Antiquities and Ancient Art

This sale of 215 lots spans more than four millennia of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, from Predynastic Egyptian vessels of circa 3800 B.C. to Byzantine gold of the 7th–8th Century A.D. The first 130 lots are Property from the Estate of Ray Retzlaff, sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations. The Retzlaff group is arranged chronologically, and Egypt forms its core. The 79 Egyptian lots range from Naqada pottery and New Kingdom reliefs to Late Period bronzes of Osiris, Isis, Nefertum and sacred cats. Twenty-two funerary objects include painted mummy masks, sarcophagus panels, canopic jars and ushabtis. Forty-four lots of...