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LOT 0521
Graeco-Persian Bronze Ring Group
2ND CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
7/8 - 1 in. (52 grams total, 21-25 mm).
Mainly comprising rings composed of a hoop with stepped shoulders and an oval bezel, most displaying an incuse human or animal figure. [10]
ProvenanceEx private collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
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Greek Gold Bird Pendant with Garnet and Pearl Drop
5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Composed of a bifacial zoomorphic body in the form of a bird, with detailing to the head and feathers; circular cell to one face containing possible remains of black glass; two dangles below, one featuring a granulated gold bead above a pearl bead, the other a granulated gold bead and a polished garnet stone; ribbed suspension loop above; a marriage. 2.29 grams, 26 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. -
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Greek Terracotta Kantharos
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £700
Trumpet-shaped cup with narrow stem and flared foot, two elaborate scrolled loop handles with lateral spurs, Side A: painted female profile busts each with detailed stephane and drop earrings, the hair dressed in a kekryphalos, flanked by two white cross or sword symbols; Side B: similar but lacking the swords. 421 grams, 20 cm high
From a German auction. Ex Paris gallery, 2000s. -
Early Cypriot Red Burnished-Ware Jug
Bronze Age, circa 2300-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Bulbous bodied with a rounded base, slender cylindrical neck, trumpet-shaped rim and integral handle, decorated with incised circumferential bands, hatched triangles and chevrons; accompanied by an acrylic display base. 388 grams, 18 cm high
Acquired in the 1990s. From the deceased estate of a North Yorkshire private collector, UK. Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Red burnished-ware pottery became the dominant pottery ware lasting into the Middle Bronze Age on the island of Cyprus. Vessels were handmade and covered with a slip, which was burnished and often decorated with patterns incised with a sharp cutting edge before being fired. Potters were able to produce vessels that were either mottled or painted in two colours, often red outside and black inside and on the exterior of the rim.
