Decorated with ribbed fluting around the body and broad shoulder, slender neck with stepped and everted rim and mouth, two handles to the equator, a carry handle between neck and shoulder to the rear, discoid foot; repaired. 232 grams, 16.5 cm high

Private collection.
Anonymous sale, Eve Auctions, Paris, December 11, 2013, no.11.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 01.8.10, for similar.

Ovate in profile with slightly stepped lower body, everted rim; circumferential painted bands, hatching and herringbone patterns. 1.13 kg, 25 cm high

Acquired Bonhams, London, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Cf. similar item with a handle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession number: 66.11.6.

With squat bdy on a small disc foot, broad filler hole with flange rim and small stub spout, flat-section loop above; painted with bands of radiating hatching, segments and other designs. 193 grams, 11 cm

From an old German collection.
Acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery, 1994.
Private collection, London, UK.

Cf. less elaborate example in the British Museum under accession no.1856,1226.140.

Scaphoid in plan, plano-convex with stepped profile; intaglio scene with a lion attacking a prone ibex. 5 grams, 28 mm

From a London, UK, collection, 1980s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12216-222295.

Rock crystal scaraboid in a bronze frame with suspension loop; reverse with two lines of Aramaic text; obverse cracked. 1.82 grams, 21 mm

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12217-221658.

Aqua-coloured glass, flared shoulders and ellipsoid bezel with intaglio winged horse motif, surrounding enigmatic legend 'Η MMK ΠΟΥ TΠ XII'. 4.70 grams, 24.17 mm overall, 16.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)

with Daniels Collection, New York, 1970s-1980s.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12218-222158.

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 68, for type.

Hollow-formed shank with cell above, inset garnet cabochon with intaglio figure of Osiris Canopus. 5.05 grams, 27.35 mm overall, 18.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)

Ex H. Norry collection, 1980s-1990s.

Segmented body with central filigree wiring, collared knops to three corners, integral coiled pin and trapezoidal catchplate with lotus flower engraved to the outer face, loop with stylised serpentine head to base. 13.5 grams, 63 mm

Acquired in Europe before 1994.
European collection.

Formed as a composite figurine comprising: hollow-formed nude female figure with left arm extended to her side and fingers curled inwards, right hand at her side, hair drawn up in a chignon surmounted by an applied beaded-wire diadem; two sub-triangular wings each attached to the shoulder blades, with repoussé feather detailing to the obverse; broad D-shaped panel attached to the waist and rear of the legs, with radiating arch detailing; supplied with a custom-made display stand. 56 grams total, 92 mm including stand

Focquaert collection, Belgium, 1970s.
European private collection.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12220-222337.

See a similar gold wreath from Armento (South Italy) surmounted by a similar winged Nike, today at the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München, NI 2335 WAF, in Knauß, F.S., ‘Anton Prokesh von Osten und Ludwig I. von Bayern,’ in Knauss, F. (ed.), Anton Prokesch von Osten. Sammler, Gelehrter und Vermittler zwischen den Kulturen, Graz, 2019, pp.26-38, fig.6.

Similar statuettes were surmounting huge funerary wreaths, like the one from Armento (325-300 B.C. made in Southern Italy). The wreaths, composed of golden flowers, leaves, fruits, bees and Erotes, have a winged goddess, with all probability Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, as the central motif. It is possible that the wreath was given to the deceased as a prize after a successful competition, but the dimensions of the Nike show that it was an extremely rare artefact. These costly objects were financed by rich and powerful Mecenates, like Kreithonios, named in the inscription on the base of Nike from Armento.

Rectangular sheet-gold with boss to the centre, repoussé phallus motif. 2.24 grams, 30 mm

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Rectangular sheet-gold with boss to the centre, repoussé vulva motif. 2.32 grams, 30 mm

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, items 772, 773, for similar in bronze.

With flat shoulders and raised ellipsoid plaque, pointillé Greek inscription 'ΔΟΜΝο / CΠΑΝ / Θ[.]A' (Domnos Panthea). 5.70 grams, 19.30 mm overall, 16.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 228, for type.

It is likely that the inscription refers to a husband and wife, 'Domnos' being a known male name and 'Panthea' a female one.