A few additions to our online shops

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.

Early Islamic Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp, Circa 800-1100 AD. In our eBay shop here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-Islamic-Holy-Land-Pottery-Oil-Lamp-Circa-800-1100-AD-/132186079530?hash=item1ec6e7812a:g:-wYAAOSwCQZZBQnl   and in our Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/484504517/early-islamic-wheel-made-pottery-oil?ref=shop_home_active_42

 

A Herodian to Early Roman Pottery Unguentarium / Vial. In our Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/511027086/a-herodian-to-early-roman-pottery?ref=shop_home_active_25    and in our eBay shop here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Herodian-to-Early-Roman-Pottery-Unguentarium-Vial-/132159181361?hash=item1ec54d1231:g:AOgAAOSwCWFY8MUJ

A Byzantine Wheel Made Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp – High Shouldered / Boot Type. In our eBay shop here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Byzantine-Wheel-Made-Holy-Land-Pottery-Oil-Lamp-High-Shouldered-Boot-Type-/132166474773?hash=item1ec5bc5c15:g:NBUAAOSw03lY8MeW      and in our Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/278569276/a-byzantine-wheel-made-holy-land-pottery?ref=shop_home_active_14

Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp, Early Byzantine Period, mid-5th to mid-7th Century AD. In our Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/501284314/holy-land-pottery-oil-lamp-early?ref=shop_home_active_37    and in our eBay shop here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Late-Roman-Pottery-Oil-Lamp-Circa-400-500-AD-/132178677512?hash=item1ec6768f08:g:IEoAAOSwTM5Y4TUd

 

Images from “Illumination” exhibit on ancient oil lamps at UNC Wilmington

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 the Levant. The lamps and vessels were a gift I arranged for one of my long term clients to make, and I worked closely with Prof. Hudson on completing this gift. The show continues through May 30 and is well worth a visit if you are in Wilmington. Here are a few images.

Clio Ancient Art Facilitates Major Gifts of Antiquities to Three Universities and Colleges

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 Art and Art History

* Cape Fear Community College Humanities and Fine Arts Department.

In each case the gift consisted of 100 pottery lamps and vessels, mainly from the Eastern Mediterranean, ranging in date from the Late Hellenistic through Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic periods. All were from a private collection assembled in the Middle East in the mid-1960s.

We are proud and pleased that these gifts will help educate and inspire future generations of students in art, art history, archaeology and classical studies. #CFCC #UNCW #UMKC #Clio #Antiquities #ancient

Holiday Shopping with Clio Ancient Art

Clio Ancient Art and Antiquities has much to offer as we enter the holiday season. With up to 100 antiquities, artifacts, ancient coins, books about antiquities and related art now available from ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, Cyprus and the Holy Land, you are sure to find a unique gift for that collector, history buff or other special someone on your list.

   

Shop with us on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClioAncientArt
Shop with us on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/usr/clioantiquities

 

Clio’s Object of the Week: A Rare Roman Glass Marbled Unguentarium, Early 1st Century AD

This week’s featured object is a lovely marbled glass bottle sometimes referred to as an unguentarium, from “unguent” meaning a salve or ointment, though in the Roman world this would most commonly have been a scented oil either for personal use or for funerary rites. Reassembled from a few large fragments, like most of its kind, it is complete, measuring 10.2 cm (4 inches) in height, and dates to the early 1st Century AD.

The development of glass blowing made glass a common and affordable commodity rather then the preserve of the wealthy. As a result, blown glass unguentaria have survived in countless forms. The Corning Museum of Glass’ printed and online catalogs of unguentaria list dozens of distinct variations, though the great majority of these appear in plain, transparent, uncolored or naturally pale blue-green colored glass. What sets this glass vessel apart from others is its distinctive marbled glass. In this case, the semi-opaque glass is yellow and white, the white having been derived from antimony and the yellow from antimony and lead.

Throughout the Roman Republic and into the Augustan era Roman glass was still dominated by Hellenistic glass making techniques, focusing on opaque colored glass and utilizing time consuming and expensive techniques such as core forming, casting and slumping. The object featured in this article marks a moment of transition, with the introduction of glass blowing and a new preference for colorless transparent glass, and away from the older Hellenistic approach. It combines the new glass blowing technique with a lingering preference for colored glass. This combination allows the object to be dated to a narrow range of a few decades, from about AD 20-60.

To acquire this fine ancient Roman marbled glass vessel, visit it on Clio’s Etsy shop here –

https://www.etsy.com/listing/265344324/rare-roman-glass-marbled-unguentarium?ref=shop_home_feat_4

or Clio’s eBay store here –

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Roman-Glass-Marbled-Unguentarium-Roman-Empire-1st-Century-AD-/131966282422?hash=item1eb9cdaab6:g:w2kAAOSw65FXsfiP