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LOT 0031
Engraved Bronze Seal of a Republican Period Male Portrait
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (3.11 grams, 17 mm).
Discoid in plan with a deeply engraved clean-shaven male bust; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 0031
Engraved Bronze Seal of a Republican Period Male Portrait
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
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Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Collection
Early 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Comprising four irregular, finely painted fragments depicting: an outstretched hand below a letter, a young male face in profile, and a pair of horseheads. 6.31 grams total, 18-26 mm
From the stock of a former UK antiquarian, acquired at trade fairs and from private collection formed in the 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Europe. -
Greek Turquoise Bead Necklace with Gold Beads
Hellenistic, circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Composed of twenty-nine oval turquoise beads and four bicone sheet-gold beads with granulation, decorated with spirals and vertical lines, with beaded wire collars and equator, with later openwork clasp. 72 grams, 55.5 cm
Acquired on European art market, 1990s. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13011-246750.
The use of turquoise and carnelian cloisonné inlay would be more expected in the Ptolemaic or earlier periods than from the Roman period. However, the love of coloured stones increased during the Roman period. In about A.D. 200, Clement said that 'the stones which silly women wear fastened to chains and set in necklaces' included emerald, amethyst, peridot, jasper and ceraunites. Clement's list of stones is closely paralleled by a tariff list of c. A.D. 200, and a list of jewellery from Spain. Both of these sources also include sapphire (hyacinthus) and callaina, which was probably turquoise. -
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Italic Banded Agate Scarab with Kneeling Warrior in Gold Mount
3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Scarab bezel with carapace detailing and intaglio of a kneeling male nude wearing a helmet, holding a shield, sword and a spear; set into a later gold swivel ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.24 grams, 25 mm
English private collection. Acquired on the English art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13110-248399.
The intaglio can depict Capaneus, a legendary, strong, skilled, but arrogant warrior. He was one of the Seven Against Thebes, who boasted that not even Zeus could stop him from scaling the city walls. However, as he climbed them, Zeus struck him down with a bolt of lightning, illustrating divine punishment for his hubris. Evadne, his wife, then threw herself onto the funerary pyre in her grief. The story of strength but excessive pride was reflected in Dante's Inferno, where Capaneus is in the seventh circle as a condemned blasphemer.
