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Greek & Roman Art: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

|Roman| |Coin| |Books|, |Greek| |&| |Roman| |Art:| |Museum| |of| |Fine| |Arts,| |Boston|
Free on request with any order. Don't put it in the shopping cart, just put "BL43196 Free" in the checkout comments.
BL43196. Greek & Roman Art: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a small booklet with over 40 black and white photographs and descriptions of superb pieces from the museum collection; perfect for throne room reading; $2.00 SALE PRICE $1.80
 


|Greek| |Antiquities|, |Greek| |or| |Thracian,| |Gold| |Pendant,| |c.| |3rd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|
 
SH33681. Gold repousse pendant, 24.8 mm, weight 2.024 g, facing bust, pearl rim and two decorative pearl circles across field, loop flattened; SOLD


Greek, Campania, South Italy, Blackware Olpe (Juglet), 4th - 3rd Century B.C.

|Magna| |Graecia|, |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; SOLD


Greek, Apulia, Southern Italy, Calene Ware Guttos with Zeus or Herakles, c. 350 - 280 B.C.

|Magna| |Graecia|, |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; SOLD


Greek, Inscribed Lead Glandes Sling-Bullet, c. 4th - 1st Century B.C.

|Lead| |Glandes| |Sling| |Bullets|, |Greek,| |Inscribed| |Lead| |Glandes| |Sling-Bullet,| |c.| |4th| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|
According to the contemporary report of Vegatius, Republican slingers had an accurate range of up to six hundred feet. The best sling ammunition was cast from lead. For a given mass, lead, being very dense, offered the minimum size and therefore minimum air resistance. Also, lead sling-bullets were small and difficult to see in flight. In some cases, the lead would be cast in a simple open mold made by pushing a finger, thumb, or sharpened stick into sand and pouring molten metal into the hole. The flat top end could later be carved to a matching shape. More frequently, they were cast in two-part molds. Sling-bullets were made in a variety of shapes including an ellipsoidal form closely resembling an acorn; possibly the origin of the Latin word for lead sling-bullet: glandes plumbeae (literally leaden acorns) or simply glandes (meaning acorns, singular glans). The most common shape by far was biconical, resembling the shape of an almond or an American football. Why the almond shape was favored is unknown. Possibly there was some aerodynamic advantage, but it seems equally likely that there was a more prosaic reason, such as the shape being easy to extract from a mold, or that it will rest in a sling cradle with little danger of rolling out. Almond-shaped lead sling-bullets were typically about 35 millimeters (1.4 in) long and about 20 millimeters (0.8 in) wide. Sometimes symbols or writings were molded on the side. A thunderbolt, a snake, a scorpion, or others symbols indicating how it might strike without warning were popular. Writing might include the name of the military unit or commander, or was sometimes more imaginative, such as, "Take this," "Ouch," "Catch," or even "For Pompey's backside."
AS87306. almond shaped, 32.3mm long, 18mm wide 30.465g, inscribed with a wasp on one side and KAΛA on the opposite side, brown patina, KAΛA is not entirely clear on this piece but is confirmed by other specimens, ex Hixenbaugh Ancient Art (NYC, 2012); SOLD




  



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REFERENCES

Kurtz, S. The World Guide to Antiquities. (New York, 1975).
Malloy, A. Artifacts of Ancient Civilizations, 2000 Objects Under $300. (New York, 1997).
Karageorghis, V. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York, 2000).

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