Posted 12/11/2021 9:28 pm
Great acquisitions, Paul. Of course, I'm partial to #5. 
My own:
10:
Etruscan Bucchero Ware Kantharos
c. 7th century BC
14.6 cm (w) x 12 cm (h)
(5.75" x 4.75")
Description:
Flared conical foot, tall arching handles (one missing), notched ridge around body at base of handles.
Ex-Marcel Gibrat Collection
9:
Greek Sherd
c. 5th century BC
44 mm x 28 mm
(1.75" x 1.1")
Description:
Red-figure pottery sherd depicting a winged female.Nike?
Ex-Connecticut private collection
8:
Juglet
Greek
4th - 3rd century BC
51 mm (w) x 66 mm (h)
(1 3/4" x 2 1/2")
Description:
Blackware, bulbous body, flared rim, strap handle.
7:
Dagger
Luristan
c. 1000 BC
36.8cm (14.5")
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 6, Fig. 51
Description:
Bronze, lower portion of hilt cast in imitation of an inlaid flanged hilt, complete with guard flanges, pommel divided into two semicircular "ears," broad flat midrib down the blade.
6:
Vessel
Western or NW Iran
Early first millennium BC (Iron Age II)
18.4 cm (w) x 13.3 cm (h)
(7 1/4" x 5 1/4")
Description:
Large, round body, "bird beak spout" with open channel projecting from one side of rim, small loop handle, adorno below handle (Ram's head? Bird in flight?).
5:
Spearhead
Marlik (NW Iran)
1200-800 BC
45.2 cm
(17.8")
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Fig. 69-75
Description:
Bronze, elongated triangular blade with gently curved shoulders and a rectangular-sectioned midrib tapering toward a sharp point, rat tail tang with button end.
Ex-Allan Stone Collection, NY
4:
Vessel
Western or NW Iran
Early first millennium BC (Iron Age II)
23.5 cm (w) x 22.9 cm (h)
(9.25" x 9")
Description:
Large, round body, "bird beak spout" with open channel projecting from one side of rim, some losses (to handle, rim, and spout), long but stable body crack.
Ex-Arthur M. Sackler collection.
3:
Oil Lamp
Greek
c. 4th century BC
10.3 cm (l) x 70 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)
(4" x 2.75" x 1.75")
Description:
Circular base, bulbous circular body, elongated spout, black glaze (mostly intact), some chipping
Ex-Rolf Ivarsson Collection, Linkoping, Sweden; acquired 1940's-1970's.
2:
Olpe
Magna Graecia
c. 4th century BC
86.4 mm (w) x 81.3 mm (h)
(3.4" x 3.2")
Description:
Blackware, some chips, repaired from sherds.
Ex-Douglas Haner Collection, acquired in the 1960s.
1:
Iron Mask Sword
Luristan
c. 1000 BC
44.45 cm (17 ½")
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 21-27
Cf. Khorasani (Luristan and Marlik: Centers of Weapon Making in Ancient Iran, from Marlik, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2012), Fig. 8
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 303
Description:
Blade and handle made of different iron parts, cast and forged together. Disk-shaped pommel with protomes mounted on opposite sides (details shown left and right in image), two molded cords on grip, guard adorned on each side with a couchant predator (difficult to make out in this specimen, details at bottom), blade set at 90-degrees to handle. For more info:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/b...51#msg760751
And my runners-up would include "My First Coin in a Year and a Half" that I posted about last summer, as well as the following:
Pottery runners-up
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collection: a cup and three large vessels from ancient Iran (top left, top right, center right, lower right), early first millennium BC. Largest dimensions provided here: Cup height = 10.8 cm (4.25"), vessel at top left = 25.4 cm (10") wide, jug at center right = 24.13 cm (9.5") tall, jug at bottom right = 20.3 cm (8") tall. The squat lekythos fragment (not from Sackler's collection), lower left, is about 3" in length.
Weapons runners-up
Left: Bronze dirk, likely western or northwestern Iran, 1200-800 BC, 42.5 cm (16.73")
Middle: Bronze dagger with flanged grip for inlays, Western Asia - possibly Luristan, 1200-800 BC, 29.7 cm (11.7")
Right: Bronze spear butt (counterpoise), Western Asia, likely NW Iran, early first millennium BC, 17.2 cm (6.8")
My own:
10:
Etruscan Bucchero Ware Kantharos
c. 7th century BC
14.6 cm (w) x 12 cm (h)
(5.75" x 4.75")
Description:
Flared conical foot, tall arching handles (one missing), notched ridge around body at base of handles.
