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LOT 0840
Greek Bronze Ring Bezel and Intaglio Group
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5/8 - 1 in. (8.41 grams total, 16-24 mm).
Comprising: scaphoid type with bow and quiver; discoid type with profile bust; rectangular type with advancing beast; each supplied with an impression. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0840
Greek Bronze Ring Bezel and Intaglio Group
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 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. -
Greek Terracotta Black-Figure Pyxis with Chariot
Attic, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £30,000 - 40,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £16,667
Squat vessel with rounded foot and carination with band of tendrils, flared sidewall with carination and rim, broad watchglass lid with central knop handle; blackware frieze to the sidewall, chariot with four horses and attendants carrying spears and dressed in chitons and himatia, among them a noblewoman dressed in a long chiton and chlamys; lid with frieze of profile figures seated on folding chairs with attendants and petitioners, and two women in long robes within a band of coiled tendrils; repaired and restored. 1.05 kg, 22.5 cm wide
Private collection, Mrs Lambelet, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, acquired before 1972; thence by descent. Private collection N.S., acquired in 2012. 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 no.13223-249242.
Many Athenian vases depict a quadriga, often in racing or military scenes, but in this case, the depicted scene is peaceful and could be linked to a wedding. The painting can be divided into two scenes: the first, on the sides, is the bridal procession, where the bride is conducted in the chariot, which will bring her to the groom, accompanied by her father and relatives; the second, the lid painting, is where the nuptial feast is prepared, and the conversing guests are waiting for the bride. -
Etruscan Bioconical Bowl with Handles
Italo-Geometic, 7th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £135
Biconical in profile on a basal ring, with short applied handles, concentric raised horizontal ribs to the inner face. 250 grams, 19.5 cm wide
Ex Prof. Kurt Alder, Riehen, acquired in October 1978; thence by descent.
