Antiques

The Bad Reputation of Caracalla 1 Reply

The personality of the Roman emperors is varied, but none has left a most unpleasant place in history than Caracalla, who reigned from 963 to 969 of the Roman calendar. We can almost provide excuse...

Tagged: Caracalla

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 29.

An Achaemenid Rhyton

In antiquity, the rhyton is a usual object also intended for libation or for liturgy. It is a horn-shaped funnel, in which the liquid to drink is placed. It is an interesting example of a utensil f...

Tagged: Achaemenid, Rhyton

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 25.

Bronze Bestiaries 1 Reply

The artist of the antiquity had some preferred subjects. The animal, realistic or fantastic, was represented in a variety of materials. In bronze, it is often used to decorate utensils or ornaments...

Tagged: Saxony, aquamanile

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki May 28.

A Princess in Black Diorite 1 Reply

At the auction room Drouot in Paris, a princess (or goddess) in black diorite is the most courted lot of the beginning of the year. As early as November 7, we saw it in an advertisement appearing i...

Tagged: Diorite, Ptolemaic, Egypt

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jan 20.

2009 Auctions

AUCTION HOUSES referred below : Boisgirard Site Drouot Presse Bonhams Site Press Piasa Site Press Pierre Bergé et Associés Site Press Sotheby's Site Press NEXT SALES Boisgirard, Paris, November ...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 25, 2008.

2008 Auction History

All results in BOLD. Antique jewelry is interesting specialists. In the sale of Christie's in New York on December 9, I noticed a pair of Assyrian earrings at 45 K $ (sale 2057, lot 215). (WITHDRA...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 24, 2008.

Antique Bracelets, Necklaces and Rings 1 Reply

Sales of antiques generally include a section devoted to old jewelry: bracelets, necklaces, rings, often in gold. These items are still affordable, perhaps due to some difficulty to assess their or...

Tagged: Hellenistic

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 11, 2008.

Wanted ! Emperor's Head ! 2 Replies

After a difficult start marked by a long series of civil wars, the Pax Romana was established throughout the Roman Empire. The reign of the Antonines, from the year 849 to 945 of their calendar (Ab...

Tagged: bronze, portrait

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Dec. 9, 2008.

Cycladic Marble Idols and Goddesses 1 Reply

Just after the press release published by Sotheby's on April 8, I wrote: The male Cycladic marble idol 30 cm high which Sotheby's will sell in New York on June 5 is inevitably an exceptional piece,...

Tagged: marble, cycladic

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun. 6, 2008.

A goddess made of porphyry 1 Reply

The 80 cm high statue that Christie's present to us in New York on June 4 under the catalogue number 264, is in porphyry. It is a goddess of which we are told that she was called Tyche. Her attitu...

Tagged: statue, rome, porphyry

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun. 5, 2008.