Christie's, New York, Antiquities. New York, Thursday 7 December 2000. Softcover, 244 pp., 434 Lots (Lots 301-734). Fully illustrated in color. 

You are bidding on a terrific catalog of Antiquities from an auction held at Christie's, New York in December 2000. The catalog features works from a number of distinguished collections, including those of: The Columbus Museum of Art, The Ervika Foundation, Barbara and Larry Holderidge, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lorant, Margaret R. Sharf, Lucille Ellis Simon, and Dr. Elie Borowski.

 The catalog is divided into the following categories: 1. Egyptian Art (Lots 301-394), 2. Bronze Age Art (Lots 395-401), 3. Greek Art (Lots 402-500), 4. Etruscan Art (Lots 501-522), 5. Ancient Glass (Lots 523-563), 6. Roman Art (Lots 564-655), 7. Byzantine Art (Lots 656-659), 8. Neolithic and Near Eastern Art (Lots 660-734).

The catalog is fully illustrated with high-quality Color plates, printed on heavy stock paper. There is also a two-page bibliography. Among the highlights of the catalog are: A New Kingdom Egypt, Dynasty 18, Reign of Amenhotep III Alabaster Vessel with an Inscription from 1391-1353 B.C., A Late Period Egypt, Dynasty 30, Granite Relief With a Pharaoh Facing Left from 380-343 B.C., A Late Period Egypt, Dynasty 26, Bronze Figure of Osiris from 664-525 B.C., An Early Spedos Variety Cycladic Marble Reclining Female Figure from c. 2600-2500 B.C., An Attic Black-Figured Stamnos Attributed to the Michigan Painter With a Depiction of a Chariot Race from c. Late 6th Century B.C., A Workshop of the Antimenes Painter Attic Stamnos in Six's Technique With a Scene of Theseus, the Minotaur and Ariadne from c. 510 B.C., A Group of Polygnotos Attic Red-Figured Stamnos With a Representation of Herakles "Auletes" and a Dancing Satyr, An Etruscan Bronze Warrior from Umbria c. Mid 5th Century B.C., A New Kingdom Egypt, Dynasty 18, Core-Formed Opaque Blue Glass Chalice from 1550-1307 B.C., A Roman Marble Torso of the "Spinario" from c. 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D., A Roman Marble "Archaistic" head of a God from c. 1st Century B.C., A Roman Silver Platter from c. Mid 1st Century A.D., A Roman Marble Colossal Head of the Emperor Hadrian from c. 117-138 A.D., A Roman Marble Figure of Asclepius from c. Late 1st-Early 2nd Century A.D., A Roman Marble Relief with Gladiators from c. 2nd Century A.D., A Bactrian Silver Cylindrical Cup with Representations of 4 Goats in Relief from c. Late 3rd-Early 2nd Millennium B.C. And there is much, much more. 

Condition: My copy of this catalog is new and in excellent condition. The binding is tight, both covers and all interior pages are intact. The interior pages have no creases, tears or writing on them. There is minor bumping to the lower left corner of the back cover and several of the pages have minor dents in this same spot. The dents do not interfere with the legibility of the text or the images.

Note: It would have been impossible for me to scan any of the interior pages without altering the condition of the catalog. The image I have used in my listing is from the front cover and shows a detail of: A Roman Wall-Painting Fragment with a Depiction of Eros from c. Mid 1st Century A.D. (Lot # 578).