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LOT 0097
Etruscan Gold Spiral Ring
8TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (5.45 grams, 19.01 mm overall, 15.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2 3/4, Europe 3.67, Japan 3)).
Comprising a D-section band with median band of raised ropework; S-curved format.
Provenancewith Arts d'Orient Archaeology, Paris, 7 June 2006, no. 556.
Ex Galerie Dominique Thirion, Brussels, Belgium.
From the private collection of Mr K.A.
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Cypriot and Other Idol Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including a two-headed dog, a crouching female and a kneeling figure with vertical piercing; each mounted on a ceramic base. 480 grams total, 52-91 mm 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. -
Hellenistic or Roman Bronze Statuette of a Grotesque Holding a Jar
Alexandria, 1st century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Modelled standing nude in a contorted pose with legs spread, holding a jar or bag to his chest; mounted on a custom-made stand. 73.7 grams total, 68 mm 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.
Such figures are often described as ‘grotesques’, yet typically constituted overstated representations of people with dwarfism. Such individuals are invariably shown with exaggerated features such as pot bellies, hunched backs, bald heads, large phalli and angry facial expressions. -
Greek Lead Token with Amphora
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rectangular with low-relief amphora image to obverse. 2.9 grams, 16 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
