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LOT 0065
Etruscan Bronze Statuette of a Draped Hero
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
7 3/8 in. (506 grams total, 18.7 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round standing erect with right hand on his hip and left arm extending from the elbow resting on the left hip and with fingers curled to hold a staff or handle, wearing a loosely draped cloth over the left shoulder and drawn around the body to hang over the arms; ribbed cuffs to the boots; youthful face with tousled hair and slightly exaggerated lentoid eyes; C-shaped staple beneath the feet for attachment; supplied with a custom-made display stand.
Provenancewith Sotheby’s, Antiquities, London, 6 July 1995, no.130.
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12194-222321.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Reinach, S., Repertoire de la statuaries grecque et romaine, Paris, 1930, p.216, no.1 (same position but naked, Heracles as Herculi Fundanio, see CIL,VI,311); 225 no.8 (Louvre); 506 no.1 (Etruscan Lar, same position but naked); cf. also Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 176, for a figure in similar costume.
FootnotesThe statue was probably a cult offering and presents an archaic Etruscan hairstyle, being part of the Italic statuettes produced as votive offering to the temples or for private lararia. His warrior status can be confirmed by his boots, typical of Etruscan and Latin warriors of archaic times.
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LOT 0065
Etruscan Bronze Statuette of a Draped Hero
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000€17,400 - 23,200 (for guidance only)$20,250 - 27,000 (for guidance only)
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Thracian Gold Clad Ribbed Torc with Decorated Terminals
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000
Penannular in form with round-section shank and flat tongue-shaped terminals; the shank formed as a series of transverse rings modelled to represent granulation; the outer face of each terminal formed with punched detailing to the border and transverse final bars, two rows of punched annulets separated by a median gusset; some modern polishing. 467 grams, 29 cm
Swiss private collection, 1987. Private collection, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12859-241328. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Parthian Camel and Riders Figurine
3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With bearded riders in a rectangular structure; mounted on a custom made display stand. 224 grams, 10 cm including stand
Fine condition.
Ex an important Dutch collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1970s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Greek Terracotta Female Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof. 411 grams, 26 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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.12207-222349. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
