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LOT 0767
Graeco-Roman Necklace with Gold Beads
1ST CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
13 3/8 in. (46.45 grams, 34 cm).
Restrung group of fluted melon and other beads with three later hollow-formed gold drum-shaped panels, each with an inset cabochon garnet to the upper face, and granule clusters.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1960s.
with Holy Land Antiquities, Jerusalem.
European private collection, acquired 2001.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13141-246774.
Cf. similar tubular carnelian beads and turquoise spacer beads in Then-Obluska, J., ‘Beads and pendants from the Hellenistic to early Byzantine Red Sea port of Berenike, Egypt, Seasons 2014 and 2015’ in Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, pp.203–234, figs.3a.
FootnotesIn the Hellenistic and Roman periods there was a strong formal and chromatic diversity of glass beads used for necklaces and bracelets. The most common beads in forms were small biconical (lenticular), barrel-shaped, spherical and annular; the most common colours were dark blue, followed by green and yellow, and red. The succession of glass beads often imitates jewellery made of costly materials (gold, silver, semi-precious and precious stones).
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LOT 0767
Graeco-Roman Necklace with Gold Beads
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,250 (EUR 1,450; USD 1,688) ‡+BP*
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Greek Collection of Terracotta Vessels and Bases
5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £365
Mixed group of artefacts, including: a vessel fragment with a panther; a single-handled jug with painted circumferential bands; a low redware dish with an incised sunburst motif; a small lekythos with palmette design; a small lekythos with painted decoration; a squat vessel with two strap handles and a short neck, low relief spiral decoration on the base. 2.6 kg total, 3-17.5 cm
Ex Prof. Kurt Alder, Riehen; thence by descent. 1. two clay vessels and clay dish: ex Jacob Hirsch; with Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Auction 17 November 1976, no.1493. 2. Apulian lekythos with palmettes: with Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Auction 17 November 1976, no.1542. 3. Apulian lekythos: with Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Auction 16–20, 1976, no.1542. 4. Daunian handled jug: with Galerie Koller, Zurich, Auction 34, no.2532. 5. potsherd fragment: with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel. 6. lebes with lid: acquired in September 1975. -
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Greek Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone with Portrait
Hellenistic, circa 1st century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
Hollow-formed ellipsoid-section bezel and D-section hoop; inset intaglio portrait bust in profile of a young female with her hair dressed in a chignon. 4.44 grams, 22.75 mm overall, 18.40 x 16.38 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13486-262459.
The prototypes of this ring date back to the 3rd-2nd centuries B.C., as shown by dated examples from Hellenistic graves in Taranto. The type was still in use in the early centuries of the Roman era. -
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Eastern Greek Parcel-Gilt Bowl with Inscription
Hellenistic, late 2nd-early 1st century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Broad and shallow with thick rolled rim; parcel-gilt band to the inner face below the rim of running scrolls on a pounced field; to the centre, a hexafoil reserved on a pounced field with border of running scrolls; pointillé cursive Aramaic inscription to the outer face. 413 grams, 20.6 cm wide
Private collection, London, 1990s or earlier. with Gorny & Mosch, 22 June 2007, no.37. with Christie's, New York, 5 December 2012, no.52. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Gorny & Mosch and Christie's catalogue pages. 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.13217-250131.
The bowl is related to a large group of Hellenistic silver vessels of similar shape, some with Aramaic inscriptions on the exterior beneath the rim, all thought to be of eastern origin, produced within the Seleucid Empire. Here, the Aramaic inscription, now mostly unreadable, reports the name of the maker and the weight of the bowl as 118 zuzim.
