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LOT 0098
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab of a Fletcher in Gold Ring
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (4.24 grams, 27.12 mm overall, 18.38 x 18.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With carapace detailing and intaglio of a crouching male carving an arrow; set into a later gold swivel ring.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
For the motif, see Boardman, J. and Vollenweider, M-L., Catalogue of the Engraved Gems and Finger Rings, I: Greek and Etruscan, Oxford, 1978, items 67-8.
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LOT 0098
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab of a Fletcher in Gold Ring
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Greek Miniature Bronze Hydria
Geometric Period, 8th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With a bulbous body, flared foot, lateral loop handles to the shoulder and a strap handle to the rear. 23.5 grams, 37 mm
Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent. Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s. -
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Greek Bronze Ring with Goddess Nike
4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With discoid bezel, showing the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, holding a victory wreath in one hand, and the long ribbons of the latter in the other, the ring itself probably was part of a victory price for the winner of a contest (agon). 8.87 grams, 25.51 mm overall, 22.53 x 21.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y, USA 12, Europe 27.51, Japan 26)
Acquired on the European art market in the 2000s. Private collection, England. -
Greek Black-Glazed Thistle Mug
Apulian, 4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
In black glaze with a single looped handle, expanding neck, ribbed belly and stepped foot with red ochre band. 109 grams, 96 mm
Acquired on the art market between the late 1990s and mid-2000s. Estate of the late Barry Paul Buxton (1944–2024), Oakham, Rutland. Acquired on the UK art market, 2025.
