel-low enamel cellwork. Below the lower edge, a transverse rod has been secured, from which are suspended, and separated by three spacers of blue glass seed-beads, four cosmetic instruments - a pair of tweezers, a grooved ear-scoop, a spoon, and a scraper or nail-cleaner. A verti-cal hinged pin and catch-plate are soldered to the flat, unworked reverse. Such enamelled chatelaine brooches, with toilet sets affixed, were a common female accoutre-ment, notably in Roman Britain. Bowl of spoon lost, and some evidence of recent repair about pierced adjuncts securing transverse bar. Condition generally excellent. Formerly priv. coll., County Durham, Great Britain. Roman, 2nd cent. A.D. CHF 2,800

A CANDLESTICK UNGUENTARIUM WITH CONTENTS. H. 15.4 cm. Light green glass. Conical body with pu-shed-in base. The long, slender neck is off-set by a con-striction and flares slightly towards the broad, inwards-folded rim. A liquid with compact organic material is sealed in the bottle. Mouth and neck slightly encrusted. Slightly iridescent. Intact. Formerly Coll. U. and I. H., Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1969-1980). Roman, 1st-3rd cent. A.D. CHF 1,200

A RHOMBOID OINTMENT PALETTE. L. 29.6 cm. Schist, green. A cosmetic palette with a slight depression due to usage on either side. Surface and one corner slight-ly worn, otherwise undamaged. Formerly Coll. Ernest Cramer-Sarasin (1838–1923), Geneva. Acquired in the last quarter of the 19th century. Egypt, Predynastic, Naqada I, 1st half of 4th mill. B.C. CHF 2,200


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AN APOTROPAIC STATUETTE OF PRIAPUS. H. 37.2 cm. Marble. The god of fertility and aversion of evil has a compact upper body rendered in the shape of a phallus resting on his left leg, the right is bent at the knee and placed forward. The shoulders taper to form the glans of the penis which originally supported a schematically rendered head. A loin-cloth with a pointed front, half of it covered by a tripartite breadth of cloth decorated with vertical circles as worn by gladiators, covers his private parts which used to be typical for gladiators. A semicircular width of cloth partially covers thighs and parts of the buttocks. On the left, Priapos carries a dagger stuck in his wide belt. Back partially worked in the round; at the hight of the shoulders and the buttocks, a round hole for attachment. Right thigh preserv-ed to the knee, the left to the upper end of the knee. Worn. A triangular recess at the front of the loincloth probably held a metal ornament, perhaps a symbolic representation of the pubic delta. In this garb, the statuette probably served as a guardian of a boundary, boundary stone, or as guardian of a piece of land or as a companion warding off evil. Formerly Sotheby’s London, 17-18 July 1985, no. 464. Thereafter European private collection. Gallo-Roman, 1st-2nd cent. A.D. CHF 46,000

A RARE LAMP-FILLER IN THE SHAPE OF A SILEN. H. 9.7 cm. Clay, black glaze. The naked, bearded, big-bellied Silenus squats on the ground clutching a wine-skin. Its opening serves as spout. A broad circular handle at the back. Slightly worn. Formerly London art market. Western Greek, 3rd cent. B.C. CHF 5,800

A BLACK-GLAZED KANTHAROS. H. 17.3 cm. Clay, black glaze. High foot, slightly flaring body and high strap handles. Wall set off from the foot by a sharp ridge. Base reserved. Reassembled from fragments. Minor restora-tions. Formerly priv. coll., Switzerland. Greek, Boeotia, 5th cent. B.C. CHF 3,200

A BLACK-FIGURE MASTOID CUP, Attributed to the Hai-mon Group. H. 8.4 cm. Clay. This small drinking cup is of standard mastoid shape, with everted offset lip, and a round-shouldered body that tapers sharply to a small round base whose flat underside is unglazed. In the broad reserved zone between the high-swung handles, on either side, a cloathed maenad dances amidst a spread-ing vine and is framed by a pair of eyes. Under each handle, a stemmed ivy leaf. Unbroken. Upper righthand section of one side corroded and pitted. Added white de-tails in good part well preserved. The simplified, silhou-etted style of the figure-work, with minimal incision, is fully characteristic of products of the prolific Haimonian workshop. Formerly Paris art market. Attic, ca. 500-480 B.C. CHF 5,600


