NEW YORK – Christie’s is proud to announce Antiquities in New York on 4 February, featuring objects from ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Byzantine cultures, ranging in date from the 3rd millennium BC to the 12th century AD. The sale is led by important ancient Greek objects from a New York estate. Highlights include an exceptional red-figured kylix, attributed to the Brygos Painter (estimate: $700,000-900,000); a large Cycladic marble female figure, early Spedos variety, circa 2600-2500 B.C., preserving extensive remains of original red pigment (estimate: $700,000-900,000); an Egyptian Limestone Relief for Idu (estimate: $700,000-900,000); and an over-lifesized Roman marble bust of a bearded deity (estimate: $400,000-600,000). The sale also includes a group of ancient jewelry formerly in the collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger of Lucerne, Switzerland. Important works include a rare pair of Attic gold earrings late Geometric period, circa 750-725 B.C. (estimate: $10,000-15,000); a Greek gold and glass finger ring formerly in the collection of Édouard Guilhou (estimate: $8,000-12,000); and an impressive pair of Greek gold and enamel earrings formerly in the collection of Dr Jacob Hirsch (1874–1955) (estimate: $10,000-15,000).