57 GREEK GEOMETRIC BRONZE LIDDED PENDANT PYXIS of globular form with an open triangle foot with two arches; twin stylized bird protomes and lid with conforming protomes and peg handle with flattened knop. Balkans, ca. 8th Century BC. H. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.); W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) Ex German art market 2009. Cf. I.Kilian-Dirlmeier, Anhänger in Griechenland der mykenischen bis zur spätgeometrischen Zeit , no. 1540, pl. 89. 58 HELLENISTIC BRONZE TALCOTT CLASS ARYBALLOS with silver-inlaid handle terminating in a female theatre mask. Late 4th-early 3rd Century BC. H. 4 5/8 in. (11.75 cm.) Fine red and green patina. Choice. Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from A. Weber, Cologne, in September 1995.
C l as s i ca l B r o n ze Vas e s & Lamps 59 ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM: HUNTING SCENES, of broad globular form with short concave neck and offset rounded rim, the body cast in relief with animal hunting scenes, including a lion attacking a donkey, a standing bear attacking a fallen animal, a feline jumping on an antelope, a grazing stag, and two paired fleeing oxen, and boars; rocky outcrops and plants in the field. Late 2nd-early 3rd Century AD. Diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) Acquired on the Portobello Road, London, in the late 1980s; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in New York, June 2008. For related examples see Claudia Braun, Römische Bronzebalsamarien mit Reliefdekor (BAR International Series 917), 2001, pls. 11 (Obernburg, Römermuseum), 18 (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris), and 19 (Rijksmuseum van Oudheiden, Leiden).
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