Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 33

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Antiquities

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 925		Sharply Detailed Ushabti, in Pale Green Faience. Egypt, 26th-30th Dynasties, c. 664-343 BC. Mummiform figure as previous lot, with boldly defined features, also having T-shaped panels along the front with sharply incised heiroglyphic formula. In choice condition. Height: 5-3/4"; on custom base. Estimated Value $1,750 - 1,950. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 926		Tall Ushabti, in Blue-Green Faience. Egypt, 27th-30th Dynasties, c. 525-343 BC. Mummiform figure as previous lot, with boldly modeled features. From the waist to the feet are nine horizontal rows of incised hieroglyphic formula (likely a portion of Chapter XXX of the Book of the Dead). Overall finely preserved, with intense dark turquoise to lighter green color. Some professional, discreet repairs to knees and feet. Height: 6-3/4"; on custom base. Eye-catching display piece. Estimated Value $950 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 927		Ushabti in Turquoise Blue Faience. Egypt, 27th-30th Dynasties, c. 525-343 BC. Mummiform figure as previous lot, smaller but with similar facial features. From the waist to the feet a single vertical panel of incised hieroglyphic formula, with the name of Nes-Min. Intact and finely preserved, with even deep turquoise color. Height: 4"; on custom base. Pleasing example. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 928		Light Green Ushabtie. Egypt, c. 30th Dynasty, c. 380-342 BC. Of typical mummiform type, with wig and beard, hands crossed and holding adze and hoe. Seed bag over left shoulder, and without inscription. Glaze gone matte at head and shoulders, with some losses most notably along edges of base. Height: 4-5/8". Estimated Value $350 - 450. Mrs. Leland Stanford & Phoebe Hearst, gift to Stanford University, from jointly funded 1900 Egyptian Expedition. Ex Stanford University Museum, de-accession no. 1752, May of 1968. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $201
Lot 929		Head of Hathor from a Faience Sistrum. Egypt, Late Dynastic, 27th-30th Dynasties, c. 525-332 BC. The base of the sistrum janiform, with facing head of the cow goddess Hathor, noted by her bovine ears. Her crown a cavetto cornice supporting the barely visible remains of a naos. The goddess with distinctively bound hair, and flanking papyrus scepter on either side. Piece with fine, slightly iridescent, gray-green to blue-green glaze. Height: 2-7/8"; on custom wood base. Choice display piece. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. Northern California Collection. Purchased in Luxor in 1976. The sistrum was a musical rattle shaken to amuse, or appease, the goddess. It was a women's instrument, mainly employed in the rituals in the temples. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 930		A Presidential Pataichos. Egypt, 27th-30th Dynasty, c. 525-350 BC. Dwarfish figure of Pataichos, or Ptah-Seker, in faience with a fine deep gray-blue-green glaze. Of slightly blocky form, yet boldly modeled, the figure in typical pose with bent legs and arms at sides. Intact and perfect. Height: 1-3/16". Rare in this quality, particularly with such a fine glaze. Estimated Value $650 - 800. Malter Galleries Auction XLVIII (2-16-92), lot 53. This was one of four quality amulets consigned for sale by a friend of former President, Jimmy Carter. The consignor stated that the President was given gifted these by an Egyptian dignitary during the historic Camp David negotiations between Israel and Egypt. After the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, the pieces were in turn presented to this friend by the President. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 931		Quality Necklace and Pendant. Egypt, Late Period, c. 650-300 BC. The faience pendant of some size, showing the holy Triad (Nepthys and Isis flanking the child Horus) in veriagated bright turquoise and olive colors. The blue-green beads fine, and of rarer type: tubes incised to resemble a cluster of three beads. These alternating with dark red spacer beads. This is a very attractive assemblage, finely preserved, that one just doesn't see in market offerings these days. Length: 19". Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 932		Lot of Two Mummy Bead Neckalces, with Pendants. Egypt, Late Period to Roman, c. 1000 BC. - 500 AD. Each necklace a single strand of smaller and finer discoid faience beads in olives, bright reds, handsome blues and greens. These are high grade beads, in excellent condition. Each set with a single pendant/amulet: a situla in olive faience (Late Dynastic), and a stylized Cupid face in black steatite (Late Roman/Coptic). Necklace lengths: 16"- 16-1/2". An good lot. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 933		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 934		Splendid Bes Amulet in Silver. Egypt, Ptolemaic - Graeco-Roman, c. 300 BC. - 100 AD. The amulet in the form of a plaque/pendant, the silver sheet worked repoussé, with chased and incised details. Bes with traditional features, but decidedly human-looking here -- sensitively modeled, even friendly and approachable. Repair to bracket supporting loop; chipping to metal around the edges, otherwise features intact and very fine. Size: 2" x 1-7/16". Very rare in this size and quality! Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. Taisei Gallery, Gold & Silver Auction, II (11-5-92), lot 3. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 935		Fine Pendant of Hathor in Egyptian Blue. Egypt, Ptolemaic- Roman Period, c. 250 BC. - 100 AD. The goddess with triangular face, with her cow ears clearly seen at the sides. She wears heavy, intricately braided lappet wig. Her cow horns and lunar disc have been incorporated into the pendant's loop. Small chip at base, otherwise finely preserved, with dark glossy resinous patina, and remains of gilding on reverse. Height: 1". Choice, and in a fairly rare material. Estimated Value $750 - 850. Hathor was the cow-headed goddess of beauty and love. She was also a goddess of the west, and was associated with the underworld. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 936		Delicate Alabastron in Patterned Alabaster. Egypt, Ptolemaic- Roman Period, c. 300 BC. - 100 AD. Alabastron with elongated conical body, rounded base, short neck, and broad rim to the mouth. A pair of tiny lug handles at the sides, with raised lappets below. The vessel finely carved to a remarkable thinness, almost like eggshell ware pottery. Some wear to the mouth, with very modest chipping to rim, otherwise vessel choice. Thin age crack on one side, but is stable and the bottle appears very solid and sound. Height: 4-7/8". Estimated Value $1,250 - 2,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 937		Lion Plaque/Bead in Dark Turquoise Blue-glazed Faience. Roman Egypt, 1st-2nd century AD. The lion molded in reclining pose, with head between paws, on a thick, rectangular base. The lion well detailed, sharp, and handsome. The blue well preserved, mostly glossy, but some matte areas. Usually encountered badly preserved, this example remarkably fine, and of somewhat larger size. Rare thus. Length: 1-1/16". Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 938		Colorful Textile Appliqué. Egypt, Coptic, c. 5th-6th century AD. A square panel of good size showing at center, on light background, two parrots flanking central tree or bush. At corners, four roundels with same bird design. The rest of panel filled with ornamental borders or arabesques. Neat workmanship in red, green, dark brown, off white and a rust orange. Fragment well preserved. Size: 5-3/8" x 4-7/8"; laid down on backing, in glassed frame. Very attractive, and unusually colorful for these often drably monochromatic clothing decorations. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $748
Lot 939		Attractive Textile Medallion. Egypt, Coptic, c. 5th-6th century AD. Embroidered roundel showing kneeling/running figure right, his hands gesturing expressively, all within three concentric borders. The figure's drapery picked out in red, green, and orange. Fragment well preserved. Diameter: 3-3/4"; laid down on backing, in glassed frame. Pleasant, for one of these. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $489
Lot 940		Portrait of a Concubine, in Veined Black Serpentine. Roman Egypt, c. 3rd-4th century AD. Head in traditional Egyptian style, with hair in parallel rows of braids or ringlets, with stylized but neat features. The head from a larger "concubine" or fertility figure, which would have been buried with a deceased male. In choice condition. Seen mostly in bone, rare in this material. Height: 1". For those that insist the Egyptians were only black Africans, here is the evidence! Estimated Value $375 - 475. Cf. Walters Art Gallery, Ivories, no. 17. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 941		Rare and Important Mycenaean Silver Bracelet. Mycenaean Greece, c. 1400-1200 BC. The cuff a tapered tube of hammered sheet, open on one side, with three raised encircling ridges for strength. The cuff would have fit a small woman or a youth. Upper edge of bracelet with decorative border of angled lines, the bottom with a line of chevrons; the opening edges each with a row of X's, two quarters in each with hatching. Intact and the metal very well preserved for its age -- a few minor lacunae, along with a few spots of corrosion and horn silver. Length: 3-7/8". Mycenaean antiquities, other than pottery, are rare and desirable. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. Arte Primitivo, c. 1999. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 942		Fine White Handled Bowl. Cyprus, Late Bronze Age I, c. 1600-1450 BC. Delicately potted in hemispherical form, with wishbone-like handle. The slip now creme color, with vertical bands of latticework designs around. With similar borders around the rim and along the handle. Bowl exceptionally preserved, with a few minor scrapes at the rim. The interior evenly covered with light root marks. Width: 8-7/8". Estimated Value $950 - 1,450. Cesnola Collection duplicate from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1896. Ex Stanford University Museum de-accession no. 3129, 1968. Old inked inventory numbers on interior. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 943		Large Decorative Amphora. Cyprus, Geometric III Period, c. 850-700 BC. Robustly potted, with white slip juglet, with broad ovoid body on cylindrical foot, vertical handles, funnel neck, and thick rounded rim. In dark brown paint, heavy and thin encircling bands along body, with two rows of concentric circles in between. Vessel shows light to moderate wear, with some fading to paint on one side. Height: 13-1/2". Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. Cesnola Collection duplicate from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1896. Ex Stanford University Museum de-accession no. 2705, March of 1963. Old inked inventory numbers under foot. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,020
