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LOT 0398
Bronze Head of a Man
20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/2 in. (18.4 kg total, 42 cm high including stand).
A hollow-formed bronze bust of a youthful clean-shaven male with short curly hair, with a subtle smiling expression; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
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LOT 0398
Bronze Head of a Man
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Tudor Period Ring with Armorial Intaglio
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A ring composed of a slender hoop with octagonal bezel, set with an armorial glass intaglio; remains of polychrome enamelled cells to the vertical faces of the bezel. 5.89 grams, 28.05 mm overall, 19.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)
Found Cambridgeshire in the 1990s. -
Stained Glass Menorah Panel
20th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
A rectangular panel of stained glass displaying a menorah within a wreath at its centre; polychrome surrounding shield; the individual glass pieces and the whole with lead cames. 4.3 kg, 55.5 x 61 cm
Fine condition, panes cracked.
Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman. -
Bronze Statue of an Etruscan Warrior
20th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
A hollow-formed bronze copy of the Mars of Todi, a figure of an Etruscan warrior wearing segmented armour to the chest and shoulders, crested helmet, short tunic; the hands in animated pose with left hand open to accept a weapon; holes beneath feet for mounting. 7.6 kg, 61.5 cm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. with Galerie Athena, Brussels, 9 May 2019, lot 393. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11691-199344.
The "Mars of Todi" figure is a large, almost life-sized bronze statue of a warrior in armour. It dates from the late 5th - early 4th century B.C., and is believed to have been produced by an Etruscan workman for an Umbrian patron. The figure was probably a votive offering for a religious sanctuary, perhaps sacred to Laran, the Etruscan god of war. It had been buried ritually and left undisturbed until its modern discovery in 1835. It lacks a helmet, and the hands are empty; possibly a patera plate was originally in the open right hand, and a spear gripped in the clenched left hand. The sculptor of the figure followed the Greek contrapposto posture accentuating the carefully modelled lamellar plate armour. The statue bears a short inscription in Umbrian "Ahal Trutitis dunum dede" (Ahal Trutitis gave this gift).
