New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-14
RARE ANTIQUES AT AUCTION.

TERRA GOTTA sTArUETTEs. OLD COINS AND
GLASS ORNAMENTS ATTRACT BUYERS
Tho collection of antique irdescent glass. terra
Gotta vases and statuettes and gold coins from
Greece Syria and Italy belonging TO II. DE Morgan
,vas soh nj public auction at the Fifth Avenue Art
Galleries No. 36S Ffth-ave.. yesterday under inc
management OF Ortgics & Co. Robert Somervlne
was the auconeer. and the sale began at 3:lo COCK
The glass specimens. with few exceptions came
from excavations made in Graeco- Roman tombs IN
Syria, and belonged to period ranging from the
second century before Christ TO the second OF our
era The Greek were OF the fourth 10 the
third century before Christ. The prices PAID ior
the articles we're moderate. and some OF them were
remarkably low Although there were not many
bidders present once In a while the bidding became
quite spirited some particularly coveted io''
An amphora ten inches high. brought s2f; an urn.
three ami three-quarters inches hgh. Sl5; a small
oenochoe with broad top and frosty iridescence W.
an urn four and three-quarters inches hign. VA
large cylindrical bottle ten inches high. SO: globu-
lar urn OF yellow glass. three and three-quarters
nche. high $780, another Of the same height. ~, and
n Roman cinerary urn from Italy. and belonging to
the period OF tho beginning OF the Christian era.
thirteen inches high $125.
The Greek vases from Magma Graecia. fourth and
third centuries b. c.. brought moderate prices A
HYDRA from Cspua fourth century B. c.. sixteen
inches high brought only SIS. An amphora from
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figures In red on black ground representing scenes
OF offerings nineteen inches high, brought 40, and
a krater from Apulia. third century b. c. deco
rated with colonetie handles and polychrome orna-
mentaton on back ground. representing Itinerary
genius ard a female figure seated. sixteen inches
high sold for $50 The collection OF gold coins sold
for fair figure. The following Is list OF the
coins and the amount that each sold for: Gold
slater OF Cyrcne 43l-32i b. c.. $40; gold slater OF
Philip IL OF Macedon. S59-36 b. c.. SIS: gold slater
OF Alexander the Great. 336-s23 b. c. s22 gold coin
OF Hlcetas tyrant OF Syracuse. 2s'2lS b. C., 500
gold octodracham OF Ptolemy and III, Arsinoe and
Berenice. 25-2E Il. G., so: gold tetradrachm OF
same description s4s gold oetodraehm Of Arsinoe II.
drachm OF Ptolemy III. Evergetes. 27-222 b. G., sS;
electrum slater OF Carthage. SN-Y2 b. C. i'll; an.
other eectrum slater sold for $40; an aureus OF
Julius Caesar struck by the Hirta family. " Is. C..
SIS: aureus OF Tiberius Caesar, 10 A. D, 80; an
aureus OF Nero Drusus. $25. aureus OF Claudus, ~
aureus OF Antonnus Pius, l5s A. d., go; another
brought ST. aureus OF Faustina !. ltl A. D., ~;
aureus OF Marcus Aurelius. lA A. D. $lf; aureus OF
l.ucius Verus. ia A. D.. SIS.
The terra Gotta statuetes also brought fairly good
prices The highest figure paid for any single lot
In the collection was sl55. which was paid for
terra Gotta statuete eight and onehah inches high.
1.-The Tanagrian at the Fountain" There wers
OF these sauettes. and all OF them came from
Tanagra and were OF the fourth century before
Christ.
The sale OF the collection OF old Chinese pottery,
porcelain and curos belonging TO Lieutenant Hans
Lehman. OF Shanghai. will begin this afternoon at
3:i5 o'clock at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. No.
366 Fifth-ave. and will he continued tomorrow af-
ternoon the same hour.