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LOT 0108
Greek Bronze Statuette of a Coiled Rearing Snake
ARCHAIC, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (312 grams, 11 cm).
Modelled in the round with coiled body and rearing head, barbed fin to the forehead, punched annulet texturing on the body.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, assembled in the 1980s.
Acquired in 1995 by a European private collector.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12856-241689.
See Dallas Museum of Art, object number 1969.7.
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LOT 0108
Greek Bronze Statuette of a Coiled Rearing Snake
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)
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Graeco-Roman Bronze Mirror
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Discoid flat-section body with a tongue-shaped, pierced handle. 150 grams, 13 cm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Large Greek Terracotta Oinochoe with Swastikas
Geometric, 8th century B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 5,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,800
With flared mouth, wide neck, bulbous body and ring foot, painted in brown and red matte glaze; geometric pattern spread over several registers separated by bundles of encircling stripes, triangles with hatching inside them, neck with metopes containing swastikas, rosettes and rhombuses with a band of rhombuses beneath; the shoulder with five line friezes arranged one above the other; the body decorated with meander and a band of rhombuses and triangles with hatching below, a broad black stripe (in places reddish as a result of misfiring) to the lower part; transition to the ring foot and ring foot painted black; wide strap handle attached to the shoulder and painted on the outside with a wavy line framed by dots, edge stripes and three small stars, the connecting bar patterned with stripes; museum-quality restoration. 2.04 kg, 35.5 cm
Ex Madame P., Paris. 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.12460-228686.
Vessels of the Geometric Period (900-700 BCE) are easily recognisable by their abstract decorative designs, which had their origin in woven textiles and baskets. While early period pottery typically has sparse geometric motifs on a black background, the amount of the decoration increased progressively to the point that objects from the late Geometric period are often entirely covered - in this example, even the strap handle. -
Greek Bronze Figure of a Bound Captive
Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,667
Modelled in the round nude male standing with hands bound behind his back; with short cropped hair and slender figure; left foot absent; mounted on a custom-made stand. 491 grams, 17 cm including stand
Ex S.K. collection. Acquired on the German art market, July 1995. 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.12518-232076.
The character's hairstyle of the statuette is simple, and his hair is short, not treated with chalk like that of the famous ‘dying Galatian’ from Pergamon. The gaze is fixed in the distance, while the bony, beardless and long-limbed figure expresses the prisoner's energy. The nose here takes on a strong characteristic together with the broad jaw, which is also recognizable in later statuettes of Roman age. These characteristics, combined with those of nudity, allow us to recognize the figure of the prisoner as a Celtic warrior. warrior.