Lot 944		Lot of Two Cypriot Vessels. Archaic to Early Hellenistic Periods, c. 800-300 BC. Earliest a small white slip juglet, with swelling piriform body and encircling bands of dark brown and red. Later, Classical to Early Hellenistic, a twin-handled kantharos of standard form, with vertical ribbing to body, the whole in a dark brown slip. Juglet with modest wear to rim; the kantharos with a few modest chips and fairly minor paint losses. Height of largest: 5-3/4". Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Cesnola Collection duplicate from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1896. Ex Stanford University Museum de-accession no. 1114, May of 1968. Old inked inventory numbers under foot of kantharos. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $253
Lot 945		Deep-Bowl Black Figure Skyphos. Greece, Athens, c. 510-490 BC. A large drinking cup with a remarkably deep bowl. Well potted and robust, with good black glaze and reserve bands of red wash. Ornament of four men on each side, standing at ease in conversation; acanthus palmettes flanking. Recomposed many years ago from large pieces; some calcareous deposits within. However, painted surfaces glossy and fine. With proper cleaning and restoration, this would make a very good display piece. Width: 10-3/4". Estimated Value $750 - 950. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $510
Lot 946		Well Preserved Black-Glazed Kylix. Greece, likely Athens, c. 4th century BC. Well potted, robust, stemless kylix with fine black glaze. The bowl rather deep, with turned out rim, deep sunk groove at shoulders, and heavy handles. Intact and virtually pristine, with cleanable dirt. Width: 10-7/16". A very fine, decorative object. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 947		Greek Pottery Lot. Mostly Magna Graecia, 5th-4th century BC. Earliest a small lekythos, Attic, with a row of Acanthus palmettes. Second, a squat lekythos, Apulian, with profile head of a female "foreigner" -- perhaps an amazon. Last and most interesting, a fragment from a Calene vase of some size, with molded relief decoration. This a nude hero carrying a beam(?) (or wielding a club). Heights: 2-5/8" - 4-5/8". Attic piece repaired; Apulian some paint chips, but painted by a delicate and deft hand, and so attractive. Calene piece rare. Lot of 3 items. Estimated Value $350 - 450. "Old Grand Tour Collection," c. pre-1930. The vessels with old, yellowed stickers with inked collection number, plus inked numbers or letters on the bases. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $426
Lot 948		A Fine and Large Bell Krater. Magna Graecia, Apulia, c. 380-340 BC. One of the most popular ceramic forms of the South Italian Greeks, this vessel finely potted and painted by a superior artist (with neat, careful technique, where the faces on the figures tend towards the pretty), close to the Painter of the Long Overfalls. Side A: Two well dressed maidens (with necklaces and bordered chitons) stand on either side of a square marker, one holding a wreath, the other a large dish; all on a ground line of meanders and cruciform "leaves." Side B: Two cloak-draped youths stand in profile, also with marker between; plus meanders beneath. A border of laurel leaves encircles the vase below its turned out rim. Vase wonderfully pristine, with reassembly of only three large fragments on one side at rim. The restoration and paint touch-up trivial, and only in this one area; aside from this condition is superb. Height: 10-5/8". Simple and elegant, with fine figural art, this is a truly choice antiquity! Estimated Value $4,500 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,910
