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Title: Ancient Art Trader


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Ancient Art Trader
  • Who will collect the greatest masterpieces of the
    Ancient World?

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Lascaux cave paintingpaint on stone, Neolithic
Era
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31. Unknown artist, Venus of Willendorf, stone,
ca. 28,000-25,000 BC
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Pharoah Menkaure and his queen, Egypt ca 2600
BCE, graywacke, with faded paint, 55 inches tall
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ScribeEgypt, painted limestoneca. 2400 BCE, ht
20 inches
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Amulet in the shape of an ibisEnd of Old
Kingdom, ca 2200 BCEgold
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Gudea of Lagash Sumeria, diorite, ca. 2120 BCE
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Mask of Agamemnon, gold 1550-1500 BCE
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ToreadorFresco, Minoan ca. 1450 BCE
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Hatshepshut, indurated limestone, ca. 1473-1458
BCE (ht 77 inches)
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Funerary Mask of TutankhamenGold and lapis
lazuli, ca. 1323 BCE
12
Golden CandelabrumHebrew, ca. 1000 BCEGold, 1
talent (88 pounds)
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Lammasu (winged lion of Ashurnasirpal
  • Alabaster, ca. 883-859 BCE (10 by 3.5)

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Musician, tomb of Tricliniumpainting, 800-700 BCE
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Black-figure panel amphoraAchilles and Memnon
at Troy
  • Ceramic, 6th C BCE

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Greek AmphoraGlazed ceramic, ca. 520 BCE
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LionEtruscan, ca 520 BCEBronze
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Caryatid Column Statue from Porch of Maidens at
AcropolisAthens, 5th century BCE marble
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Diskobolos The Disc Thrower)
  • Myron, marble sculpture, ca. 500-450 BCE

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Phidias Colossal statue of Zeus
  • Marble and gold, 432 BCE

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49. Phiale Painter, Athena Kekrops, painted
ceramic, ca 5th century BC
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Statue of Athena,the Parthenon, Gold and marble,
5th BCE
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13. Ancient Greek artist, Nike of Samothrace, 4th
C BC, marble
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The Spear-Bearer by Polycleitos, marble, 4th C BCE
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Coffin for a sacred cat, EgyptPtolemaic period,
ca. 330-304 BCEBronze, 11 inches
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Pontika Jewelrygold, ca. 300 BCE
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The Colossus of Rhodes
  • Bronze, marble and stone, 282 BCE

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Dying Gaul, frieze element, marble and bronze,
400-250 BCE
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Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo) marble, 150 BCE
  • View from three angles

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14. Rhodian Sculptors, Laocoon Group, 1st C BC,
marble
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Boxer of Quirinal
  • Bronze, 1st C BCE

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15. Roman sculptor, Augustus of Primaporta, 1st C
BC, marble
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Mosaic of Pompeiistone and glass, 79 CE
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Antinous Madrigone marble, ca. 130 AD
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The Good Shepherd of the Catacombs
  • Mosaic, ca. 150 CE

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Roman pitcher
  • Glass, ca. 250 CE

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Mithra Slaying the Bull
  • Marble, ca. 360 CE

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Mosaic of women athletes
  • Wall decoration, Sicily, Ca. 300

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Rich mans mosaic, ca. 300 CE
  • Stone and glass, Piazzia Armerina, Sicily

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Roman Bathhouse
  • Marble, stone, tile and brick, ca 100 CE

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Bronze Horses of Constantinople
  • Byzantine, 4th C CE

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Roman Jewelry, ca. 300
  • Gold and precious stones

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Bust of Homer
  • Roman, Late Republican or Imperial Period, late
    1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.Height 41cm
    (16 1/8 in.) length (of face) 21 cm ( 8 1/4
    in.)Marble (probably from Mt. Pentelikon near
    Athens)

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Two-handled cup (skyphos) with Bacchic scene
  • Roman, Early Imperial Period, A.D. 130Height
    11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.) diameter 10.1 cm (4 in.)
    width 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)Silver, with traces of
    gold leaf

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Funerary monument of Aththaia, daughter of
Malchos
  • Roman (Palmyra), Imperial Period, A.D.
    150200Place of Manufacture Palmyra,
    SyriaHeight 55 cm (21 5/8 in.) width 42 cm
    (16 9/16 in.)Limestone

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Seated dancer
  • Roman, Late Roman Imperial/Early Byzantine
    Period, late 4th century A.D.Height 12 cm (4
    3/4 in.)Silver with gold details

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The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche
  • Roman, Late Republican or Early Imperial Period,
    Midto late 1st century B.C.Signed by
    TryphonOverall 4.5 x 3.7 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/16
    in.)Layered onyx, cameo

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Votive plaque with bust of Zeus and chain
  • Roman, Imperial Period, Probably A.D. 70 or
    180Place of Manufacture Southwest Asia
    MinorDiameter (max.) of plaque 15.8 cm (6 1/4
    in.)Silver

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Sarcophagus with triumph of Dionysos
  • Roman, Imperial Period, about A.D. 215225Height
    (max.) x length 77.5 x 208 cm (30 1/2 x 81 7/8
    in.) Marble, from the island of Proconnesus in
    the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul

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Bust of a man
  • Roman, Late Republican Period, about 50 B.C.
  • Height 35.7 (14 1/16) in.) depth 18 cm (7 1/16
    in.)Terracotta


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Mosaic of Empress Theodorastone and glass, 5th C
CE
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