Monday, February 2, 2026

Ancient Artifacts from Phoenix Ancient Arts

Objects for sale by, or recently sold by, Phoenix Ancient Arts. Bust of a Roman Goddess, bronze. Of obscure provenance, in private hands since the 19th century.

Bronze lamp from Sardiniain the shape of a boat, "Nuragic," c. 700 BC. What a delightfully weird thing.

Hellenistic intaglio with a face of Medusa, c. 200 BC.


Roman marble portrait of Agrippina the Elder (granddaughter of Augustus), 1st century AD

Hellenistic gold pendant, 4th century BC. Possibly from a Black Sea colony. If it is genuine; it has no provenance beyond "Ex- Schaefer collection, South Germany, 1960’s"

Greek terracotta trefoil oinochoe (wine jug), 6th century BC

Roman marble portrait bust of Empress Sabina, c. 130 AD

Egyptian gilded and painted wood falcon headed sarcophagus, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-343 BC

Helmet from a Roman marble statue of Mars, 50 to 150 AD

Limestone figurine of a seated worhipper, ancient Near East, c. 3000 BC

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