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LOT 0538
Greek Bronze Fitting with Fox
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/2 in. (46.7 grams, 62 mm).
L-shaped bracket with a leaping fox, the beast with an elongated muzzle and swept-back ears. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 0538
Greek Bronze Fitting with Fox
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Greek Bronze Spectacle Brooch
Bronze Age, circa 8th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £90
Formed as a single rod in two large tightly-wound domed coils with integral catch to reverse of each dome. 121 grams, 12 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Etruscan Agate Talismanic Scarab
Late 4th-early 3rd century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Carved from banded orange agate and formed as a flattened scarab with a striated carapace, pierced for suspension. 3.53 grams, 18 mm
UK private collection, acquired on the English market in the 2000s.
The shape of an Etruscan scarab includes: (1) the scarab gem, where the engraving of the curved back of the stone more or less faithfully imitates the anatomical parts of the scarab beetle; (2) the scaraboid, which retains the overall shape of the scarab gem but with little or no engraving on the curved backside; and (3) the pseudo-scarab, which has an image carved in relief on its curved backside instead of a beetle. All three types have a flat, oval underside which carries an engraved miniature image (device) within a decorated border which is usually hatched. -
Proto-Corinthian Painted Terracotta Aryballos
7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £1,000
Comprising a piriform body and a tubular neck with a wide rim, a strap handle to the rear, the rim with painted polychrome petals, the pattern repeating beneath the neck and on the base of the vessel; the body decorated with fishscale decoration. 79 grams, 10.5 cm
Swiss private collection, assembled in the 1960s and 1970s. Acquired by the present owner in 2004. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.30017-246794.
The aryballoi were used to hold perfumed oil, an essential item for the wealthy middle classes of the time. Similar piriform vases are fairly common in Corinthian contexts. There is utmost precision in both the potting and the execution of the incised scale pattern of the present example. The fish-scale decoration was realised with the incision technique, by executing the scales neatly with their ends meeting.
