Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 40

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Antiquities

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 745		Attractive South Italian Red Figure Lekythos. Magna Graecia, Apulia, c. 330-310 BC. Bottle with barrel-shaped body on molded circular foot, handle, and flaring applicator mouth. Vessel with glossy black glaze over red wash, and details in applied white and yellow. One side with head of a young lady of fashion holding a fan, her hair bound into a saccos with ribbons. The other side with large acanthus palmette. Intact and free of repairs, with scattered edge nicks, and minor areas of rubbed glaze. Height: 5-1/2".A pleasant example of this large mass-produced ware. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $748
Lot 746		Gold-Mounted Steatite Scarab. Egypt, Middle Kingdom. 12th Dynasty, c. 1991-1786 BC. Neatly carved scarab, the base engraved with scroll pattern. The beetle's thorax and wing cases each inletted and set with a shaped piece of blue glass paste -- the whole set into a gold-electrum frame with cylindrical spacers at each end. Scarab nicely preserved, with a fair amount of original blue-green glaze remaining. Length: 23 mm. Estimated Value $600 - 750. Duke of Northumberland Collection; Sotheby's, London (4-21-75); lot 104. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $920
Lot 747		Inlaid Steatite Scarab. Egypt, New Kingdom, c. 1550-1070 BC. Neatly carved scarab, the beetle's thorax and wing cases each inletted and set with a shaped piece of blue, green, and red glass or paste. Base depicts a representation of the King adoring Ptah and Sekhmet, winged solar disc above. Scarab in very good preservation. Length: 16.9 mm. Estimated Value $350 - 450. Duke of Northumberland Collection; Sotheby's, London (4-21-75); lot 110. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 748		Blue-glazed Scarab. Egypt, New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. Amenophis I, c. 1546 BC or c. 1526 BC. Neatly shaped scarab in blue-green glazed compositiion. Base inscribed with king's nomen: Amenhotep, "Amun is satisfied." Scarab well preserved, with a good amount of original blue-green glaze remaining. Length: 13.8 mm. Estimated Value $250 - 450. Duke of Northumberland Collection; Sotheby's, London (4-21-75); lot 42. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 749		Sizable Medical Votive Profile Portrait. Etruscan, c. 4th century BC. A high relief "half head" portrait, i.e., the left side only, is molded of a young woman with pleasant features, and softly waved hair covered by a veil. Molded in a granular pinkish clay with vent hole on the back, which also would have facilitated hanging the relief on a wall. Minor chip to chin and collar, otherwise in very fine condition. Height: 9-7/8". Estimated Value $1,000 - 2,000. Quite nice workmanship for a votive, and notable for its rather large size. The half of the head depicted would be the body part afflicted, to which the prayers of a temple's priests would be directed. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $978
Lot 750		Lot of Three Mold-made Ceramic Pieces. Judaea, 1st-5th century AD. Earliest, a Southern Jewish type lamp, in gray ware, with neat geometric ornament; c. 1st century AD. Perhaps Samaritan, a cute bull vessel, with sharply molded decoration, red-glazed; c. 4th-5th century AD. Last, a pleasant spouted vessel, perhaps Sabaean or Byzantine, also red-glazed. Inspection suggested. All show minor to moderate chipping; the bull vessel repaired. Length of lamp: 4-1/2". Appealing Holy Land material. Lot of 3 items. Estimated Value $200 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $431
Lot 751		Withdrawn	Unsold