Ancient Mycenaean Greek pottery stirrup-spout jar, ca. 1425-1100 BCE. With twin …

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Ancient Mycenaean Greek pottery stirrup-spout jar, ca. 1425-1100 BCE. With twin strap handles flanking the false neck and a spout emerging from the shoulder. Decorated along the sides with circular and striped motifs. They were often used to transport oils during the Late Bronze Age. Height: 5 1/2 in x width: 5 in x depth: 5 in.

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Ancient Mycenaean Greek pottery stirrup-spout jar, ca. 1425-

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A POTTERY HAND GRENADE, c. 10TH TO 15TH CENTURY A POTTERY HAND GRENADE, c. 10TH TO 15TH CENTURY Presumably Byzantine empire. Of gray unglazed earthenware, the hollow piriform body carved with four alternating birds with humanoid faces and stylized plumage. The top with an aperture for filling with 'Greek Fire'. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Condition: Good condition with old wear, firing cracks, small losses, sings of weathering and erosion, small chips, surface scratches, and soil encrustations. Weight: 765 g Dimensions: Length ca. 17 cm Large numbers of similar vessels, both complete and fragmentary, have been found all over Central Asia, including parts of Russia. There was at one time considerable controversy over whether they were containers for mercury or holy water, lamps, or grenades designed to be charged with incendiary material, probably a mixture containing naphtha, the basis of the legendary Greek Fire of the Byzantines. An article published by W. Arendt in 1931 established beyond doubt that they were grenades. See W. Arendt, 'Irdene Granaten des 13.-14, Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind', Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 11 (1926-8), pp. 264-5; P. Post 'Handbrandgeschoß oder Öllampe?', ibid, 12 (1929-31), p. 42; W. Arendt, 'Die Sphärisch-Konischen Gefässe aus Gebranntem Ton', ibid, pp. 206-10; D. Ayalon, Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London 1956, p. 16.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 400 USD

Mycenaean Terracotta Stirrup Jar. 14th-13th century B.C. Comprising a squat body, slender waisted spout and neck and similar central stem with two flanking handles; painted geometric ornament composed of concentric bands and clusters of blossom to the shoulder. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 74.51.5905 and 74.51.768, for similar. 144 grams, 94 mm (3 3/4 in.). Robert Hecht Jr, New York, 2004. Acquired by the present owner from the above. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

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Mycenaean Terracotta Painted Vessel. 14th-13th century B.C. Drum-shaped body and broad shoulder with short neck and everted rim to the mouth; bands of circumferential painted ornament to underside, sidewall, shoulder and mouth and plain band with '?' motifs to the shoulder. Cf. University of Boulder, Colorado, USA, item 2006.22.T (Mycenaean Stirrup Jar), for similar decorative scheme. 217 grams, 10.2 cm (4 in.). Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 USD

BENZI, Hugh. Expositio Ugonis Senensis super libros Tegni Galeni. Venice, Eredi di Ottaviano Scoto, 1518 Folio; 310x220 mm. Modern binding in full vellum. 93 cc. Colophon on paper 93v: "Venetijs, impensa heredum quondam domini Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis; ac sociorum, 19 Ianuarij 1518" .Under typographic mark with initials O.S.M. Text in two columns, Gothic typeface. Numerous woodcut initials, many on criblé ground. Some marginalia in old hand. Fine copy. Bound with: BENZI, Hugh. Expositio Vgonis Senensis super Aforismos Hippocratis: & super commentum Galeni eius interpretis. Venice, Eredi di Ottaviano Scoto, 1517 Papers 159, 1 blank. Colophon on paper 159v: "Venetijs: sumptibus heredum quondam domini Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis ac sociorum, 18 Iulij 1517." Typographic mark with initials O.S.M. in the recto of the last blank paper. Text in two columns, Gothic font. Numerous woodcut initials, many on criblé background. Some marginalia in old hand. Fine copy. Very rare edition. Collected in one volume are Benzi's two fundamental commentaries on the texts of Hippocrates and Galen. The commentary on the first work refers to Galen's "De Arte Medica," known as Tegni (a deformation of the Greek word τέχνη, "art"). During the Middle Ages, in fact, the Greek τέχνη ἰατρική was used to refer to Galen's Ars medica; the second work contains commentaries on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. These commentaries on Hippocrates and Galen were born, according to the customs of the time, for the teaching in universities of classical texts: the doubts, problems, and discussions that arose from the teachers' explanations and the disciples' questions formed the basis of the quaestiones, through which the study of the ancient masters was attempted, and which were an integral part of the commentaries. Ugo Benzi, c. 1360 - 1439, born in Siena, initially studied at the Sienese Studio, then taught in Siena, Parma, Bologna, Pavia, Perugia and possibly at the Sorbonne; he was physician to the king of France, who called him to Paris. In 1437 he took part in the Council of Ferrara, at the call of Nicolò III d'Este, who had been cured of a serious skin disease by Benzi. First work: Durling; p. 221 n. 1845. Index Aureliensis, III, 116976. Second work: Wellcome, no. 3350. Cf. Dean Putnam Lockwood, Ugo Benzi, medieval philosopher and physician, 1376-1439, University of Chicago Press, 1951. Folio; 310x220 mm. Later full vellum binding. Leaves 93. Colophon on l. 93v: "Venetijs, impensa heredum quondam domini Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis; ac sociorum, 19 Ianuarij 1518" and printer's device with the initials O.S.M. Text on two columns, gothic type. Several woodcut initials letters, a lot on criblè background. Some ancient handwritten marginalia. Nice copy. Bound with: BENZI, Hugh. Expositio Vgonis Senensis super Aforismos Hippocratis: & super commentum Galeni eius interpretis. Venice, Eredi di Ottaviano Scoto, 1517 Leaves 159, 1 blank. Colophon on l. 159v: Papers 159, 1 blank. Colophon on paper 159v: "Venetijs: sumptibus heredum quondam domini Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis ac sociorum, 18 Iulij 1517" and printer's device with the initials O.S.M. Text on two columns, gothic type. Several woodcut initials letters, a lot on criblè background. Some ancient handwritten marginalia. Nice copy. Very rare editions. In one volume are bound two fundamental Benzi's comments on the Hippocrates and Galenus' texts. The commentary on the first work refers to Galen's "De Arte Medica," known by the name of Tegni (deformation of the Greek word τέχνη, "art"). During the Middle Ages, in fact, the Ars medica of Galen was indicated by the Greek term τέχνη ἰατρική; the second work contains the commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. These comments on Hippocrates and Galen were born, according to the customs of the time, for the teaching of classical texts in universities: the doubts, problems, discussions from the explanations of the masters and the questions of the disciples constituted the basis of the quaestiones, through which attempts were made to deepen the study of the ancient masters, and which were an integral part of the commentaries. Ugo Benzi, ca 1360 - 1439, born in Siena, initially studied at the Studio Senese, then taught in Siena, Parma, Bologna, Pavia, Perugia and perhaps also at the Sorbonne, was doctor to the King of France who called him to Paris. In 1437 he took part in the Council of Ferrara, at the request of Nicolò III d'Este, who had been cured of a serious skin disease by Benzi.

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