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LOT 0755
Greek Core-Formed Glass Amphoriskos
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (152 grams, 18 cm high).
Elongated piriform amphora shape, tubular neck and everted rim, decorated with polychrome festooning and trails, applied amber-green handles and knop foot.
ProvenanceAcquired in the early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12206-222129.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.320, for similar.
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LOT 0755
Greek Core-Formed Glass Amphoriskos
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£833 (EUR 967; USD 1,125) +BP*
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Scythian Bronze Roundel with Sea Scroll Pairs
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With C-shaped round-section staple to the reverse, incised S-scrolls to the obverse forming a decorative design. 32.5 grams, 41 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK
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Greek Bronze Ring Bezel Group
4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including standing figure with patera in one extended hand and other types. 5.05 grams total, 16-27 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek and Later Jewellery Fragments
2nd millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £275
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Private collection, Switzerland.
