Dr. Jerome M. Eisenberg
Hellenististic Bronze Athena (Minerva) wearing a horned helmet and a long peplos tied under her breasts, her raised left hand once held a scepter or spear and in her right hand is a phiale.
Possibly a syncretistic representation of Athena as a genus loci (guardian deity of a particular place).
3rd-2nd Century BC – Height: 18.5 cm
Inlaid silver eyes. Variegated green and reddish-brown patina.
Extremely fine style.
Provenance: Private Swiss collection, acquired in the 1970s.
Possibly a syncretistic representation of Athena as a genus loci (guardian deity of a particular place).
3rd-2nd Century BC – Height: 18.5 cm
Inlaid silver eyes. Variegated green and reddish-brown patina.
Extremely fine style.
Provenance: Private Swiss collection, acquired in the 1970s.
Egyptian Middle Kingdom large limestone relief of Senusret standing at left, as a son, wearing a kilt and shoulder length wig, before a larger-scale offering table from which hang the lolling head of a throttled water bird as well as the oofed foot from a calf’s leg. The six hieroglyphs of his name appear above his extended right arm; red, black, and faint blue paint remain.
12th Dynasty, ca. 1991-1778 BC
Height: 83 cm; Width: 36 cm
Provenance: A.A. collection,
Israel; in the U.K. since 1970.
12th Dynasty, ca. 1991-1778 BC
Height: 83 cm; Width: 36 cm
Provenance: A.A. collection,
Israel; in the U.K. since 1970.
An important Cycladic marble idol of a reclining female of the early Spedos type
Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2600-2500 BC.
Height: 24.6 cm
An elegant stylized nude figure, her arms are folded beneath her breasts, her slender lyre – shaped head with wedge-shaped nose and long oval neck; incised details, with traces of red pigment and strong root marks.
Provenance: Collection of Vivian and David Campbell , Toronto, Canada, acquired in the mid-1980s;
Sotheby’s New York, 7 December 2005, lot 43; private collection, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Published: Masterpieces of Cycladic Art, New York, 1989, no. 14.
Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2600-2500 BC.
Height: 24.6 cm
An elegant stylized nude figure, her arms are folded beneath her breasts, her slender lyre – shaped head with wedge-shaped nose and long oval neck; incised details, with traces of red pigment and strong root marks.
Provenance: Collection of Vivian and David Campbell , Toronto, Canada, acquired in the mid-1980s;
Sotheby’s New York, 7 December 2005, lot 43; private collection, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Published: Masterpieces of Cycladic Art, New York, 1989, no. 14.
Exhibiting at
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Royal-Athena Galleries
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