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Phoenix Ancient Art Unveiling Statue of Leto Holding Apollo & Artemis

Alex — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:35:32 +0000

Phoenix Ancient Art, a premier gallery specializing in Classical Antiquities and owned by brothers Hicham Aboutaam and Ali Aboutaam, will exhibit in the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris soon. This magnificent event will take place at the Grand Palais from September 15-22, 2010 and will display the finest works of art on the market today.

Phoenix Ancient Art will unveil masterworks including a Statue of Leto Holding Apollo and Artemis. This statue from the Roman Imperial Period from the 2^nd century A.D. is marble and stands 98 centimeters high. The entire work is carved in the round from a single piece of fine-grained marble. The group is almost completely intact and it resembles a Greek original dating from the 5^th century B.C.

Hicham Aboutaam and Hellnistic Antiquities

Alex — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:29:43 +0000

The Aboutaams, brothers Hicham and Ali, sell antiquities from various historical eras including the Hellenistic period which started in 323 (following Alexander the Great’s death) and lasted until 31 BC (with the battle of Actio). It was in this time frame that culture became richer throughout the world and Greek mythology and thought was prominent through Middle East and Mediterranean Sea cross-cultural influence. From the Hellenistic collection at Phoenix Ancient Art, Hicham Aboutaam sold a blue and yellow core formed glass Amphoriskos with a small flat base, long elegant neck, and tiny decorative horizontal handles. The glass is cobalt blue, with threads of yellow in feathered patterns ornamenting the body. These types of vessels were crafted by trailing decorative threads of molten glass over a core of sand, mud or clay, forming a vase.

Unusual Antique News: Coffins in Cyprus

Alex — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:31:41 +0000

In recent news around the world, the AP reports that four clay coffins estimated to be 2000 years old were unearthed in Cyprus. The coffins, untouched by grave robbers, were said to be from the east Mediterranean Island’s Hellenistic to early Roman periods, from between 300 B.C. to 100 A.D.

“The undisturbed coffins will help us add to our knowledge and understanding of that period of Cyprus history,” Hadjicosti said.

In addition, other items found at the site included human skeletal remains, terra cotta urns and more. All of these were discovered while workers were fixing a sidewalk in a resort location.

Phoenix Ancient Art Background with Ali Aboutaam & Hicham Aboutaam

Alex — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:28:36 +0000

Certainly, if you are interested in collecting antiques, or if you are already an antique collector, you have many choices. There are many antique dealers today who offer outstanding products and exceptional quality. One such dealer is Phoenix Ancient Art. They are a second generation Ancient Art company, originally founded in the mid 1960s by the late S. Aboutaam.

Having taken up his passion, Mr. Aboutaam’s sons are, today, the owners of the company. Ali Aboutaam and Hicham Aboutaam run and manage both the Geneva gallery and the New York gallery (pictured here). Phoenix Ancient Art offers treasures from a large range of locations and time periods. Its scope includes Mesopotamia, the Near East, Egypt, Europe, the Balkans, Eurasia, Byzantium, the Steppes, Greece and the Roman Empire.

Egyptian Amulet of the Goddess Bastet at Phoenix Ancient Art

Alex — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:58:48 +0000

One of the more recent arrivals at Phoenix Ancient Art, owned by Hicham Aboutaam and Ali Aboutaam, is the Egyptian Amulet of the Goddess Bastet. This amulet is in an excellent state of preservation and is from the 3^rd Intermediary Period, from around the 8^th-7^th century B.C. in Egypt. The amulet is complete, and it has retained its original intense blue color.

Her throne was made with a technique that was very popular at the end of the New Kingdom and into the beginning of the first millennium B.C. The faience was first cast and the openwork was then created by cutting away unwanted elements with a knife. While the amulet is quite small in size, the work’s quality is excellent and a number of the anatomical details have been rendered with great precision.

The goddess Bastet was quite popular at the end of the Bronze Age and, as was quite common in Egyptian art, the figure has the body of a human and the head of an animal. Bastet is considered a mild mannered, sweeter version of the dangerous goddess Sekhmet. She is the patron of the priestly doctors of Sekhmet and she protected women in childbirth and children.

