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LOT 0764
Greek and Later Jewellery Fragments
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/2 - 1 in. (13.38 grams total, 11-25 mm).
Comprising a ring formed from a golden twisted wire; a golden hollow tear-shaped pendant with three dangles formed from a twisted wire; a silver pennanular earring fragment with a coiled rod at each end; a round-section shaft with tapering ends and ribbed bar; a small plano-convex bead with an unfinished engraving, pierced longitudinally. [5]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland.
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LOT 0764
Greek and Later Jewellery Fragments
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£275 (EUR 319; USD 371) ‡+BP*
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Large Greek Bronze Ring Bezel with Gryphon
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £25
Ellipsoid in plan with incuse three-headed gryphon in profile. 5.76 grams, 22 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large Greek Blackware Pottery Jug
Anatolian Type, circa 8th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With rounded underside, carination to the shoulder, flared and rounded mouth, strap handle; rim partly absent. 1.57 kg, 24 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Scythian Bronze Howling Stag Protome Mount Pair
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 7 | Current Bid: £45
Each an openwork appliqué formed as the head and upper body of a ravening predator with gaping mouth and carefully notched teeth, one forepaw extended, eye with curled browline; above, a 'headdress' of three roundels with spiral detailing connected by lateral arms; thick attachment loop to reverse. 56 grams total, 55-56 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
The depiction is unusual, since the superstructure above the head resembles an elk's antlers in some respects, but the teeth indicate that it is a carnivore. The Scythian artistic tradition could combine fantastical beasts with realistic representations drawn from nature, all in a single object.
