Ali Aboutaam of Phoenix Ancient Art in Geneva, Switzerland

The Mycenaean Terracotta Cup is an exceptional example of Early Greek antiques.  Available through the Phoenix Ancient Art galleries, owned by Ali Aboutaam and Hicham Aboutaam, this one-handled cup includes delicately painted spirals.  The cup is made of a fine clay and the general shape suggests that the artists were influenced by metal types.

The cup has been beautifully preserved and is relatively rare.  It was produced between 1600 BC and 1200 BC, during a time of great cultural exchanges and contact.  It represents a time when connections were growing between the Mycenaean world of mainland Greece and the island civilization of Crete, creating the Creo-mycenaean culture.

The Brussels Antiques and Fine Arts Fair just recently concluded, and Phoenix Ancient Art was proud to be part of this amazing fair.  Formerly known as the Belgium Antiques and Fine Arts Fair, this program is the oldest annual event of its type anywhere in the world.  First organized in 1955, the fair moved in 2004 to the Tour & Taxis site.

With its central location, the fair, which welcomes 130 exhibitors including Phoenix Ancient Art, expects over 36,000 people to come and enjoy the fair each year.  The fair occupies 133,472 square feet of display space and includes antiques from every area of the world.

This fair is simply a must-see in the antique world as it allows antique dealers like Ali Aboutaam and Hicham Aboutaam to display their exceptional works, while allowing visitors to see a vast selection of antiques all in one location.

Phoenix Ancient Art was excited and proud to be part of the 55th Brussels Antiques and Fine Arts Fair.  It took place from January 22nd to January 31st and included 130 of the world’s best known antique dealers.

Antique dealers, such as Ali Aboutaam and Hicham Aboutaam came from many different countries.  Such locations represented included: Belgium, France, Germany, Great-Britain, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal, Russia, Spain, USA and Switzerland.

36,000 visitors were expected to come to see the vast selection of available antiques including Oceanic art, African art, Oriental art, silver, antique jewelery, ceramics, earthenware and porcelain, drawings, and much more.

Asserting that ancient art objects can be an excellent way to diversify assets when considering investment vehicles, nevertheless, Hicham Aboutaam cautions that the prospective investor must also possess passion for and knowledge about the antiquities he is procuring.

Collecting antiquities is not like other ways of investing money, obviously, explains Hicham Aboutaam. Those collecting these rare, beautiful art objects will be displaying them in their homes, so therefore must enjoy viewing them, now, and in the future. Collectors also must be informed about the items they collect, so that they make appropriate purchases at the correct prices.

Phoenix Ancient Art and the Aboutaam brothers, Hicham and Ali, make collecting antiquities the most pleasant and rewarding of pastimes. They love to educate the public and they guarantee that everything you purchase is exactly what you wanted and expected.