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LOT 0637
Greek Bronze Seal Ring with Hippocamp
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (8.14 grams, 24.23 mm overall, 19.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Comprising a wide hoop and lentoid bezel with a leaping hippocamp holding a spear and a shield.
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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Chalcidian Terracotta Amphora Attributed to the Phineus Painter
525 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,700
Piriform body with splayed foot and narrow handles; the neck with slender lotus blossoms and palmettes, Side A) two opposing roosters with a lotus blossom in between, two standing swans flanking, below a youth on horseback holding the reins of a trotting horse, a man and a woman behind the horse; Side B) a grazing deer before an advancing panther looking back, two opposing sphinxes below with their heads turned back and front paws raised. 1.06 kg, 28 cm
Ex Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 13 April 1985. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12643-236366. -
Thracian Decorated Silver Neck Torc
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Formed from a round-section twisted rod forming a loop at one end, the other end hammered to a flat-section bar with a hooked end and punched pointillé decoration. 43 grams, 18 cm wide
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Bronze Bow Brooch
4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a tapering bow with median cluster of two bulbs, one arm extending to a single-loop spring and pin, the other widening to a coil and flat catch with curved edge and lateral spur above. 12.9 grams, 42 mm
From the estate of a West Sussex, UK, archaeology collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.