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LOT 0041
Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Decoration
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/4 in. (460 grams, 16 cm wide).
The carinated bowl displaying a decorative frieze of pricked semi-circles or fans over a cluster of incised bands, the bowl emerging from a stepped ribbed base, tapering stem and splayed foot; likely Rasmussen Type 2c, repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1960s.
Ex J. Bowman collection, Massachusetts, USA.
with Aphrodite Gallery, New York, 24 September 2018, lot 17.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1836,0224.400, for very similar.
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Parthian Figural Silver Dagger Hilt
3rd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
Formed as a standing male figure with swept back, shoulder-length hair, hands held at the waist; mounting lug below. 66 grams, 86 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
This hilt was probably for an acinaces blade, usually 14-18 inches long and used throughout a vast swath of territory encompassing the eastern Mediterranean, the Near East and central Asia, by such diverse cultures as the Parthians, the Medes, the Greeks, and the Scythians. -
Greek Gold Animal-Headed Earring
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
The decoratively twisted hoop tapering toward the closure, cow or bull head modelled in the round with filigree ornament to the collar. 2.91 grams, 22.69 mm overall, 17.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/4, Europe 2.41, Japan 2)
From the collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, 1980s-1990s. -
Eastern Greek Ribbed Silver Vase
Circa 3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Of piriform shape with a small foot, multi-petalled rosette within the shallow kick-up to base, vertically fluted body, ovolo ornament to the shoulder and flared mouth with rolled rim; six strain holes to the shoulder; held within a custom-made felt-lined display box. 132 grams, 13.5 cm high ( 765 grams total, 22 x 17 cm including box)
with the Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK; acquired before 1972. with Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007, lot 213. Acquired on the London art market.
The straining holes are an indication that the vessel possibly once had a spout.