Lot 949		A Pair of Black-Glazed Kylixes. Magna Graecia, Apulia, c. 330-300 BC. Both well potted and closely similar in shape, with elegant recurved handles. One fired a fine, plain black, the other has taken on a dark silvery metallic sheen. Both with similar vine pattern within the bowls, in applied white. Both intact and choice, with cleanable dirt. Widths: 6-7/8"; 7-1/4". Handsome examples of this class of pottery. Lot of 2 pieces. Estimated Value $650 - 850. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 950		Celebrity-Owned, Rare and Colorful Daunian Amphora. Magna Graecia, perhaps Campanian, late 4th century BC. Panel-type amphora, in buff-creme ware, with high strap handles, columnar neck, funnel mouth, and low foot. In creme slip, and alternating bands of red and black circling the body, with similar scheme at the handles, the square panels at the neck, and the painted row of petals at neck's base. Finely preserved, with minor paint flaking, and an ancient "kill hole(?)" at side of vessel. Height: 13-3/4". Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. This shape very rare in the Daunian series, although reports indicate some Athenian types were being copied. Of special interest is that this vase was hand carried and personally delivered to astronaut Buzz Aldrin by noted screen actress, Gina Lolabrigida, for his part in America's landing on the moon. The autograph, signed note: "To my 'luny' friend Buzz…. From your 'very luny' friend Gina." View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 951		Large Lead Applique Head. Graeco-Roman, c. 2nd century BC. - 1st century AD. Cast frontal head of youthful Dionysius, his thick hair set with elaborate vine wreath. A torc-like necklace at his throat. Intact and very fine, traces of iron or steel deposits on reverse side. An usually large and fine lead object, perhaps from a fountain or sarcophagus. Height: 6-3/8". Said to be from Magna Gracia. Rare. Estimated Value $750 - 950. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 952		Large Boss in Bronze. Celtic Pannonia (Danubian Hungary), c. 700-400 BC. Interesting armorial boss, a large disc with somewhat canted sides, with rounded central umbo. On the reverse, the umbo with curved, ridged band welded to it. This piece of particular note since the attached band is invariably missing in other examples, thus showing this to be either human or horse armor that was attached by means of a belt. Width: 5-3/4". Along with this, a sizable spacer bead, hollow with slotted sides, or perhaps a bell. Both with green patina. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 953		Warrior's Armlet in Bronze. Celtic Pannonia (Danubian Hungary), c. 500-300 BC. This intimidating ornament ovate in section, and comprised of four adjacent U's, with each sharing a leg in the form of a deeply grooved vertical rib. Additional linear ornament seen the curved areas. Intact and choice, with green and earthen patina. Width: 5". Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $600 - 850. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 954		Head of Youth in Silver. Gallo-Roman, 1st-2nd century AD. Ornamental stud, or perhaps a votive, in cast and chased silver. The top is the head and neck of an unbearded youth, wearing taenia, with his hair combed into lightly waved rows, all set on a circular base. Underneath, a thick, short spike. Intact and perfect. Length: 1-1/2". A pleasant little sculpture in silver. Rare. Estimated Value $500 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $719
Lot 955		Amusing Bear Figurine in Bronze. Gallo-Roman or Roman Britain, c. 2nd-3rd century AD. Charming genre study: animal seated, head cocked to one side, mouth open, and one paw resting on a floral scroll. The body simply rendered, with expressive modeling to the head. Base fragmentary. Overall in fine condition, with brown to olive-gray patina. Height: 1-7/8"; on lucite stand. Delightful study. Bears are a popular, yet less common subject. Estimated Value $375 - 475. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 956		Early Italian Bronze Amulet. Italic, c. 8th-6th century BC. Cast bronze charm of twin addorsed ram protomes -- the ram foreparts joined back-to-back beneath a large angular suspension loop. Each ram with stylized v-shaped head and wide corkscrew horns. Loss to tip of one horn and leg. Bronze with chocolate brown patina. Length: 2-5/8". Rare. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 957		Lot of Two Bronze Weapons. Etruria and Palestine, c. 900-600 BC. First an Etruscan or Italic socketed spearhead, with lanceolate blade. Socket pierced for attachment, with the socket showing light facetting or fluting. Very well preserved, with nice green and earthen patina. Length: 9". Also, a socketed mace head in the form of a stack of three star-shaped rings -- each side thus with rows of three spikes. Intact and choice, with crusty green patina. Width: 2". A good group. Lot of 2 pieces. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $299
Lot 958		Pair of Fine Etruscan Amphora Handles in Bronze. Etruscan, circa 450 B.C. The graceful handles end in drop-shaped attachments boldly ornamented with older satyr's heads. Decorative palmettes top the balding heads embellished with flowing beards and animal ears. Height: 6-1/4", on custom lucite display stand. Beautiful even green patination; intact and superbly preserved. Lot of two. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. Ex Superior Auction (6-2/3-98), lot 6103. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,415