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A PORTRAIT BUST OF A ROMAN LADY. H. 40.4 cm. Fine-grained marble. Portrait of an elegant Roman lady, her head turned slightly to the right. She is dressed in a tunica and a stole which is held by fibulae on the shoulders, the contours of the breasts are visible through the cloth. The fine strands of her hair are combed to the back, parted in the middle, and bound in a knot at the back of the head; to the left and right of it, two small groups of curls. A deep hole drilled into the top of her head and a hollowed-out section directly behind it indicate that the head received a later attachment. Upper and lower lid sharply offset from the eyes, the iris incised, the pupil drilled. Her upturned gaze and hooded lids give the face a severe appearance. The elegantly curved mouth with its drilled corners forms, in contrast, a gentle smile. 19th-century base, its marble matching the bust. Neck reattached. Worn, a larger part of the crown lost. Formerly Coll. Prof. Hermann Wintz, Erlangen, Germany (d. 1946). Roman, Severan, late 2nd-early 3rd cent. A.D. CHF 68,000


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CAPITOLINE VENUS. H. 13.7 cm. Bronze, silver. The goddess stands with her legs close together, her weight resting on the left, supporting leg and the right, relaxed leg placed slightly to the side. She covers herself modestly with her left hand and places her right hand in front of her breasts. Her upper body curves gently to the right, a movement that is continued by the turn of her diademed head. Her hair is parted in the middle and drawn to the back of her head, where it is gathered together in a chignon. Two strands of hair cascade onto her shoulders. The oval face is dominated by the inlaid silver eyes. Nose and chin slightly worn. Left foot and toes of the right foot reattached. Formerly private coll., Zurich. Roman, 1st cent. A.D. CHF 26,000

A LUNATE PENDANT. W. 5 cm. Gold, garnet. This pendant, of very refined make, is lunate in form, with three cab-ochon garnets in claw-settings at its segmented centre. These are bordered above by successive rows of plain and twisted wire, and in the principal zone by a vegetal stalk sprouting short curling tendrils. Affixed to the crescent’s pointed tips are two heart-shaped garnets in independent claw-settings (one now restored), and at mid bottom edge a round garnet encircled with twisted wire and flanked by two small rosettes. Fused to its top raised edge are two hollow, conjoined spherical beads for suspension, their ends ornamented with twisted wire and their surfaces with granulation. A third palmette marks the point of their attachment to the pendant’s rim. A flat sheet of gold encloses the entire reverse. Formerly Coll. Sasson, Israel, early 1990’s. Nabataean-Hellenistic, 2nd cent. B.C. CHF 9,800

A PAIR OF EARRINGS. H. 3.8 cm. Gold. The upper part is formed by the bust of a female winged figure (sphinx?) shown frontally. At the bottom, an eyelet, from which a conical pendant ending in a bead is suspended. On the reverse, an arched hook. Intact. Formerly art market, France. Greek, 3rd-2nd cent. B.C. CHF 5,800

A PAIR OF EARRINGS WITH GARNETS. L. 4.3 cm. Gold, garnet, pearl. Each earring is composed of a rosette with a garnet in the middle. Below, a bar formed by a pair of antithetical double duck’s heads. Attached to it are three pendants with various beads. Intact. Formerly Munich art market. Roman, 3rd cent. A.D. CHF 6,800

A LAMP IN THE SHAPE OF A NUDE MAN. H. 9 cm. Clay. Lamp in the shape of a man with a pointed face and a long nose. He is naked save for a belt and squats, holding his huge penis which serves as the lamp’s nozzle in both hands. Filling hole in the figure’s back. Loop at the back of the man’s head. Small, oval base. Intact. Formerly Coll. K. S., Cologne. Old illegible inventory label on the underside. Roman, 1st cent. A.D. CHF 1,800


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A GROTESQUE HEAD OF A BALD MAN. H. 7.8 cm. Ter-racotta. Expressive face. Prominent arched brows over heavily lidded eyes with drilled pupils and incised irises. A furrowed brow, large hooked nose, projecting ears and and puffed-out cheeks. Incisions suggesting hair on the back of the head. Intact; traces of white coating. For-merly Coll. J. and M. T., Bonn, Germany; 1950’s-1960’s. Roman Egypt, 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. CHF 3,600

