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Christie's New York, Antiquities. New York, Wednesday 11 June 2003. Softcover, with pictorial endpages. Fully illustrated in color. 239 lots, 228 pp.
You are bidding on a fabulous catalog of antiquities from an auction held at Christie's, New York in June 2003. The sale featured works from a number of distinguished private collections, including those of Russel B. Aitken, Dale A. Engelson, Tsadik Kaplan, Herbert C. Lust III, Plaisant Jozef Nestor, The Prinzmetal Collection, and Probijoux, SA.
The contents of the catalog are as follows: Egyptian Art (Lots 1-57), Near Eastern Art (Lots 58-93), Early European Art (Lot 94), Greek Art (Lots 95-135), Etruscan Art (Lots 136-148), Ancient Glass (Lots 149-165), Roman Art (Lots 166-221), Mosaics (Lots 222-234), Byzantine Migration Period Art (Lots 235-239).
Highlights from the catalog include: A Middle Kingdom Egypt, Dynasty XI-XIV (2040-1640 B.C.) Wood Group with Women Preparing Bread, A Middle Kingdom Egypt, Dynasty XI-XIV (2040-1640 B.C.) Diorite Pair Statue, A New Kingdom Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, Reign of Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 B.C.) Graywacke Torso Inscribed for Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, A Syrian Limestone Votive Relief from the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2600-2300 B.C.), A Syrian Bronze Figure of a Nude Goddess from c. Early First Millennium B.C., an Attic Black-Figured Belly Amphora (Type A), Attributed to the Lysippides Painter (c. 530-510 B.C.), an Attic Red-Figured Column-Krater, Attributed to the Pig Painter (c. 480-470 B.C.), a Classical (Greece) Period Marble Female Head from c. Mid 4th c. B.C., a Hellenistic Period (Greece) Marble Basin from c. 4th-2nd Century B.C., A Flavian Period Roman Marble Portrait Bust of a Man (c. Mid to Late 1st Century A.D.), A Roman Gilt Silver Rhyton from c. 1st Century A.D., A Roman Marble Sarcophagus from c. Late 2nd-Early 3rd Century A.D. And there is much, much more.
The catalog is fully illustrated with high-quality color plates, printed on heavy-stock paper. Many of the pieces are also represented with multiple images, showing the works from different angles. In addition, the catalog contains a 5 page bibliography.
Condition: My copy of this catalog is new and in excellent condition. The binding is very tight, with no creases in the spine from the catalog having been opened and closed repeatedly. Both covers and all interior pages are intact. The interior pages have no rips, creases or writing on them. The exterior of the catalog is also in great shape, with very, very minor evidence of wear to the edges and ends of the covers and spine.
Note: It would have been impossible for me to scan any of the interior pages without altering the condition of the catalog. The image I have used in my listing is from the front cover and shows A Roman Bronze Head of A Wolf from c. 1st Century A.D. (Lot # 179).
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