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LOT 0620
Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (11.4 grams total, 17-29 mm).
Comprising: a tubular green glass fitting with applied white-glass spines, pinched beak and broad eyes with spurs at the ears, probably an owl; a D-shaped oblate with central piercing and spurs to the angles, perhaps a bird; similar with longer curved spurs, probably a duck. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12310-222342.
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LOT 0620
Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Very Large Cypriot Red-Polished Ware Bowl
Early Cypriot II, 2150-2100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Broad body with disc base, thick rim with stepped panel to rear and pierced ledge handle. 2.3 kg, 37.5 cm wide
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. -
Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Comprising: a tubular green glass fitting with applied white-glass spines, pinched beak and broad eyes with spurs at the ears, probably an owl; a D-shaped oblate with central piercing and spurs to the angles, perhaps a bird; similar with longer curved spurs, probably a duck. 11.4 grams total, 17-29 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12310-222342. -
Greek Terracotta Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof. 411 grams, 26 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12207-222349.