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LOT 0095
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab Gold Ring
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 in. (4.62 grams, 31.50 mm overall, 21.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24)).
Hoop made from twisted wire with coils to the shoulders, carnelian scarab bezel with carapace detailing and intaglio kneeling figure to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired from the collection of Mr K.A., a Parisian gentleman.
European private collection.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 41, 43, for type.
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Opening Bid: £400
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Greek Apulian Blackware Pyxis
Circa 4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
Black-glazed rounded body with two upright loop-handles, raised base, keeled edge with a thickened disc rim. 143 grams, 10.8 cm wide
Ex P. A., Hertfordshire, UK, specialist collection of Greek art, 1980-1990s. Accompanied by a copy of an old typed catalogue slip.
This pyxis was once fitted with a lid for cosmetics, powder or jewellery. Greek pottery from southern Italy is most easily identified by its glossy black finish, as seen here. It was the product of the Magna Graecia, especially in Apulia, a region in southern Italy populated by Greek colonists from the 8th century B.C. onwards, which imitated the artistic workshops of Attica and developed its own style. -
Archaic Greek Ceramic Model Boat
Circa 600-480 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Modelled in the round as a miniature flat-bottomed boat with sternpost and three thwarts, one supporting the reclining figure of the boatman; supplied with a custom-made display stand. 728 grams total, 24.5 cm wide including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by an old identification tag. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report from Oxford Authentication.
A series of ship models, today preserved in the Metropolitan Museum and in the British Museum, depict in considerable detail the features of contemporary vessels, including the helmsman sitting in the bow, the spurs of the ships and the raised stern. All of the preserved ship models come from Amathus, indicating the importance of the site as a maritime centre. Our model could come from the same area. This clay model shows a man who comfortably sits on the back of the ship: we do not know his role and his activity, but – as observed by professor M.A. Mcintosh, he is part of a theōriā, a state pilgrim (theōros). Certainly, he represents the helmsman, the kubernētēs, i.e. the governor who directs the ship.
