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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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Greek Silver Phalera with Dionysus
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Discoid in plan with returned rim, guilloche to the outer field and egg-and-dart to the dome; central bust of Dionysus modelled in high-relief with garland in his hair. 5.28 grams, 41 mm
Private collection, assembled in the 1950s-1970s, thence by descent. -
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Greek Gold Ring with Artemis Gemstone
Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Hollow-formed shank with broad plaque and inset garnet cabochon intaglio profile bust of Artemis in high-relief; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 11.27 grams, 26.91 mm overall, 17.95 x 20.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12219-222340. -
Greek Fragmentary Terracotta Red-Figure Hydria
Paestan or Apulian, 4th century B.C.Estimate: £4,500 - 6,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Comprising the upper two thirds of the vessel; on the shoulder a facing woman's head with diadem and half-veiled face; rosettes to left and right, with suspended ribbons and dots; vine motif around the body with floral ornaments; to the reverse, palmettes and vines; band of laurel with rosettes around the neck and wavy band at the mouth; reassembled from various fragments with three large areas of restoration, only the beginnings of the handles preserved; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.95 kg, 31 cm (2.6 kg total, 47.5 cm high including stand)
Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12475-228738.
The face-veiling gesture is a known marriage rite; the diadem may suggest that she is intended to represent Persephone. Alternatively, the veiled woman might be a dancer as many terracotta figurines of dancing women are shown with face-coverings. However, the floral ornaments could indicate a funeral or sepulchral context.
