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Place of Origin: Greek
Bronze Siren
Located in London, GB
Sirens were dangerous bird-like females who tempted sailors with their hauntingly beautiful song. In Homer’s Odyssey (XII, 39) Odysseus and his sailors were warned about the lethal c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
AR drachm Mithradates I, Hekatompylos
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head left in bashlyk
Reverse: archer seated right on omphalos, three line legend, H
Not known to Sellwood, unpublished coin of Hekatompylos mint
Weight: 3.95 g
Grade: Abou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Denarius Vespasian (69-79)
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P P P, laureate head right
Reverse: AVGVSTAE – PACI, Victory standing right, holding shouldered palm frond with her left hand and a wreath in ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Drachm Bagadat, kingdom of Persis, Persepolis
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head right, with mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia
Reverse: fire temple of Ahura-Mazda, above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda, to inner left, Baydād (Bagadat) st...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with olive leaves over visor and spiral palmette
Reverse: owl standing right with head fa...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Stater Agathokles, Sicily, Syracuse
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: helmeted head of Athena right
Reverse: Pegasos flying left, triskeles below
VERY RARE
Beautiful toning
Weight: 6.80 g
Grade: Good Extremely Fine
Reference: Pegasi 19 va...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Stater Lucania, Metapontum
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Demeter left, wearing barley wreath
Reverse: ΜΕΤA, ear of barley, pitchfork above leaf in left field
Weight: 7.84 g
Grade: About extremely fine
Reference: SNG ANS 4...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Stater Lucania, Herakleia
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: [HPAKLHIWN], head of Athena right, wearing crested Athenian helmet ornamented with Skylla; behind, K
Reverse: HPAKLHIWN, Herakles, naked, standing facing, holding club and b...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Greek orthodox icon (1800) painted on wooden pannel
Located in Oostende, BE
Greek orthodox icon (painted around the year 1800).
At the top: "Mother of God of the Unfading Flower”
Left bottom: Saint George
Middle: The Mother of God in Paradise
Right: Saint ...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Wood
AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with olive leaves over visor and spiral palmette
Reverse: owl standing right with head fa...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Drachm Attica, Athens
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and spiral palmette
Reverse: owl standing right with h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Stater Thrace, Thasos
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: Silenus with nymph
Reverse: square incuse with four fields
AMAZING TONING AND HIGH RELIEF
Gewicht: 8.46 g
Kwaliteit: Prachtig
Referentie: HGC 331; Le Rider, Thasienne, Tf...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
AR Stater Lucania, Metapontum
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: ΜΕΤ, corn ear with eight grains
Reverse: corn ear with eight grains, all incuse
Weight: 7.77 g
Grade: Good very fine
Mint: Metapontum
Reference: HN Italy 1459; HGC 1, 1027
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Greek gold pendant with siren figurine, Hellenistic
Located in UTRECHT, UT
A gold pendant in the shape of a siren with a human head, hair parted and falling onto back, human upper body, wings on back, standing on drum-shaped pedestal, decorated with granule...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Gold
A Hellenistic Funerary Stele in High Relief with Two Male Heads
Located in London, GB
A Hellenistic Funerary Stele in High Relief with Two Male Heads
Marble
Greek Hellenistic
Circa 2nd Century BC
Size: 20.5cm high, 38cm wide, 11cm deep - 8 ins high, 15 ins wide, 4...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Marble
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Bronze
Greek
First half of 4th Century BC
Size: 10.5cm high - 4¼ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Privat...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Attic Black Figure Skyphos
Located in London, GB
A black-figure skyphos skillfully crafted from fine reddish clay. The body of the skyphos rises gracefully from a slightly splayed foot, gradually widening towards the mouth. The ves...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Greek Pair of Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Greek Pair Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 0'11" L x 0'6" W
Origin: Greece
Period: 18th Cen...
Category
18th Century Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Pottery Charger, Hand Painted Sheep, Signed, Greece, Circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
M. MIXA?HE - Vintage folk art pottery charger or wall plate - large size - hand made and hand painted and incised with a sheep and flowers - applied slip decorative scrolls to the ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Greek Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Greek Warriors Black with 24k Gold Porcelain Decorative Wall Plate, 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage black porcelain decorative wall plate with 24k gold hand painted Greek warriors on horse chariot 1970's.
Hand made in Greece decorative black and gold wall plate depicting Greek Mythology.
Porcelain black glazed with 24k. gilt gold, backside indicates, "hand-made in Greece, and below that 24k Gold, and next to this is a Greek Key boxed...
Category
Late 20th Century Greco Roman Greek Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Small Late 18th Century Oil Painting of Greek Orthodox Priest on Board in Frame
Located in Middleburg, VA
Small Late 18th century oil painting of Greek Orthodox Priest on Board
Painting still maintains vibrant colors and is housed in gold tone frame. ...
Category
Late 18th Century Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Karos Hand Painted Carnations and Tulips Decorative Plate Rhodes Greece
By Iznik Pottery
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A decorative I Karos pottery, I Caro collector polychrome hand painted and handcrafted in Rhodes, Greece ceramic wall decorative plate with an antelope, carnations and tulip polychrome design.
The plate is decorated with a white, blue, aqua, green, and sienna red design and gilded with 24-karat gold.
These are intricately, hand painted plates made in Rhodes, Greece by the famous I Caro pottery.
Rhodes is famous for its kiln products, such as tiles and pottery, which are glazed and multicolored.
It has a beautifully hand painted carnation and tulip in burgundy, light and dark blue and turquoise foliage.
An Islamic ceramic plate in the Iznik style, painted in vivid colors with decoration of tulips and carnations.
The back of the plate is signed and numbered, it has a string to the back for hanging. It is marked
“handmade in Rhodes Greece by Ikaros Pottery...
Category
Mid-20th Century Medieval Greek Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Greek Icon of Mary Mother of God with Child with Gold Leaf
Located in DE
Beautiful Greek icon of Mary mother of god with Jesus next to her. Gold leaf and red details make this a beautiful icon.
Category
20th Century Classical Greek Greek Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Greek Style Repousse Oval Metal Plaque
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a large Greek style repousse oval metal plaque depicting a scene of a Spartan warrior trying to defend himself against two nudes warriors from another tribe. There are two shields standing at each side of them. There are also a Spartan helmet...
Category
20th Century Greek Revival Greek Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Wooden Lacquer Pull Toy Caterpillar Banana Slug and Colorful Balls
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful unique caterpillar toy solid lacquer painted wood in colorful colors, circa 1950;s Made in Greece by Kouvalias.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Greek Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Antique Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Circular Wall Plaques
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique folk art carved wall plaques are unsigned, but believed to have originated from Greece in approximately 1920. These circular wall plaques are done with a softwoo...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Greek Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
19th Century Icon of Bishop with Brass Work and Painting
Located in DE
Beautiful gold brass icon of a bishop with halo and painting on wood.
Category
19th Century Classical Greek Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Greek Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Salonika, Greece, 19th century.
Openwork backplate with scrolled branches; three stylized flowers support central triangular c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Greek Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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