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LOT 0070
Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (502 grams, 17 cm high).
Blackware vessel comprising a broad bowl with frieze of animals (boar, lion, sphinx, horse); trumpet-shaped base with supporting caryatid; some restoration.
ProvenanceFrom the Steel family collection, 1950s-late 1990s.
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LOT 0070
Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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Greek Chevron Group Apulian Bell Krater
Circa 330 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
With bell-shaped body and narrow chamfered foot, two lateral looped and folded handles, broad everted rim with chamfered edge; remains of black painted design with palmettes. 1.7 kg, 26.5 cm high
with Galerie vom Parkberg, Hamburg, Germany, 1997. Acquired Gerhard Hirsch, Munich, Germany, 24-28 September 2018, lot 677. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence report from Ralf Kotalla, no.190131, dated 10 March 1997. Accompanied by a copy of the Gerhard Hirsch invoice and export licence. -
Graeco-Parthian Marble Head of a Divinity
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With elongated face and large almond-shaped eyes; braided hair with openwork topknot and socket to accept an inset stud, gathered at the rear in a chignon. 639 grams, 11.6 cm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11611-199026.
Several female figures, found in the Parthian graves of Babylonia, are represented in loose attire exhibiting unusual headdresses, which give us some notion of the costume of the period. Some of them show a headgear rising into two tall conical peaks, from which a veil is suspended. Nude female figures, probably representing Assyrian Mylitta or Venus, were extremely common during the Parthian period, having been handed down from antiquity. Similar figures are universal throughout the east before the Christian era. -
Greek Bronze Signet Ring
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With a D-section hoop, large rounded bezel with a geometric motif. 2.89 grams, 23.01 mm overall, 19.79 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Property of a UK gentleman, acquired 20 November 1981. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification ticket.