A STATUETTE OF VENUS. H. 27.1 cm. Terracotta. The nude goddess of beauty stands in contraposto on a high plinth. Her hair is piled up high on the top of her head, forming a Venus loop on the crown. Two curls frame

A TORSO OF VENUS. H. 16.1 cm. Marble. The goddess is almost completely naked. She holds a width of cloth covering her thighs and pubic area with her right hand. Her waist merges in an elegant curve with her broad hips. Her left upper arm is adorned with a bracelet. Two thirds of the left arm preserved. Right hand worn. Formerly Coll. Nicolas Landau (1887-1979). On the old base a lable with handwritten inv. no. “448”. Roman, 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. CHF 8,800

A BEGGAR. H. 4.4 cm. Bronze. Statuette of a small, bald-ing, old man with turgid face standing on a low, circular base. He wears a long, belted cloak that leaves his left shoulder free. He rests his large head on his right shoul-der. A piece of cloth which is knotted together to form a bag hangs from his right forearm. It probably contains his few belongings. Intact. Formerly London art market, 2003. Alexandrinian, 2nd-1st cent. B.C. CHF 1,400

AN IMPORTANT CAMEO WITH PTOLEMAIC QUEEN. An H. 2.6 cm. Agate, gold. The brown upper layer, offset against the lighter background, represents the bust of a woman to right. Her head is adorned with wig and vul-ture cap, a combination that is attested as having already been worn by royal women in the Old Kingdom. The plump facial features of the woman with wide open eyes and ample, slightly protruding chin show clear parallels to coin portraits of Ptolemaic queens. Set in an 18th-19th century gold floral mount. An eyelet permits use as pendant. A narrow strip of surface of the bust’s back was cut away and the adjacent ground thus exposed was polished. Overall height with mount: 5.7 cm. Formerly American priv. coll., acquired in the 1960’s. Egyptian, Ptolemaic, 3rd-2nd cent. B.C. CHF 28,000

her neck. She spreads her cloak across her back elegant-ly. Smoothened reverse with central firing hole. Intact. Votive statuette. Formerly Coll. P.M. Suter, 1970’s-1994. Roman, 2nd cent. A.D. CHF 850


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A PLASTIC VASE IN THE FORM OF A PAN’S HEAD. H. 18.2 cm. Clay. Head and neck of Pan form the vessel’s body. Mounted on a profiled foot with wave-pattern. The expressive grimacing face, bearded, snub-nosed, with ribbed horns rising from the forehead, is coated with a light red wash. Between the tips of the horns, the remains of a painted bust in a rectangular field. Upper part of the vessel missing. Formerly estate of Vladimir Rosenbaum (1894-1984). Publ.: Brussels Ancient Art Fair (BAAF III), Cat. June 2005, see Galleria Serodine, Ascona, illus. Wes-tern Greek, 4th cent. B.C. CHF 18,000

A TANAGRA FIGURINE. H. 27 cm. Terracotta. The figurine stands at ease, with her weight resting on her left leg and with her relaxed right leg flexed gently. Her slender body is entirely enveloped by a richly pleated robe with a raised collar. Only the tips of her toes protrude from below the garment. Her left arm is akimbo and her right hand is raised slightly above her abdomen, drawing a diagonal fold across her body. Her delicate head with melon coiffure and cent-rally knotted hairband is inclined to her right. Mould-made. Firing hole on the reverse. White engobe with traces of pink and black paint. Tip of right foot slightly worn. Formerly priv. coll., Geneva, 1970’s. Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd cent. B.C. CHF 8,800

A MALE IDOL. H. 4.7 cm. Bronze. The schematic fig-ure stands with his oversized hands raised in a gesture of adoration. The back of the head has a dowel hole, indicating that the piece served as an applique. Slight damage to left hand and top of the head. Formerly Coll. Levkovic. Thereafter Coll. Dr. Vassilijev. Western Asia, 8th-7th cent. B.C. CHF 2,800

LEGS OF A CYCLADIC IDOL. H. max. 5.4 cm. White, fine-grained marble. The feet and the calves, which broaden toward the top, are preserved. A shallow groove in front and on the reverse seperates the legs. The flat feet point upwards and are offset from the legs by a horizontal incision. Fine incisions indicate the toes. Surface slightly encrusted. Formerly Coll. Michael Waltz, Munich, 1970’s. Cycladic, Early Cycladic II, 2700-2300 B.C. CHF 2,400