Ex-Marcel Gibrat Collection
9:
Greek Sherd
c. 5th century BC
44 mm x 28 mm
(1.75" x 1.1")
Description:
Red-figure pottery sherd depicting a winged female.Nike?
Ex-Connecticut private collection
8:
Juglet
Greek
4th - 3rd century BC
51 mm (w) x 66 mm (h)
(1 3/4" x 2 1/2")
Description:
Blackware, bulbous body, flared rim, strap handle.
7:
Dagger
Luristan
c. 1000 BC
36.8cm (14.5")
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 6, Fig. 51
Description:
Bronze, lower portion of hilt cast in imitation of an inlaid flanged hilt, complete with guard flanges, pommel divided into two semicircular "ears," broad flat midrib down the blade.
6:
Vessel
Western or NW Iran
Early first millennium BC (Iron Age II)
18.4 cm (w) x 13.3 cm (h)
(7 1/4" x 5 1/4")
Description:
Large, round body, "bird beak spout" with open channel projecting from one side of rim, small loop handle, adorno below handle (Ram's head? Bird in flight?).
5:
Spearhead
Marlik (NW Iran)
1200-800 BC
45.2 cm
(17.8")
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Fig. 69-75
Description:
Bronze, elongated triangular blade with gently curved shoulders and a rectangular-sectioned midrib tapering toward a sharp point, rat tail tang with button end.
Ex-Allan Stone Collection, NY
4:
Vessel
Western or NW Iran
Early first millennium BC (Iron Age II)
23.5 cm (w) x 22.9 cm (h)
(9.25" x 9")
Description:
Large, round body, "bird beak spout" with open channel projecting from one side of rim, some losses (to handle, rim, and spout), long but stable body crack.
Ex-Arthur M. Sackler collection.
3:
Oil Lamp
Greek
c. 4th century BC
10.3 cm (l) x 70 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)
(4" x 2.75" x 1.75")
Description:
Circular base, bulbous circular body, elongated spout, black glaze (mostly intact), some chipping
Ex-Rolf Ivarsson Collection, Linkoping, Sweden; acquired 1940's-1970's.
2:
Olpe
Magna Graecia
c. 4th century BC
86.4 mm (w) x 81.3 mm (h)
(3.4" x 3.2")
Description:
Blackware, some chips, repaired from sherds.
Ex-Douglas Haner Collection, acquired in the 1960s.
1:
Iron Mask Sword
Luristan
c. 1000 BC
44.45 cm (17 ½")
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 21-27
Cf. Khorasani (Luristan and Marlik: Centers of Weapon Making in Ancient Iran, from Marlik, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2012), Fig. 8
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 303
Description:
Blade and handle made of different iron parts, cast and forged together. Disk-shaped pommel with protomes mounted on opposite sides (details shown left and right in image), two molded cords on grip, guard adorned on each side with a couchant predator (difficult to make out in this specimen, details at bottom), blade set at 90-degrees to handle. For more info:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/b...51#msg760751
And my runners-up would include "My First Coin in a Year and a Half" that I posted about last summer, as well as the following:
Pottery runners-up
From the Arthur M. Sackler Collection: a cup and three large vessels from ancient Iran (top left, top right, center right, lower right), early first millennium BC. Largest dimensions provided here: Cup height = 10.8 cm (4.25"), vessel at top left = 25.4 cm (10") wide, jug at center right = 24.13 cm (9.5") tall, jug at bottom right = 20.3 cm (8") tall. The squat lekythos fragment (not from Sackler's collection), lower left, is about 3" in length.
Weapons runners-up
Left: Bronze dirk, likely western or northwestern Iran, 1200-800 BC, 42.5 cm (16.73")
Middle: Bronze dagger with flanged grip for inlays, Western Asia - possibly Luristan, 1200-800 BC, 29.7 cm (11.7")
Right: Bronze spear butt (counterpoise), Western Asia, likely NW Iran, early first millennium BC, 17.2 cm (6.8")
Edited by Kamnaskires
12/11/2021 9:32 pm
12/11/2021 9:32 pm
great pick up!
