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LOT 0515
Greek Bronze Bird Pendant
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/8 in. (14.7 grams, 35 mm).
Modelled in the round with a long beak and splayed, short legs, pierced through the upper body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0515
Greek Bronze Bird Pendant
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Greek Iron Spectacle Brooch with Pin
Iron Age, circa 4th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as a single rod in two large tightly-wound coils with integral pin and catch to reverse. 48.3 grams, 10.8 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Terracotta Oil Lamp
Circa late 5th century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shallow, round body with inturned rim to the central vent, square-ended nozzle and low foot; lateral lugs forming attachment points for a handle (absent); old collector's labels to underside and '1801' to nozzle; typed data panel. 56 grams, 90 mm
From the collection of the late Bernard C. Pickard, Hampshire, UK, the owner of Bernard C. Pickard Antiquities, which closed in 1987, he had been collecting since the mid 1950s. Accompanied by a typed information display card.
Bernard Pickard was a close friend of Richard Hattatt, the renowned author of several books on ancient brooches. Hattatt acknowledges in his first book, Ancient & Romano-British Brooches, published in 1982, that Mr Pickard first aroused his interest in brooches and inspired him in writing his books during his retirement. Mr Pickard also wrote the foreword to the section on Roman animal brooches, op.cit. p.158-160. -
Greek Undecorated Silver Bracelets
Italy, 4th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising two penannular lozenge-section bracelets. 182 grams total, 84 mm each
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 12 December 1996, no.49. Private collection, Suffolk.
