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The Joseph Melchione Collection of Antiquities

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 403		ROMAN. Bronze figure of Cupid. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 4.5 cm. With stand. Estimated Value $200 - 250. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 404		ROMAN. Bronze figure of Hercules. Ca. 2nd century AD. Wearing laurel wreath with long ties draped on shoulders. Missing portions of arms and lower legs. H: 8.75 cm. With stand. Dark brown patina. Excellent detail. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 405		ROMAN. Bronze figure of Priapus. 3rd century AD. Drapery hoisted up to reveal his erect phallus, which is surrounded by fruit. Missing feet. H: 7 cm. With stand. Here is the original "Fruit of the Loom"! Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $660
Lot 406		ROMAN. Bronze figure of standing Tyche. Separate gold necklace with green stone around neck. 2nd century AD. H: 21 cm including base. An impressive Roman antiquity! Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,500. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear, 1995. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $9,000
Lot 407		ROMAN. Bronze figure of standing Tyche. 2nd century AD. Holding cornucopia. H: 10 cm. With tall columnar stand. Estimated Value $500 - 700. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 408		ROMAN. Bronze figure of Tyche wearing polos. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 6.75 cm. With stand. Estimated Value $150 - 200. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $204
Lot 409		ROMAN. Bronze figure of Tyche. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 9 cm. Beautiful glossy green patina. Affixed to Lucite stand. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details	Realized $312
Lot 410		ROMAN. Bronze footed oil lamp with theater mask decorating terminus of handle. 2nd century AD. L: 23 cm. A fabulous Roman bronze oil lamp that must have graced a lovely Roman home. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,760
Lot 411		ROMAN. Bronze grape bunch with single leaf. Fragmentary. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 5.75 cm. With stand. Estimated Value $200 - 250. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Purchased from Showcase Antiquities and Gallery, 24 January 1995. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $552
Lot 412		ROMAN. Bronze handle attachment decorated with incised facing lion's head and ring. 2nd century AD. Three iron nails for attachment to vessel. D: 11.75 cm. With metal stand. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 413		ROMAN. Bronze handle attachment depicting facing bearded male head. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 5.4 cm. With lucite stand. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $96
Lot 414		ROMAN. Bronze hollow cast applique of togate youth. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 12 cm. With stand. Estimated Value $300 - 350. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 415		ROMAN. Bronze phalera (circular plaque) with facing head of Zeus-Ammon or river god. 1st-2nd century AD. D: 9 cm. A few old breaks at edge. With metal stand. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Palladium 8, 10 April 1995, A22. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 416		ROMAN. Bronze statuette of Jupiter holding eagle in outstretched hand. Ca. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 6.5 cm. Right forearm missing. With wooden stand. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $456
Lot 417		ROMAN. Bronze votive figure of man, detailed face. Cast. H: 5.25 cm. With stand. Estimated Value $150 - 200. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $84
Lot 418		ROMAN. Bronze votive statue of Zeus holding patera, drapery over left shoulder. 2nd century AD. H: 6.25 cm. With stand. Estimated Value $125 - 175. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $336
Lot 419		ROMAN. Carnelian intaglio. 1st-2nd century AD. Depicts goatherd milking goat, grain ears before. Set in sheet gold bezel attached to decorative four-link chain (perhaps of later date). L: 6 cm. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Palladium Numismatics & Artifacts #8, 7 April 1995, A60. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 420		ROMAN. Gilt bronze mirror backing. Ca. 1st century AD. D: 10.8 cm. Relief of winged Eros holding lyre. With stand. Repaired. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Superior Stamp & Coin, 2-4 June 1996, lot 2244; Royal Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World 68, 50th Anniversary Edition, 1992, 153; French Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $923
Lot 421		ROMAN. Glass mold-blown footed grape flask. 2nd-3rd century AD. Violet-purplehue. One nodule missing. H: 14 cm. Rare, lovely iridescense. Estimated Value $800 - 900. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,599
Lot 422		ROMAN. Gold cylindrical container with/ carved hemisperical bone stopper. 2nd-3rd century AD. W: 4.5 cm. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $707
Lot 423		ROMAN. Gold finger ring with garnet cabochon intaglio of Apollo head in profile. 2nd-3rd century AD. Wooden display box. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Purchased from Antiquarium by Private Treaty, 1990. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,860
Lot 424		ROMAN. Lead applique of female head with Phrygian-style headdress. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 3.5 cm. Affixed to marble base. Estimated Value $75 - 125. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $48
Lot 425		ROMAN. Lead applique of female head with headdress. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 4 cm. Affixed to marble base. Estimated Value $25 - 50. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 426		ROMAN. Limestone figure of nude Venus standing on square base. Ca. 2nd-3rd century AD. Broken and repaired at hips. H: 17 cm. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details	Realized $552
Lot 427		ROMAN. Lot of 2 bronze appliques of crowned female heads. 2nd century AD. Hollow cast and chased. 1 piece broken and repaired at chin. H: 7 cm. Each with stand. 2 pieces in lot. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 428		ROMAN. Lot of 2 bronze cast and chased appliques of crowned female heads. 2nd century AD. H: 6 cm. Each with stand. 2 pieces in lot. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $456
