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LOT 0571
Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Double Actor's Mask Gemstone
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
7/8 in. (6.00 grams, 22.90 mm overall, 17.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
Hoop with applied filigree and granules to the shoulders, inset later nicolo intaglio with janiform bust of male and female heads.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 206, for type.
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LOT 0571
Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Double Actor's Mask Gemstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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Greek Terracotta Female Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
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. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Greek Terracotta Vessel and Fragment Group
Circa 6th-3rd century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Including a hollow-formed femal figurine, aryballos, dish, and various fragments; piriform aryballos after the antique. 773 grams total, 3.6-15.2 cm
Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Greek Melted Core-Formed Glass Alabastron
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
With fusiform body, slender neck and broad flange rim, decorated with white and blue marvered feathering and spiralling trails; deformed, remains of attachment point for handle. 46.9 grams, 10.5 cm
Mr F.D. collection, acquired on the European art market, 1975 to present. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The design of this vessel was applied in blue and white bands: it belongs to the Hellenistic vases that were core-formed, pre-blown. According to some scholars the feather pattern was not used before the 4th century B.C.
