We’ve recently added many new book titles to our Amazon shop — some also available in our Etsy and eBay shops — with the holidays in mind. These range from out of print, hard to find object catalogs and excavation reports to popular and coffee table works, all dealing directly with antiquities, ancient art and… Read More Many Antiquities Related Book Titles Added to Our Amazon Shop
As we approach the holiday shopping season, we thought you might enjoy a simple photo montage of some of the fine antiquities we have available for purchase this year. We can be found online here: Our Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClioAncientArt Our eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/usr/clioantiquities Our Amazon book shop: http://www.amazon.com/shops/ClioAncientArt
Over the years we’ve sold countless ancient pottery oil lamps. As is typical of the market for this type of antiquity, most ancient lamps are the more common low-fired pottery lamps from the Levant (Palestine / Israel / Jordan / Syria). These have a special significance for many collectors and the general public because of… Read More A Sample of our finer Roman oil lamps
Here are images, with links, to some recent additions to our Etsy and eBay online stores. Links will open in a new window or tab.
I attended a lovely reception last night (April 20) at the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Randall Library for the opening of “Illumination,” a one month show focusing on research conducted by UNCW Art History students, under the guidance of Professor Nick Hudson, on a group of 100 ancient oil lamps and pottery vessels from… Read More Images from “Illumination” exhibit on ancient oil lamps at UNC Wilmington
We’ve prepared a brief video on our Instagram account explaining the reasons why there is so much variation in price among different types of ancient pottery oil lamps. We hope you’ll find it useful. https://www.instagram.com/p/BOexq5Fgy1E/
As 2016 nears it’s end, we are proud to share with you that Clio Ancient Art facilitated gifts of ancient pottery oil lamps and vessels from one of our clients to 3 colleges and universities: * University of Missouri at Kansas City Department of Classical Studies * University of North Carolina at Wilmington Department of… Read More Clio Ancient Art Facilitates Major Gifts of Antiquities to Three Universities and Colleges
If you are thinking ahead to gift giving for the holidays, why not consider a unique ancient oil lamp from our selection. We currently have 25 ancient lamps available, ranging from the Greek Hellenistic period through the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire and early Islamic periods. Many of our ancient lamps come from the Holy Land,… Read More Ancient Oil Lamps for Holiday Gifting
It has been a very busy Summer here at Clio Ancient Art, with plenty of domestic and international sales, sales to a U.S. museum, consulting work and arranging a major gift of ancient ceramics from a client to a Midwestern U.S. university. With Summer now winding down, we are looking ahead to the holiday sales… Read More Many new antiquities added to our Etsy and eBay stores
Many of the ancient oil lamps we offer at Clio Ancient Art are Byzantine, mainly from the Levant (what is now southern Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel / Palestine). Unlike Roman hard fired ceramic red slip lamps of earlier centuries, Byzantine lamps tend to be made from low fired pottery and their designs often reflect early… Read More Object of the Week: A Superb Byzantine Pottery Oil Lamp
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