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LOT 1901
Greek and Other Style Silver Ring Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (26 grams total, 18-28 mm).
Comprising: one with scaphoid bezel, intaglio figure of Hermes; one wire with spiral bezel; one with serpent heads supporting a rectangular bezel with pellets; one with flat hoop, round bezel with bull mask. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired since the 1970s.
Private collection of a gentleman from Vienna, Austria.
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Post Medieval Carved Bone Bust of Christ
19th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Modelled in relief with semi-naturalistic features; free-standing. 200 grams, 87 mm
Acquired UK market. Ian Roper collection. -
Post Medieval Bronze Statue of an Etruscan Warrior
20th century A.D.Estimate: £2,600 - 3,600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,444
Hollow-formed copy of the Mars of Todi, a figure of an Etruscan warrior wearing segmented armour to the chest and shoulders, crested helmet, short tunic; the hands in animated pose with left hand open to accept a weapon; holes beneath feet for mounting. 7.6 kg, 61.5 cm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. with Galerie Athena, Brussels, 9 May 2019, lot 393. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11691-199344.
The "Mars of Todi" figure is a large, almost life-sized bronze statue of a warrior in armour. It dates from the late 5th - early 4th century B.C., and is believed to have been produced by an Etruscan workman for an Umbrian patron. The figure was probably a votive offering for a religious sanctuary, perhaps sacred to Laran, the Etruscan god of war. It had been buried ritually and left undisturbed until its modern discovery in 1835. It lacks a helmet, and the hands are empty; possibly a patera plate was originally in the open right hand, and a spear gripped in the clenched left hand. The sculptor of the figure followed the Greek contrapposto posture accentuating the carefully modelled lamellar plate armour. The statue bears a short inscription in Umbrian "Ahal Trutitis dunum dede" (Ahal Trutitis gave this gift). -
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of chamfered coin-shaped beads together with annular beads, interspersed with gold-coloured spacer beads. 36.8 grams, 63 cm long
Ex W.J. collection, 1990s.
