Loading, please wait...
LOT 0078
Etruscan Bronze Ladle with Duck's Head Handle
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
93/4 in. (179 grams, 24.7 cm).
With shallow circular bowl and broad rim, stem with slightly domed front face, terminal formed as a duck's head.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1998.
Ex Swiss private collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 21.88.130, for similar.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 0078
Etruscan Bronze Ladle with Duck's Head Handle
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
-
.jpg)
Etruscan Bronze Handle Pair with Heads of Medusa
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
Each formed as a D-shaped fluted bar with the finials formed as grotesque Medusa heads in Archaic Greek style with protruding tongue and a pair of bearded snakes framing her forehead; mounted on custom-made display stands. 695 grams total, 11 cm wide each
Ex private collection of Athos Moretti, Bellinzona, Switzerland, in the 1960s. with Christies, London, 14 June 1978, lot 344. with Sotheby's, New York, 29 May 1987, lot 154. 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.11773-204596.
The handles were possibly once part of a hydria or a stamnos. The workmanship of the nose and eyes of the Medusa recall the head of a gorgoneion from a chariot or cart fragment, today at the Metropolitan Museum (inventory no.29.131.3d1–d3). -
.jpg)
Etruscan Blackware Impasto Vase
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Biconical with a tapering cylindrical neck and two handles, raised ribbing around the shoulder. 550 grams, 15 cm wide
Ex private Mister X. (1931-2017) collection. Sold in the benefit of the 'Croix-Rouge of Monaco'. -
Parthian Green-Glazed Amphora
3rd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With broad columnar neck and everted rim, angled strap handles, vertical ribbing to the shoulder and body, bands of applied scooped discs to the handle and equator, feathered panels. 1.67 kg, 30 cm high
Hani Farsi collection, London, UK. Acquired Christie's, King Street, London, circa 1990. Ex central London gallery.
