EditorialArgus and Mercury, Round, lead plaque, surrounded by a braid band. In the foreground the two figures are sitting opposite each other, Argus on the right, slumbering in the tones of the god's flute play, which is disguised as a shepherd. On the right on...
EditorialBronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff), Archaic, late 6th?early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Bronzes, A pair of intertwined snakes typically surmounts the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Here they ...
EditorialTerracotta neck-amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, Height: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Vases, Obverse, Hera sending out Iris with the Nemean lion, Reverse, Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion. The very rare representa...
EditorialGold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Gold, Overall: 13/16 x 7/16in. (2 x 1.1cm), Gold and Silver, The broad oval bezel of this heavy gold ring is engraved with an int...
EditorialBronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff), Archaic, late 6th?early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Bronzes, A pair of intertwined snakes typically surmounts the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Here they ...
EditorialBronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff), Archaic, late 6th?early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Bronzes, A pair of intertwined snakes typically surmounts the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Here they ...
EditorialTerracotta neck-amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, Height: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Vases, Obverse, Hera sending out Iris with the Nemean lion, Reverse, Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion. The very rare representa...
EditorialGold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Gold, Overall: 13/16 x 7/16in. (2 x 1.1cm), Gold and Silver, The broad oval bezel of this heavy gold ring is engraved with an int...