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LOT 0522
Eastern Greek Variated Agate Scaraboid Gemstone with Birds
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (4 grams, 19 mm).
Scaraboid type with incuse design to the underside of tree-branch with two perching birds; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0522
Eastern Greek Variated Agate Scaraboid Gemstone with Birds
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Exceptionally Large Greek Gnathian Skyphos
Apulia, 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £1,000
Mammiform body with pedestal base and two loop handles to the rim; Side A - band of white ovolo detailing to the neck, median red band with vine leaves and tendrils; Side B - bilinear band below neck with lateral pellets. 2.21 kg, 34.4 cm
Ex Orivate collection, formerly with Art Ancient, previously Derek Glover collection. -
Greek Terracotta Head Collection
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising four head fragments, one fragment of the upper torso of a male, and a bird fragment. 116 grams total, 37-72 mm
From the collection of a Cambridge, UK, gentleman, by direct descent from his father, who acquired the items in London in circa 1960. -
Very Large Greek Apulian Terracotta Lekanis Lid with Ladies of Fashion
South Italian, circa 5th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Composed of a domed body with an inverted rim and a knop handle; the body decorated with two heads of ladies of fashion, palmettes between, waveband around the rim; repaired. 729 grams, 22 cm wide
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
