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LOT 0532
Greek Core-Formed Glass Vessel Group
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 - 5 7/8 in. (197 grams total, 11.3-15 cm high).
With polychrome decoration and iridescent surfaces, comprising: an alabastron with fusiform body, conical foot and ledge handles, decorated with yellow feathering and trails; a blue amphoriskos with yellow festooning and trails, knop foot and everted rim; fragmentary. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 74.51.322 and 17.194.594, for similar.
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LOT 0532
Greek Core-Formed Glass Vessel Group
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Cypriot Bronze Age Cone
2100-1850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Hollow-formed ceramic cone withlongitudonal hatched zigzag bands, incised circumferential band, impressed 'cross barby' and lozenge motifs; vertical 'seam' to the reverse with impressed 'stitching'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.55 kg total, 26.5 cm (30.5 cm including stand)
US private collection. with DuMouchelles Auction, Detroit, 18 February 2023, lot 1123. -
Greek Canosan Terracotta Anthropomorphic Oinochoe
Circa 4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
The body formed as a female bust with elaborately styled hair; discoid foot, tall stem with pinched rim giving a broad pouring lip, strap handle to the rear; some pigment remaining. 446 grams, 22.2 cm high
Old French private collection. Swiss private collection, Basel-Landschaft. Private collection of M. Tritten, Binningen, Switzerland. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
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Nuragic Bronze Head of a Tribal Chief
Circa 8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
The head covered by a small low-top cap; sharp and pronounced nose, prominent eyebrows and eyes, small swollen mouth; the hair divided into two braids; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 55.8 grams total, 91 mm including stand
Ex Frank Sternberg collection, Zürich, Switzerland, circa 1980-1985. Property of an East Sussex, UK, private collector.
Despite being stylised representations, these bronzes detail the material culture of warriors, tribal leaders, priests, athletes, men and women of the late Bronze Age and Iron Age Sardinian society.
