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LOT 0120
Greek Carnelian Scarab Engraved with Hercules with Later Gold Setting
ETRUSCAN, 3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (4.08 grams, 25 mm).
With incised anatomical detailing, underside with a standing figure of Hercules, resting his hand on his club; with a later gold bar and suspension loop.
ProvenancePrivate collection, London.
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LOT 0120
Greek Carnelian Scarab Engraved with Hercules with Later Gold Setting
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£625 (EUR 725; USD 844) +BP*
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Greek Red-Figure Fragment Collection
5th century B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising irregular mainly curved sidewall fragments with reserved and applied geometric ornament on a black field; each with old collector's label. 23 grams total, 25-41 mm
Iris Cornelia Love (1933-2020) collection, New York, formed primarily in the 1950s-1970s; on long-term loan to Dietrich von Bothmer, New York, late 1960s/early 1970s to late 1990s. -
Greek Bronze Statuette of a Coiled and Rearing Snake
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,222
Modelled in the round with coiled body and rearing head, barbed fin to the forehead, punched annulet texturing on the body. 312 grams, 11 cm
Private 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.
Snakes were important symbols in ancient Greek culture and were often linked with protection, healing, and renewal. Because they shed their skin, they were seen as a sign of rebirth and new life. They were also connected with gods and spirits of the earth and underworld, and in some cases were thought to protect the home or sacred places. In Greek art, a snake could therefore carry both religious and symbolic meaning. -
Greek and Later Jewellery Fragments
2nd millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £275
Comprising a ring formed from a golden twisted wire; a golden hollow tear-shaped pendant with three dangles formed from a twisted wire; a silver pennanular earring fragment with a coiled rod at each end; a round-section shaft with tapering ends and ribbed bar; a small plano-convex bead with an unfinished engraving, pierced longitudinally. 13.38 grams total, 11-25 mm
Private collection, Switzerland.
