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LOT 0581
Greek Geometric Bronze Bird
8TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (16.9 grams, 60 mm).
Stylised bird figure perching on a convex panel, shank beneath pierced and lug finial pierced perpendicularly.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1994.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0581
Greek Geometric Bronze Bird
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man
3rd century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Hollow-formed 'moneybox' with exaggerated nose and lips, small crescent-and-pellet ears, low-relief eyes with impressed pupils, small lock of hair to the scalp, vesica-shaped socket to the underside; pierced at the scalp and at the right ear. 67 grams, 48 mm
with Artemis Gallery, Munich, before 1998. Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2003. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12212-222320. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Scythian Gold Floral Mount
5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Discoid in plan with central dome, applied filigree trail to rim and base of dome, eight tubular cells to flange, four granulated clusters to boss and central square cell; flange pierced for attachment. 3.97 grams, 29 mm
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1980-1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Greek Apulian Red-Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
South Italic, circa 4th century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £442
Black-glazed body and matching lid decorated with two heads of ladies of fashion, palmettes between, radial foliage motif on the knob handle and a hatching around the rim. 144 grams, 90 mm wide
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