PELVIS AND THIGHS OF A FEMALE CYCLADIC IDOL OF THE SPEDOS TYPE. H. max. 6.8 cm. Marble. The legs form an elegantly curved outer contour and are separa-ted in front and on the reverse by a deep groove. Incised pubic area. Surface slightly encrusted. Formerly Coll. Michael Waltz, Munich, 1970’s. Cycladic, Early Cycladic II, 2700-2300 B.C. CHF 2,800


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A RED-FIGURE CUP (Type B), Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter. H. 10.5 cm. W. 34.5 cm. D. 27 cm. Clay. Within the tondo, encircled by a border of continuous leftward maeanders, are two youths draped in himatia. One stands to right, a walking stick in his right hand, and faces another standing frontal, with head turned to left, his right arm akimbo. Outside, courting scenes of youths and boys, all cloaked in himatia (four figures per side). Strigils and ary-balloi suspended in the field set the scenes in the palaistra. At each handle, an ornamental complex of palmettes on tendrils tipped with pendant lotus. Restored from fragments, in the 19th century, with a multitude of metal clamps, now removed. Lacunae filled, with no retouching of the figure-work. Formerly Coll. William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, and thence by descent to the previous owner. Fox Talbot is most famously known as the inventor of the negative/positive photographic process. Attic, ca. 450 B.C. CHF 9,800

A CUP. H. 6 cm. D. 14 cm. Bronze. Inside finely incised: encircling band of tongues between two encircling bands of oblique strokes around a central rosette; offset rim. On the underside, concentric circles. Two handles. Fine fissures. Formerly priv. coll., New York. Greek, 5th-4th cent. B.C. CHF 2,600

A GROUP OF THREE MESOMPHALIC PHIALAI. D. max. 17 cm. Bronze. Low or rounded walls. Reddish, yellowish and purplish patina. Minor restorations. Formerly art market, Munich, 2004. Greek, 1st half 5th cent. B.C. CHF 3,200

A FRAGMENT OF A CHEESE GRATER. H. 10 cm. Bronze. Rectangular. Square, punched holes, which form the gra-ting surface on the opposite side. Old inventory num-ber “3939 A”. Formerly Coll. Keller, Binningen, near Basle,1950-60’s. Greek, 2nd half 4th cent. B.C. CHF 600

AN ASTRAGAL (Knucklebone). L. 2.7 cm. Bronze. One part of the bone is flat, the other part is deeply grooved. Intact. Piece for the game of knucklebones. Formerly Coll. K.S., Cologne. Previously Munich art market, 2004. Graeco-Roman, 1st cent. B.C.-1st cent. A.D. CHF 1,200


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A LIDDED LEKANIS. H. 10.5 cm. D. 20 cm. Clay. The shallow body of the vessel is set on a low ring foot with broad resting surface. Horizontal ribbon handles; flange to accomodate slightly convex lid. The knob sits on a tall stem, and has a disc top with a raised edge round it and a small depression at its centre. Reserved: resting surface of foot, top of rim, resting surface of lid, top of knob’s raised edge and band round inner depression. Intact and very well preserved. Traces on both lid and body of glaze misfired in the kiln to reddish orange. Formerly Charles Ede Ltd., London, 1989. Subsequently American priv. coll.: New York, Christie’s Antiquities, 16 June 2006, lot 149; Cahn AG, Basle, 2006; Coll. A., Switzerland. Publ.: Charles Ede Ltd., Cat. Pottery from Athens XI, no. 15. Attic, 2nd half of 5th cent. B.C. CHF 6,000

A RED-FIGURE OINOCHOE SHAPE 3 (Chous). H. 11.4 cm. Clay. On the front of this small wine vessel with trefoil mouth, within an enclosed panel bordered above and below by a band of egg-pattern, a young boy, naked, save for the standard amuletic band draped over left shoulder and across his chest, kneels to right before his toy cart whose pole is propped at an angle against the lateral frame. He holds forth his hands as though to set some thing onto or into the wagon, which is also frequently depicted, on miniature choes such as this, as a chariot with a box for the rider. Intact and well pre served. Glaze in places misfired a brownish orange. A fine groove encircles the vase at mid-shoulder. Re-served underside retains traces of a reddish miltos wash. Formerly Collection Bontemps-Sarasin, Geneva, by in-heritance from la comtesse d’Escayrac, Gingins (Vaud), great aunt of the previous owner, who acquired the vase during her years of residence in New York in the 1960’s. Attic, ca. 420-410 B.C. CHF 15,800

