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LOT 0554
Greek Black Ware Vessel Group
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 3/8 - 5 1/2 in. (352 grams total, 8.6-14.2 cm).
Comprising a low footed dish; a kylix with flared foot, chamfered rim, single loop handle; a squat oinochoe with vertically ribbed body, flared rim, bifid loop handle. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the early 2000s.
Ex property of an East Anglian gentleman.
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Greek Silver Fibula
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising an ellipsoid bow with lateral knops (one absent) and applied collars, longitudinal band of applied filigree braid, knop finial with collar, perpendicular two-coil spring and long pin; footplate with incised saltire with reversed-loop finial, square catchplate with pointillé gammadion and frame. 6.86 grams, 42 mm
Private European collection, 1994, thence by descent. -
Massive Graeco-Parthian Bronze Mirror
Late 3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Discoid in plan with short T-shaped handle, obverse with deep flange to edges, reverse similar but less prominent; some surface accretion. 1.14 kg, 35.5 cm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Greek Black-Figure Oinochoe
6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
With pinched three-lobe mouth and strap handle; threads and details highlighted in purple; decorated scene in square metope comprising two dancing figures, one male and the other female, probably symposiasts; the male naked, holding a stick in his right hand and with the other arm carrying his coat; the female, a hetaera, dancing and running to the right, wearing a long chiton and a coat. 423 grams, 20.3 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12089-218152.
