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LOT 0549
Etruscan Bronze Pendant Group
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (90 grams total, 78 mm each).
Comprising three pendant clusters, each a tube with balustered middle section and ribs, radiating loops at the lower end with suspended biconvex dangles. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1970s.
Ex Herr Bernhard Muller collection.
with Galerie Ostracon, circa 2015.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Cf. Turfa, J.M., Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, 2005, p.126, no.70.
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LOT 0549
Etruscan Bronze Pendant Group
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Greek Bronze Ring with Animal
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With round-section hoop, the round bezel with a standing quadruped with its tail curved above its back. 7.80 grams, 26.32 mm overall, 20.45 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. -
Hellenistic Glass Gem with Goddess
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
Engraved with a goddess (Aphrodite?), facing right, peplos around her hips, her left elbow resting on a column and her left hand behind her body; the right hand outstretched and holding a sceptre; a snake(?) before. 2.52 grams, 22 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
In the famous Greek myth of the Gorgon, Aphrodite, jealous of their beauty, placed a curse on Medusa and her sisters, transforming their hair into snakes and making their gaze turn anyone into stone. -
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Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Youth
3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,200
Tousled curly hair, strong aquiline nose and full mouth; the deep eyes marked by raised eyelids and prominent semi-circular eyebrows; the hair arranged in overlapping rows of locks; repaired; mounted on a later porphyry plinth. 1.40 kg total, 23.5 cm high including stand
From the estates of the late Adrian Stanford and Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley. with the previous owner since 1982. with Christie's, London, South Kensington, 22 February 2017, lot 10. 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.11774-204595.
The head represents a Hellenistic portrait of a young man, whose characteristics seem to suggest a reference to a youthful portrait of Alexander the Great. Another possibility is that it represents the portrait of Alexander’s companion, Hephaestion.
