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LOT 0601
Greek Geometric Bronze Strap Distributor
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (30.1 grams, 40 mm).
Discoid in plan and hollow to the underside with four radiating lugs to the rim, cruciform band to the reverse; to the upper face an incised ring and central quatrefoil.
ProvenanceEx private collection.
with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 17 June 2004, no.[TBC].
Private collection, Europe.
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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Opening Bid: £3,000
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Ex Mr Bohler, Bern, Switzerland, prior 2001. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00074898. 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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Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof. 411 grams, 26 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. 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.12207-222349. 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.