A RARE LAMP-FILLER IN THE SHAPE OF A SILEN. H. 9.7 cm. Clay, black glaze. The naked, bearded, pot-bellied Silenus squats on the ground clutching a wineskin. Its opening serves as spout. A broad circular handle at the back. Slightly worn. Formerly art market, London. Wes-tern Greek, 3rd cent. B.C. CHF 5,800

A DANCING WOMAN FROM A THYMIATERION. H. 15.5 cm. Bronze. The woman is almost naked and stands in a dynamically undulating posture. She balances a flower-shaped finial on her head, steadying it with her left hand. With her right hand she grasps the hem of her cloak, which cascades across her back and along her left leg down to the ground. Her hair is long and curly, and she wears a necklace and an anklet. A longitudinal rill with a round drill hole at the top of the finial to attach it to the shaft of the thymiaterion. Intact. Priv. coll., Zurich. Etruscan, 1st half 3rd cent. B.C. CHF 14,000

A BEAKER. H. 7.6 cm. White glass. Conical vessel ta-pering towards the base with cut rim and encircling cut grooves on the wall, which is slightly curved in the lower third of the vase. Minor chips on the mouth. Former-ly German private coll., 1970’s-1980’s. Roman, 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. CHF 1,200


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A TALL JUG AND A DEEP PLATE. H. 28.2 cm. Bronze. Jug: Slender vessel, which widens in the middle. The rim of the everted mouth is folded outwards. A separately fashioned, right-angled handle with several edges leads from the rim to the shoulder of the jug. The lower end is adorned by an applique in the shape of a male right foot and a pointed leaf. Turning rills at the neck, foot and base. Traces of adhesive on the outside of the rim. Intact. Said to have been found in Grand (Vosges). Plate: Slightly concave wall and flat base ring. Broad rim, which is folded outwards deli-cately. Set-off on the interior by a sharp bend. An inscription, probably naming the owner, on the exterior of the rim: FLAVI. Below it, old label: “SS6 FLAVI”. Next to it, the world “ILAVI” is written in a modern hand in pencil. Below it, the number “SS6” is written by the same hand. An ancient repair within the ring base. Formerly Coll. Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899). Roman, 2nd half of 2nd cent. A.D. CHF 8,800

A RARE LEAD-GLAZED OINOCHOE. H. 17.5 cm. Clay, yellow and brown lead glaze. The unusual vessel com-bines lead-glaze, a technique, which was particularly popular in the Hellenistic period, with Roman Barbo tine decoration. The cylindrical neck widens towards two funnel-shaped mouths joining at the upper edge. A triple strap-handle is attached to one of them. The wide shoul-der is decorated by an encircling band of flat, applied ivy leaves. Slightly worn, otherwise intact. Formerly Coll. Monsieur R., Toulouse, France, a former diplomat, who spent time in Tunisia. Roman, 1st or 4th cent. A.D. CHF 3,600

A DATE-SHAPED BOTTLE. H. 5.8 cm. Honey-coloured, slightly iridescent glass. A small bottle in the shape of a date, without base. Flaring mouth, the lip turned in-wards. Part of the mouth lost. Formerly art market, Lon-don Roman, Sidon, 3rd-4th cent. A.D. CHF 1,400

A SPOON. L. 9.5 cm. Silver. In the round bowl, an encir-cling Greek inscription: Mylas, may Artemis grant your wish (ΕYXΗΝ ΤYXΗ ΜYΛΑΣ ΕΚ ΑΡΤΕΜΙ∆Ι). Handle broken. Once art market, Munich, 2000. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. CHF 2,200

A GROUP OF HELLENISTIC CERAMICS. H. 28 cm. D. max. 10.6 cm. Clay, white slip, dark grey and pink paint. Tall, spindle-shaped bottle on profiled foot, slender neck with a concave contour, conical rim. Traces of paint. Neck reattached, part of the shoulder missing. Encrusted. Flat, cylindrical saucers with everted rims. Some slight-ly worn, encrusted and with a few lacunae. Formerly

