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LOT 0069
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab of a Fletcher in Gold Ring
LATE 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 within a dotted border; 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 0069
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab of a Fletcher in Gold Ring
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 580; USD 675) +BP*
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Greek Bronze Hercules and Antaeus Statue Group
Hellenistic, 3rd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,900
Dynamic scene of two nude wrestlers, the giant Antaeus and Hercules, Hercules lifting Antaeus off the ground with his arms, while Antaeus is trying to pry his arms open to regain contact with Mother Earth, which would restore his strength; set on a custom-made display stand. 1.01 kg total, 20.3 cm high including stand
Mallams Oxford. From a UK private collection since the 1970s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13333-258242.
Here, the giant Antaeus is depicted with the more common dimensions of the hero, Hercules. Antaeus was a giant, the son of Neptune and Gaia. Antaeus would challenge all passers-by to wrestling matches and remained invincible as long as he remained in contact with his mother, the Earth. As in Greek wrestling, like its modern equivalent, he typically attempted to force opponents to the ground, and he always won, killing them. He built a temple to his father using the skulls of his defeated opponents. Antaeus fought Hercules as he was on his way to the Garden of Hesperides as his Eleventh Labour. Hercules realised that he could not beat Antaeus by throwing or pinning him. Instead, he held him aloft and then crushed him to death in a bear hug. The scene is famously depicted on a Greek krater dating to the sixth century BC and now in the Louvre, and was a popular subject for Renaissance artists. The episode in which Hercules defeats Antaeus is mentioned in Ovid's Metamorphoses. -
Greek Bronze Ring with Bird
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a slender hoop and an oval hoop with a large advancing bird. 1.71 grams, 21.43 mm overall, 19.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Grey Stone Bifacial Bead with Winged Creature and Star
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Thick, oval bead showing a star with a raised annulet at the centre, the other side with a winged quadruped, possibly a gryphon. 2.18 grams, 15 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
