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LOT 0515
Greek Bronze Seal Ring with Lion
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (5.73 grams, 23.51 mm overall, 20.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Comprising a D-section hoop with raised bulb to the base, lentoid-shaped bezel with a reclining lion.
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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Thracian Gold Applique
Circa 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £421
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Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Greek Boeotian Ceramic Pappades Figure
6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Comprising: rectangular section tapering body with small stub arms, tapering neck, pinched conical spur for the nose, chignon to rear of head and scooped headdress with scrolled finial above; traces of geometric applied decoration to body; mounted on a custom-made stand. 188 grams, 20.5 cm
Private collection. with Sotheby's 11 December 1961, no.121. with Sotheby's 8 December 1994, no.178. Accompanied by copies of the relevant 1994 Sotheby's catalogue pages. 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 Lucanian Red-Figure Bell-Krater with Nude Dancing Satyr
Circa 380-370 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,190
Decorated with a meander with saltire squares below the figural scenes, and a laurel below the rim; Side A: a nude gesticulating satyr with short curly hair and long beard, running to the right with his left leg raised and his arms outstretched, characteristic pointed ears and pug nose, towards a maenad moving right and looking back at him, her hair short and curly, her body draped in a chiton, with another maenad standing behind him, facing left, draped in a himation over a chiton; Side B: three youths in draped cloaks with hoods thrown back; professionally restored. 2.1 kg, 29 cm wide
Fine condition, professionally restored.
Belgian private collection, 1950s. with Christie's, New York, 4 June 2008, no.190. Private central European collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. 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 a search certificate number no.12067-218141. 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.
The style allows us to attribute this vase to an unknown artist of Lucanian origin: it is in ancient Lucania (a region which is located between present-day Calabria and Basilicata, in Southern Italy and between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, with Metaponto as a well-known city) that the first Italic style of red-figure painting developed.
