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LOT 0861
Greek Bronze Artefact Group
7TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3 5/8 - 4 1/2 in. (33.5 grams total, 9.1-11.6 cm).
Comprising a round-section tapering pin with a segmented rectangular head; a large fibula formed from a D-section body gradually modelled into a round-section pin secured in a flat-section catchplate; a mount formed as a heart-shaped raised plaque with a rectangular neck and stylised head, incised linear and raised spiral decoration to the outer face, round-section hook to the bottom. [3]
ProvenanceEx André Lorenceau (1930-2019), Baselland, circa 1960s-2000.
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number: 96.9.347 and 96.9.329.
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LOT 0861
Greek Bronze Artefact Group
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 Parthian Glazed Faience Figure of the God Astarte
Circa 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
The nude goddess modelled facing with her right hand resting on her left breast. 885 grams, 33.3 cm
Mayfair gallery, early 1990s. Ex North American gentleman collection. -
Greek Core-Formed Tall Glass Alabastron
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
With a fusiform body, slender neck and broad flange rim, decorated with marvered feathering and spiralling trails; two lateral loop handles and a pinched lateral lug. 36.69 grams, 91 mm
Anonymous sale, Binoche & Giquello, Paris, 30th May 2012, no.124. Private collection, Switzerland. Accompanied by a copy of French passport no.0150269. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13188-249220.
Alabastra of this typology, core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled, are typical of the Eastern Mediterranean. They were diminutive examples of a shape popularly produced for perfumed oils in the Greek world. Larger forms are known in both glass and ceramics. -
Greek Bronze Mirror
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £320
Discoid with slightly raised rim and square-section tang, mounted on a custom-made stand. 210 grams total, 20.1 cm high including stand
Ex André Lorenceau (1930-2019), Baselland, circa 1960s-2000.