Lot 959		Bronze head of a Youth. Etruscan, 3rd century BC. Solid cast head from a good-sized figurine. The youth with pretty features, wearing a short-brimmed hat, has the unusual feature of glass inlaid eyes (one missing). Large soft curls frame his face. Nicely preserved, with crusty green patina. Height: 2-3/16". Estimated Value $600 - 850. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 960		Head of Youthful Satyr in "Giallo Antico" Marble. Roman, 1st to early 2nd century AD. The marble a delightful golden-tan color, almost on the verge of a rich yellow-orange. The features of the childish satyr are elegant and very refined -- almost feminine. His hair wreathed with vine leaves and a berry or grape cluster knotted over the forehead. The eyes deeply carved, and probably once set with inlays. Areas of dark encrustations, lightly cleaned. Although fragmentary, the light plays wonderfully over the features, giving them at times a air of blissful joy, or ferocious solemnity. Height: 5-3/8"; on custom stand. A splendid object for those who like their antiquities to look both old and beautiful, plus in a rare material too. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,500. Zagotti Collection, published in 1902. Giallo Antico (Marmo Di Numidia) was quarried in Numidia near the ancient City of Symittius (now Chemton, Tunisia). The quarries were first operated by the Numidian kings, and then later by the Romans, with whom this material was immediately popular. With them the material saw widespread use from the end of the second century B.C. on. Later, the Roman emperors used the stone for their lavish building projects, including the Forum of Augustus (c. 12 BC.) and the Pantheon (c. 130 A.D.). View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,485
Lot 961		Fine Bronze Plaque with "Defeated Barbarian." Roman, c. 1st-2nd century AD. The rectangular plaque with figure modeled in high relief, facing left, weight on one foot, arms at chest and supporting chin with one hand. The male figure pensive, with eyes gazing down at broken spear at left. He is bearded, with tunic, baldric(?), and wearing pants. On reverse, partial rectangular tab, pierced for setting. Piece shows fine, sensitive modeling, exceptionally preserved. Height: 2-3/8". An artistic ornament, perhaps for a chest, or chariot. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 962		Attractive Maskette in Bronze. Roman, circa A.D. 1st-2nd Centuries. Base of handle from a bronze oinoichoe. The handle with incised leaf motif; at bottom, facing head of youthful satyr. His features are round and pleasant, with hair arranged like that of Cupid but with animal ears visible at sides. Length: 3-9/16". In exceptional condition with excellent modeling and an even dark patina. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Superior Auction (6-2/3-98), lot 6117. Said to have been found in Bulgaria. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 963		Marble Portrait of a Bearded, Middle-aged Man. Roman, 3rd century AD. Although small, the portrait is carefully crafted and well detailed. The individual appears advanced in his middle years, his features fleshy, but not fat. His skin seems to hang loose, with sharply grooved and sunken cheeks, along with a prominent worry crease across his forehead. His hair is arranged in short, small clusters, his beard cut short, and in tight curls. The portrait is in high relief to three-quarters in the round. Perhaps intended for display in a niche, the head's back is chiseled flat about in line where the ear should start. Losses to the nose and tip of chin, with usual rubbing and weathering to be expected, the recesses with attractive red-brown patina. Overall fine. Height: 5-1/2", on custom limestone base. In spite of what the centuries have inflicted on this work, it remains a moving portrayal that lingers in one's memory. The man may even be one of Rome's besieged emperors of the late 3rd century. Such royal trappings as crowns and diadems don't always accompany an Imperial portrait, and so it can be difficult at times to distinguish between royal and non-royal. This beleaguered, angst-ridden air entered Imperial portraiture about the time of Philip I, and remained throughout the reign of Diocletian. Likewise it filtered into private depictions. The era, after all, was time of constant crisis and barbarian invasions, that saw repeated outbreaks of plague, failing economies, and the demise of the ruling emperor every few years (often by murder). Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 964		Blue Glass Inlay of Ba-Bird, Set in Modern Gold Pendant. Egypt, Late Dynastic or Ptolemaic, c. 400-100 BC. The glass a dark royal blue, molded, with lapidary work for the details. The Ba-Bird in profile right, with small human face and long hair. Aside from some losses at the feet and tail, the glass in very fine condition, the details sharp, but now mostly with brownish patina. The gold pendant backing appears to be 18 or 20 karat. Height: 1-1/2". Rare in glass. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,500. The ancient Egyptians envisioned the Ba, or soul, of the deceased as a human-headed bird, with the bird resembling a raptor -- perhaps a hawk. It was endowed with the person's individuality and personality. The Ba could leave the tomb, fly about the land of the living, and then return to the mummy in its coffin. The Ba had to revisit the tomb of the deceased, for the dead body was its rightful home. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold

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