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LOT 0630
Greek Bronze Ring with Bird
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (7.83 grams, 25.55 mm overall, 18.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
Ellipsoid bezel with ribbed underside, drum-shaped with incuse image of a bird standing beside a fountain.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Greek Terracotta Female Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof. 411 grams, 26 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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.12207-222349. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Greek Terracotta Female Protome Group
Early 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Each tongue-shaped in plan and hollow to the reverse, female bust in high-relief with palla head-covering. 408 grams total, 9.5-11.6 cm
with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Greek Bronze Ring with Standing Hermes
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Ellipsoid plaque with intaglio Hermes standing on a baseline with petasos, marsupium and caduceus; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 11.41 grams, 25.26 mm overall, 20.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
European private collection, 1980s. Private collection, acquired on the German art market in 2001. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