Lot 429		ROMAN. Lot of 2 Items. 1) Bronze handled pan. 2nd-3rd century AD. Bowl: 22 cm diam. with partial herringbone pattern on rim. Handle: 23.75 cm with duck's head at end. Some breaks at bottom of pan with loose fragments. 2) 16 cm bronze spoon. 2 items in lot. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 430		ROMAN. Lot of 4 bronze votive figures of human form. H: 4.5-5.75 cm. Lot of 4 pieces. Estimated Value $75 - 100. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $66
Lot 431		ROMAN. Lot of 4 Glass and Stone Items. 1) Two-sided blue glass bauble with a bearded male head on each side. 2nd century AD. H: 2 cm. With stand. Some damage; 2) Green glass bowl attached to modern silver stand. 3) ISLAMIC. Glass stamp. 4) ROMAN? Amethyst die. Lot of 4 pieces. Estimated Value $150 - 200. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 432		ROMAN. Marble enthroned figure of Cybele flanked by 2 panthers. 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 26 cm. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,800
Lot 433		ROMAN. Marble female head. 3rd century AD. Missing rear left portion. H: 10 cm. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details	Realized $360
Lot 434		ROMAN. Marble fragment of a bound youth. 2nd century AD. Excellently carved in carrera marble. H: 25.4 cm. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Superior, 12 March 1994, lot 174. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,583
Lot 435		ROMAN. Marble head of Aelius, Hadrian's adopted heir. 135-150 AD. Nose, section of lip, part of moustache restored. Over-lifesize. H: 35.6 cm. With base. Wonderful expressive portraiture from the finest period of Roman art. The centerpiece of the Melchione Collection of Antiquities. Estimated Value $25,000-UP. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Superior 2 June 1996, lot 2167, Royal Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World IV, 1985, 261; Earl of Pembroke Collection (1654-1732). View details and enlarged photo	Realized $36,000
Lot 436		ROMAN. Marble head of mature man. Ca. 1st century BC. Nose and part of mouth eroded. H: 11 cm. With metal stand. Estimated Value $500 - 700. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,661
Lot 437		ROMAN. Marble head of Mercury. 2nd century AD. H: 9 cm. With stand. (3 views). Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Purchased from Fortuna. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,292
Lot 438		ROMAN. Marble Republican head, slightly over-life size, of balding mature man. Ca. 1st century BC. H: 25 cm. With base. One of the highlights of the Melchione collection! Estimated Value $10,000-UP. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Superior, 12 March 1994, lot 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,520
Lot 439		ROMAN. Marble sarcophagus fragment. Upper portion of a bearded male facing to his left with the upper two-thirds portion of a helmeted head also facing left. Ca. 2nd century AD (Hadrianic period). Tan patina. H: 45.7 cm. W: 30.5 cm. (three views). Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Superior, 12 March 1994, lot 168. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,198
Lot 440		ROMAN. Mosaic of a tree with blossoms. 3rd-4th century AD. L: 96.5 cm. W: 66 cm. Accompanied by a custom wall-mounting frame. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Superior, 12 March 1994, lot 231. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,059
Lot 441		ROMAN. Red stone cameo depicting draped female bust 2nd-3rd century AD. H: 2 cm. With metal stand. Estimated Value $200 - 250. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $102
Lot 442		ROMAN. Round silver repoussé applique. 3rd century AD. D: 6 cm. Depicting head and veiled bust of Zeus(?), holding lotus-tipped scepter. Ram forepart and eagle in left field. Branch motif at border. With stand. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details	Realized $168
Lot 443		ROMAN. Small bronze foot in boot. L: 3 cm. With stand. Estimated Value $75 - 100. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Ex Palladium 8, 7 April 1995, lot A61. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $78
Lot 444		ROMAN. Terra cotta figurine of mother holding child. 2nd-3rd century AD. Broken and repaired. Old ticket inside figurine: F. RENN-RAIN ROMA. ANTIQUARIAN. PIAZZA DI SPAGNA 7 ART: ETRUSCAN EPOCH: V CENT BC EXCAV: VULLCI. H: 16.5 cm. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 445		ROMAN. Terra cotta figurine of veiled woman. 2nd century AD. H: 16 cm. Estimated Value $150 - 200. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 446		ROMAN. Terra cotta figurine of woman holding water jug. 2nd century AD. H: 19 cm. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. Purchased from Sadigh Gallery Ancient Art, 22 November 1994. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $960
Lot 447		ROMAN. Terra cotta head of female. Hollow. 1st-2nd century AD. H: 7 cm. With marble stand. Estimated Value $150 - 200. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $102
Lot 448		ROMAN. Terra cotta head of young boy. Fragmentary. H: 14.75 cm. With stand. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 449		ROMAN. Terra cotta oil lamp. Facing head of Helios in discus. L: 12.5 cm. Estimated Value $150 - 200. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 450		ROMAN(?). Marble foot on base. Broken at ankle from larger statue. L: 10.25 cm. Estimated Value $100 - 175. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 451		ROMAN(?). Marble head of grotesque male, bald and bearded, with slightly protruding tongue. 2nd-3rd century AD. Perhaps some recent polishing and strengthening of facial features. H: 11.75 cm. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $870
Lot 452		SOUTH ARABIAN(?) Lot of eleven gold appliques. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. 5 in the form of recumbent horned ibexes, 3 16-petal flowers, 1 facing head of Bes, 1 with diademed head in profile and 1 of conical shape. A spectacular offering of ancient golden objects! 11 items in lot. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Ex Joseph S. Melchione Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,620

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