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LOT 0095
Eastern Greek Marble Figure of Aphrodite
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
12 3/4 in. (1.2 kg, 32.7 cm).
Carved in the round figure of the goddess standing nude with one hand raised and the other on her pudendum, her hair gathered into a chignon with lateral bunches on the crown and with voids to allow for the suspension of small gold earrings; putto at her left knee; left hand partly absent; remounted on a socle base.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12860-241669.
Cf. Reinach, S., Repertoire de la statuarie grecque et romaine, Paris, 1930, pp.334ff., and especially no.7 of p.334.
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LOT 0095
Eastern Greek Marble Figure of Aphrodite
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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The conical mouth with laurel-leaf motif, palmettes below; lateral strap handles to the shoulder and palmette below each; Side A: profile bust of a lady of fashion with her hair in a chignon covered by a sakkos; Side B: similar design. 2.48 kg, 46.5 cm high
Acquired on the art market between the late 1990s and mid-2000s. Estate of the late Barry Paul Buxton (1944-2024), Oakham, Rutland. Acquired on the UK art market, 2025. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N126a17 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13076-248950.
The pattern-work and the female head seem to connect the vase more closely with the Monopoli Group. The corkscrew curls on the hair over the ear and the sakkos with a bow at the top are, in fact, typical of the heads of this group. -
Parthian Faience Glazed Offering Chalice with Quadrupeds
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Modelled in the round as two quadrupeds on a square base supporting a shallow bowl on a stem; the beasts with rope halter to the neck. 645 grams, 12.8 cm
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Greek Terracotta Female Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof. 411 grams, 26 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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.12207-222349.
The antefix belongs to the typical decorative scheme of alternating figures decorating the tiles at the ends of the eaves of the roof, constituting a serial decoration. It has the form of a female head, the details of which were defined through finely detailed plastic and polychrome painting, now lost. The head is crowned with a helmet, which can help identify her with the warrior goddess Athena.