H.A. Cahn, Basle, 1990’s. Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd cent. B.C. CHF 2,400

A RECUMBANT SYMPOSIAST. L. 6.1 cm. Bronze. He lies comfortably, with his legs almost completely extended, and supports his upper body on his left arm. His right arm rests on his thighs. He gestures with his hands as if speaking. A cloak is wrapped around his body in broad folds, leaving his chest and right shoulder bare. His al-mond-shaped eyes and smiling mouth are typical of the archaic period. His rich hair is held together by a narrow fillet and reaches down to the nape of his neck. Fingers and feet slightly worn. The recessed underside indicates that the piece was used as an applique, probably from a bowl. Priv. coll., Zurich. Formerly Coll. Jean-Marie Talleux, Grand Fort Philippe, France. Thereafter, Coll. Franz Trau, Vienna, before 1955. Thereafter Auction sale:Antikensammlung Nachlass Franz Trau, 2nd part, Ga-lerie Fischer, Lucerne, 21 June 1955, 18 no. 183, pl. 7. Etruscan, ca. 480 B.C. CHF 14,500


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A RED-FIGURE FISH-PLATE, Attributed to the Torpedo Group. D. 24 cm. Clay. This fine fish-plate is decorated, on its downward-sloping upper surface, with three salt-water creatures - a torpedo, a two-banded bream, and a striped bream. Details of eyes, mouths, gills, and fins pectoral and dorsal, are picked out in added white. Around the top edge of the central omphalic depression (intended for the condiment garum, a fermented fish-sauce), a row of wave-pattern. A wreath of leftward laurel encompasses the broad overhanging rim, immediately below a distinctive, narrow band of dicing that edges the picture field. Underside reserved, save for two glazed bands, which echo the diameter of the low profiled foot. Reserved surfaces of fish brushed with dilute glaze, rim overhang and foot’s resting surfaces with a reddish miltos wash. Intact, surfaces and added colour well-preserved. Formerly Collection of the Marquis de Gibot, Château de la Mauvoisinière, Bouzillé, between Nantes and Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France, late 19th century. Campanian, Paestanising, ca. 340-330 B.C. CHF 12,800

A RED-FIGURE SPOUTED SKYPHOS TYPE B (Glaux). H. 8.3 cm. Clay. On the obverse of this small two-handled drinking vessel, directly opposite a tubular spout set just below the indented rim of the reverse, which itself is fully occupied by a loose complex of two upright palmettes and flanking tendril, a rooster stands proud to left, head erect and right leg raised in deliberate march-step. Scattered about the field are several floating reserved loops and a dot rosette. The form of handles, one vertical, the other horizontal, define this shape of skyphos as a glaux. Lid missing. Glaze misfired reddish orange about inside and reverse. Miltos wash on reserved underside. Formerly European priv. coll. Thereafter, New York market, Hixenbaugh Ancient Art; American art market. Greek (Boeotian?), 2nd half of 5th cent. B.C. CHF 3,800

TWO SPITS. L. max. 52.7 cm. Bronze, cast. Each spit is composed of a four-cornered shaft, the top of which is twisted to form a spiral ending in a loop. A separately-wrought ring attached to each loop. Traces of use, tips missing. For-merly Pandolfini, Auction 1 June 2001, no. 169 with illus. Etruscan, 7th-6th cent. B.C. CHF 900

A SMALL PAN. H. 4.6 cm. D. 7.5 cm. Light green glass. Cylindrical body, tapering towards the mouth. Rim round ed, handle in the shape of a long spout attached to the body, and melded at the end. Pan-like vessels, called “Trullae” by archaeologists, were widely used in the Ro-man Empire, in religious ceremonies for libations and such like, and served at home as part of the tableware, for example as ladles. Encrusted through use. Slightly iridescent. Formerly Coll. Saeed Motamed (1925-2013), formed between 1953 and the early 1990’s. Roman, 2nd-4th cent. A.D. CHF 1,800

A BREAD STAMP. L. 11 cm. Terracotta. Oval stamp with handle on the reverse. On the face of the stamp with off-set edge, two shoe soles and a Greek inscription, ΟΝΤΙ ΓΕΡ. Formerly Coll. von Aulock, before 1970, inv.-no. 364. Roman, 2nd-3rd cent. A.D. CHF 1,800

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