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LOT 0035
Greek Black-Glazed Twin-Handled Stemless Kylix with Swan
APULIA, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/8 in. (206 grams, 20.6 cm).
Shallow with arched loop handles below the rim, low stepped foot; tondo with painted wreath of laurel leaves surrounding a standing swan in profile; to the outer face, two horizontal sprigs of laurel leaves; possibly by the Swan painter.
ProvenanceBonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 5 July 1994, no.43.
Private collection, Suffolk.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams cataloguing pages.
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LOT 0035
Greek Black-Glazed Twin-Handled Stemless Kylix with Swan
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Etruscan Variegated Agate Scaraboid Gemstone with Dancing Satyrs
4th century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £13
Scaraboid type with incuse design to the underside of two opposed dancing satyrs, heads and arms missing, possibly unfinished or cut down from a depiction of a lion and hero; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.75 grams, 17 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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Greek Miniature Bronze Hydria
Geometric Period, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With a bulbous body, flared foot, lateral loop handles to the shoulder and a strap handle to the rear. 23.5 grams, 37 mm
Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent. Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
The earliest Archaic Greek bronze hydriai enter the archaeological record in the last quarter of the seventh century. Although the appearance of bronze marks the first significant period of production in the Iron Age, these vessels represent a reawakening of an illustrious tradition dating back at least to the Helladic Bronze Age, if not considerably earlier. -
Greek Bronze Bracelet with Animal Heads
Hellenistic, circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Penannular bracelet with D-section body and the finials formed as stylised animal heads. 33.52 grams, 60 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
