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LOT 0085
Boeotian Terracotta Idol
6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (100 grams, 14.5 cm).
Formed with pinched stub arms, a pinched head crowned with a headpiece and two strands of hair framing an elongated neck; remains of geometric detailing in painted pigment; repaired.
ProvenanceEx Prof. Hans Dahn (1919-2019), Swiss Chemist, Lausanne; acquired 15 July 1958 in Basel (Inventory Inv.GT 5).
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number: 2024.319.1 and 52.11.1.
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LOT 0085
Boeotian Terracotta Idol
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£825 (EUR 957; USD 1,114) ‡+BP*
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Greek Collection of Terracotta Vessels and Bases
5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £365
Mixed group of artefacts, including: a vessel fragment with a panther; a single-handled jug with painted circumferential bands; a low redware dish with an incised sunburst motif; a small lekythos with palmette design; a small lekythos with painted decoration; a squat vessel with two strap handles and a short neck, low relief spiral decoration on the base. 2.6 kg total, 3-17.5 cm
Ex Prof. Kurt Alder, Riehen; thence by descent. 1. two clay vessels and clay dish: ex Jacob Hirsch; with Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Auction 17 November 1976, no.1493. 2. Apulian lekythos with palmettes: with Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Auction 17 November 1976, no.1542. 3. Apulian lekythos: with Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Auction 16–20, 1976, no.1542. 4. Daunian handled jug: with Galerie Koller, Zurich, Auction 34, no.2532. 5. potsherd fragment: with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel. 6. lebes with lid: acquired in September 1975. -
Greek Silver Hair Ring
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Round in section with overlapping snake-head finals. 5.87 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Red-Figure Fragment Collection
5th century B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising irregular curved sidewall and rim fragments with reserved and applied ornament on a black field; each with old collector's label. 8 grams total, 16-37 mm
Iris Cornelia Love (1933-2020) collection, New York, formed primarily in the 1950s-1970s; on long-term loan to Dietrich von Bothmer, New York, late 1960s/early 1970s to late 1990s.
