http://davidaaronancientarts.com Leading authority in Classical, Egyptian, Near Eastern and Islamic Art Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:15:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Late 6th Century, Turkey Each panel is 139.2 x 65.1cm In Ottoman society, silk fabrics became an important emblem of rank, wealth, and reward. The court encouraged production and it controlled quality. These two panels are a testimony to the sophistication of ketma designs. This pair is a remarkable Ottoman silk brocade ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/islamic/two-ottoman-silk-brocade-panels/ Central Asia, Circa 1380 Height: 26.5 x 17.5cm An element from a muqarnas vault, the main arched panel deeply carved with scrolling tendrils linking flowerheads and palmettes within a plain white border. This beautifully glazed tile shows exquisite preservation with minute spots of retouching of the glaze.   http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/uncategorized/a-timurid-turquoise-pottery-tile/ ca. 2nd Century A.D., Roman H: 188 x W: 96 cm This is a beautiful example of a Roman floor mosaic comprised of intersecting circles of tesserae or individual tiles of black, white, red and yellow. This mosaic is one of several fragments that formed part of an elaborate floor mosaic in ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/byzantine-mosaic-with-a-geometric-design/ Circa 3rd - 2nd Century B.C. Height: 20.6cm The highly stylized oval face is depicted with high cheekbones and a long triangular nose. The sensitive workmanship is visible in the deep almond-shaped eyes with thick lids and stone inlay (one preserved). The pressing details and striking realism are accentuated by the arching ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/uncategorized/a-south-arabian-alabaster-male-head/ Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Turkey or Syria Height: 51cm x 41 x 32cm This is an exceptionally rare example of a Roman capital herm. The artist here incers profuse decoration, which would have served no structural function, but gives some variety to the extenuated shaft. This piece would have formed the crowning member ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/double-faced-roman-marble-capital/ 18th Dynasty H: 13 cm This is possibly the head of a royal official, wearing a flaring double wig of striated locks radiating from the crown and tucked behind the ears. Framing the oval face, the eyebrows and elongated cosmetic lines are sculpted in raised relief and contour the figure's wide set ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/egyptian/an-egyptian-granodiorite-head/ Early Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11-12, Reign of Mentuhotep II - Amenemhat I Ca. 2061 - 1971 B.C. H: 144cm W: 17.5cm The inscription reads: (member of the elite, high official, royal sealer), unique associate, gentle of arm, Khnumhotep's son Mentuhotep. http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/egyptian/egyptian-limestone-lintel-with-hieroglyphics/ Circa. 1st - 2nd Century A.D. H: 50 cm In Roman mythology the goddess Pomona was the goddess of orchards, here we see her carrying "pomom" meaning fruit in latin which signifies the harvest. She gathers the fruit in her stola or overdress revealing her tunic and her bare arms. Soft facial features ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/roman-goddess-pomona-goddess-of-orchards/ c. 2nd century A.D. Eastern Roman Empire H: 47.6cm Beginning in the late sixth century B.C., funerary busts for the deceased middle-class were created for burial ornamentation throughout the Roman Empire.  Evolving through to the 2nd century A.D., they were designed as a half-statue representing the body from the waist up and were ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/classical/roman-limestone-female-funerary-bust/ 5th-4th Millennium B.C. Anatolia 31 cm Anatolia was the Asiatic portion of contemporary Turkey. Geographically, the region extended from the Bosporus and Aegean coast eastward to the borders of the former Soviet Union, Iran and Iraq. This region was extremely plentiful in mysterious sculpture for centuries and Anatolian idols are some of the ... http://davidaaronancientarts.com/artworks/neareastern/anthropomorphic-stone-idol/