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LOT 0778
Greek and Later Artefact Collection
6TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 5 in. (159 grams total, 1.6-12.8 cm).
Mixed group of items, including iridescent glass vessel fragments, a key ring, a kore statuette fragment, and others. [9]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland.
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LOT 0778
Greek and Later Artefact Collection
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£180 (EUR 209; USD 243) ‡+BP*
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Large Greek Bronze Ring with Combat Scene
4th century B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ellipsoid bezel with incuse scene of a leaping lion attacking a standing figure grappling it, perhaps Herakles and the Nemaean lion. 3.67 grams, 24.45 mm overall, 20.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe
Circa 3rd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
The body formed as a female head with neck forming the foot of the vessel; the hair styled in a chignon and piled above the brow; pinched nose and raised lentoid eyes; the surface enhanced with white and salmon-pink pigment; the neck of the vessel emerging from the top of the head, with trefoil mouth and a tall looped handle to the rear; repaired. 443 grams, 22 cm high
From a French private collection since the 1990s. Ex Swiss private collection, Basel-Landschaft. From the Swiss private collection of M.Tritten, Binningen. Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence report by Oxford Authentication no.N125b43. -
Greek Garnet Gemstone with Apollo Standing
Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Ellipsoid in plan, domed with a hollow reverse; incuse figure of Hercules standing and leaning on his club. 1.21 grams, 14 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.