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LOT 0537
Eastern Greek Variegated Agate Gemstone with Lion
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (2.53 grams, 15 mm).
Scaraboid type with incuse design to the underside of a lion advancing beneath a star inside a ropework border; 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 0537
Eastern Greek Variegated Agate Gemstone with Lion
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Eastern Greek Variated Agate Scaraboid Gemstone with Birds
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Scaraboid type with incuse design to the underside of tree-branch with two perching birds; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4 grams, 19 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros
Apulia, 4th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £2,400
With flared and carinated foot, broad stem, ovoid body, carinated shoulder, everted rim with lip, D-shaped antefixes and lateral pendant loop handles; band of ivy to the neck and meander to the lower edge, frieze with figural scenes: Side A - seated female with thyrsos pointing towards Eros with head turned regarding her, wings spread; Side B - seated female in tiered robe pointing towards standing Eros with wreath, objects in the field; by the Ascoli Satriano Painter; restored. 1.81 kg, 33.5 cm
Ex private collection, previously with Bonhams, Bond Street, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13353-259030.
Female heads and Eros figures are common features on the vases attributed to the Ascoli Satriano Painter. His real name is unknown, and he has been named after a northern Apulian town, where many of his vases have been found. -
Greek Terracotta Oil Lamp
Hellenistic, circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Rounded body with large central filler hole and pointed lug on the shoulder, the rim with a low-relief ovolo decoration, elongated nozzle with scooped nozzle; low basal ring. 103 grams, 99 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.