Shipwrecks Providing Materials for Antique Auctions & More

Alex — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:53:05 +0000

The NY Times reports on an interesting recent development in the antique world. In the last six years, more auctions have shown salvaged materials and memorabilia from “ships of tragedy” or shipwrecks such as the Normandie and the Andrea Doria.

Bonhams in New York is featuring a sale titled “Life on Board” now with a canvas life jacket, drinking vessels, dinner plates and more from famous shipwrecks. This is certainly not the type of antique most of us associate with the word “antique” but it is making for some interesting headlines and news!

Amazing Artifacts Being Unearthed in Egypt

Alex — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:22:34 +0000

Certainly, it’s always exciting when antiques are discovered and artifacts are unearthed. In recent archeological news in Alexandria, Egypt, divers have been exploring a palace and temple from Cleopatra’s rule that were submerged as a result of earthquakes and tsunamis over 1600 years ago.

This is considered to be one of the richest underwater archeological sites in the world and is certainly worth taking notice of! For enthusiasts, the finds from this excavation will be on display at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute from June 5 to January 2nd in an exhibition titled, “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt.”

Bronze Bracelet from Phoenix Ancient Art

Alex — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:15:09 +0000

Hicham Aboutaam and Ali Aboutaam often add precious gems to their Phoenix Ancient Art collection. These can also be purchased without leaving one’s home, by visiting the company’s online site, e-Tiquities, depicting very clear images so that the potential buyer can really get a good idea of what they are purchasing. One such gem is the bronze bracelet with female heads. This antique dates back to 12—BC-8th century BC and hails from the Mesopotamian Era (also referred to as the Bronze Age). Like this piece, many of the artifacts found from this time were bronze.
Add Phoenix Ancient Art to your Collection
For $14,000 this piece from the Aboutaam’s collection could be yours. For an antique collector the price might just be right since it sports very detailed decoration. The bracelet is actually two halves which connect via a hinge so that it easily opens on the wrist. But since the original pin holding together the other side is no longer on the bracelet, that side remains open. Still, it is probably not something that one would wear on a day-to-day basis. For one interested in interesting motifs, this is a good purchase since it can tantalize you for hours with its butterfly, faces, almond shaped eyes, strong noses, etc.

Phoenix Ancient Art and the Neolithic Era

Alex — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:41:13 +0000

Hicham Abouttam and his brother Ali Aboutaam, joint owners of Phoenix Ancient Art, offer their clients the opportunity to bid for antique arts from the Neolithic Era through to the 14th century. Otherwise known as the New Stone Age, this was a time when human technology was in its early developmental stages. It followed the Holocene Epipalaeolithic Age which led to the Neolithic Revolution. The Neolithic Era more accurately describes a certain set of cultures and behavior traits, as opposed to a specific historical time and thus antique art is an example of this Era.

E-Tiquities and Art Collectors

For anyone who has an eye and a heart for antiques, Phoenix Ancient Art, working with its online partner e-Tiquities, would be a good place to start. The Abouttam’s sell both “rare and exquisite works of art from ancient civilizations” spanning many centuries, that make an antique collector’s dreams come true. At their e-Tiquities site, one will find pieces from many eras, including the following: Anatolian, Byzantine, Cypriot, Dark Age, Egyptian, Geometric and Orientalizing Greek, Hellenistic, Islamic, Mesopotamian, Persian, Roman, Sardinian, and Syrian.

Antiques from the Dark Ages

Alex — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:11:33 +0000

If you want to acquire something truly unusual, consider purchasing a piece from the Dark Ages, a term widely used to the early part of the Middle Ages, from the fall of Rome in 476 AD to around the year 1000 AD. The art from this period includes many items such as illuminated manuscripts, lovely and detailed embroidery and metalwork. Phoenix Ancient Art owned by Hicham and Ali Aboutaam, offer antiques of this period. In the New York gallery now is a mid-6th century Merovingian earring in pristine condition. It is made of a large gold cube bead inlaid with garnets.