| Ancient Vessels and Tableware |  |
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| Egyptian, Pottery Bowl, Pre-dynastic, 3300 - 3006 B.C. |   | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
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| AE48180. Small pottery bowl; cf. Petrie, Nagada and Ballas, pl. XXII, 86, Choice, red with partial black to the side inside and out, small round pedestal base, 2 ¼ inches tall, 4 ½ inches diameter; chips to rim, otherwise intact; $1215.00 (€935.55) |
| Roman Republic, Bronze Askos Pitcher, 1st Century B.C. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
An askos is an assymetric vessel imitating the shape of a leather wine-skin, with an off-center mouth, convex top, and single arching handle. |
| AY36080. Bronze askos; cf. Hayes ROM 112-113, MFA Boston, Comstock/Vermeule 470-1, 9.6 cm high, long projecting spout pinched at sides, handle with vegetable decoration at ends, spherical body, short pedestal base; mounted on wood base, complete, handle reconstructed; $1200.00 (€924.00) |
| Amorites, Canaan, Pottery Vessel, 2300 - 1800 B.C. |  | In Genesis the Amorites are described in as descendants of Canaan, son of Ham. They were a Canaanite group who occupied land east and west of the Jordan. Numerous kings of the Amorites were defeated by Joshua with great slaughter. In the days of Samuel, the Amorites and the Israelites made peace. The Gibeonites, an offshoot of the Amorites, made a covenant with the Hebrews; when Saul would break that vow and kill some of the Gibeonites, God sent a famine to Israel. |
| AL61805. Amorite, terracotta amphora, long stem and flared lip, flat shoulder, 6.8 inches tall, 2300 - 1800 B.C.; rare; $1100.00 (€847.00) |
| Roman Greece, Barbotine Ware Amphora, 2nd Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Barbotine is French for a ceramic slip, a mixture of clay and water used for decorating pottery. In English the term is used for two different techniques but here we are only concerned with the technique used in the ancient world. Barbotine is piped onto the object much like cakes are decorated with icing, using a quill, horn, or another kind of nozzle. The slip is often a color contrasting with rest of the vessel and forms a design, a pattern, or inscription, that is raised above the main surface. The Egyptians used barbotine decorative designs. Specimens have also been found at Minoan Knossos on the island of Crete.
This example was found near Corinth. The style is certainly related to the Egyptian Barbotine ware but it may have been made in mainland Greece.
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| AE36060. Barbotine ware amphora, Athenian Agora -, ROM -; 5 ½ inches high, Collectible condition, buff clay, ovoid body, wide tubular neck, strap handles, horizontal bands on neck, Barbatine rows of leaf shaped decorations on body; reconstructed, one section of rim, a small shoulder and part of one handle restored; rare; $1045.00 (€804.65) |
| Egyptian, Alabaster Cylindrical Vase, Old Kingdom, 2686 - 2181 B.C. |  | |
| AT34355. Alabaster vase; cf. Yale Egyptian Art, p. 52, Choice, 11.7 cm (4 5/8") tall, 8.1 cm (3 1/2") outside rim diameter, 10.8 cm (4 1/4") base diameter; walls narrowing from base to rim, flaring at both ends, flat base, turned over rim; intact, a few chips; from an American private collection; $900.00 (€693.00) |
| Roman, Bronze Patera Handle, c. 1st - 3rd Century A.D. |  | A patera was a plate used by Roman priests to make sacrificial offerings to the Gods. Paterae were thin and most often have been lost to corrosion leaving only the handle remaining. |
| AA59776. Roman, bronze patera handle, c. 1st - 3rd century A.D., 5.6", heavy fluted handle terminating in a collar from which a ram's head with curled horns emerges; from a New Jersey collection; rare; $850.00 (€654.50) |
| Greek, Campania, South Italy, Blackware Olpe (Juglet), 4th - 3rd Century B.C. |  | |
| AL59769. Greek, Campania, blackware glaze olpe, c. 4th century B.C., 3 x 4", attractive form, single strap handle, broad flaired mouth, dullish black glaze, small nicks, light deposits; from a New Jersey collection; $600.00 (€462.00) |
| Egypt, Black Slate Dish, Hellenic - Roman Period, 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. |  | From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
This type of dish may have been used as a cosmetic pallet. |
| AE48734. Black slate dish; cf. Petrie, Stone & Metal Vases 972; four square protruding handles, 3 ½ inches diameter, Choice, ex Malloy, Egyptian Art & Artifacts, Summer 1980, 118; some chipping to edge, otherwise intact; $525.00 (€404.25) |
| Judaean Kingdom, Large Pottery Unguentarium, Early Roman Period, 1st Century A.D. |  | Time of Jesus Christ.
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.
Found in Israel. |
| AH48165. Pottery unguentarium; cf. Ustinov UP 313, Choice, buff with white slip and bright orange paint to upper neck, wheel made, pyriform bulbous body, flat ring base, tall cylindrical neck, expanding rim, 7 ½ inches high; repair to rim, otherwise intact; $500.00 (€385.00) |
| Greek, Apulia, Southern Italy, Calene Ware Guttos with Zeus or Herakles, c. 350 - 280 B.C. |  | From a New Jersey collection. A small honest restoration that could be touched up with a little matching paint if desired. |
| AE61817. Greek, black glazed lamp filler; cf. ROM Black Glaze Ware 86 - 88; 4.5 inches; black glaze on fine orange clay, c. 350 - 280 B.C.; broad low rounded body, fluted belly, loop handle on shoulder, long near vertical spout with broad flat grooved rim, a facing head of Zeus or Hercules on the discus; chip and small restored area on rim, otherwise intact; $500.00 (€385.00) |
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