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LOT 0578
Greek Bronze Strainer with Duck Head Handles
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (123 grams, 28 cm).
With flat-section handle and rim; finial formed as a pair of ducks' heads; bowl absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Richter, G.M.A., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes, New York, 1915, no.652, for similar.
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Scythian Gold Ring with Pair of Stags
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Comprising a broad hoop of gold filigree ropework with wire borders, applied filigree rosette to underside; rectangular plaque with band of filigree loops to both long edges, applied filigree meander to centre; two hollow-formed model stags' heads each with applied filigree meander to both sides of the neck and to the spine, filigree and granule facial and other features, filigree antlers; disc dangle and filigree shank and hoop attaching to right stag's head. 7.59 grams, 38.13 mm overall, 18.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. 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.12355-225025.
The presence of stags on the ring is a clear reference to the cult of Artemis, the hunting goddess, whose favourite animal was the deer. A particular cult of Artemis was celebrated at Brauron, in Attica. According to some stories, this was the place where Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, was sacrificed to the goddess after Agamemnon offended the goddess by killing one of her sacred stags. -
Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With globular body decorated with circumferential banding, low foot, conical neck with pinched spout, strap handle to the rear. 395 grams, 18.5 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Large Cypriot Painted Buff Ware Oinochoe
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric III, circa 850-750 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With trefoil folded rim to the mouth, painted bands to the strap handle, grid to the equator and running scrolls to the shoulder linking hatched rectangles; restored. 1.67 kg, 30 cm high
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
