159 CYPRO-GEOMETRIC POTTERY VASE On either shoulder, a snake between two birds. A rare type. 7th-6th Century BC. H. 4 3/8 in (11.1 cm.) Ex C. Perlman, Brookline, MA, acquired by his mother in Athens in 1952; J.M.E. collection, N.Y., acquired in March 2008. 160 IBERIAN SMALL BRONZE HORSE AND RIDER Horse standing alert, rider holding its mane. The horse with large dotted circle eyes; both with cross-hatching details. 10th-6th Century BC. H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) Ex J. J. Klejman (1906-1995), New York; Heyward Cutting, New York; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Sotheby’s, New York in December 2000. 161 BYZANTINE BRONZE ENKOLPION DECORATED IN RELIEF WITH THE CRUCIFIXION Obverse: tabula ansata with four Greek letters, surrounded by four medallions with the vignettes of Nikolaus, the mother of God, St.George, under the cross arms inscriptions in Church Slavonic (”The cross is our consolation. The cross is our fame”). Reverse: Mother of God, etc. Rare; 8th known example. 10th-12th Century AD. H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) Ex German collection, Nuremberg, acquired ca. 1980. 162 BYZANTINE BRONZE ENKOLPION: ARCHANGEL MICHAEL incised with a depiction of the archangel Michael, his hands raised in adoration, his name written above. 10th-12th Century AD. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.7 cm.); w. 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm.) Ex German private collection, Nuremberg, acquired 1980.
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