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LOT 0536
Greek Black-Ware Dish with Shell Decoration
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (118 grams, 10.7 cm wide).
Composed of a shallow bowl with D-section wall, broad convex stem and foot; interior stamped with seashell and geometric motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed 1990s-2000s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Greek Silver-Gilt Mask of Silenus
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Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11849-207741.
In Greek mythology, Silenus was a god of the forest, associated with musical creativity, ecstatic dance and drunkenness. He was also a prophet and a bearer of dire wisdom. When the god Dionysus was born from the thigh of Zeus, Hermes took the infant to live with Silenus, where he was raised together with local nymphs in a cave on mount Nysa. Silenus was frequently present in the train of Dionysus, fought with the latter against the giants, and accompanied him on his adventures.
