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LOT 0580
Greek Glass Gem with Quadriga
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (1.2 grams, 20 mm).
Ellipsoid in plane and planoconvex in section with incuse chariot, driver and horses.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the early 2000s.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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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Greek Black-Glazed Oinochoe
5th century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,222
With trefoil mouth, applied D-section handle and tiered foot. 407 grams, 22 cm
Property from a private collection. with Sotheby's, New York, 9 December 2003, no.9. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Sotheby's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12820-241330. 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. -
Phoenician Steatite Intaglio with Sphinx
8th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Intaglio sphinx sitting with one foreleg raised, arched wing to the back; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.52 grams, 17 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s. 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. -
Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion
South Italic, circa 325-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Squat and bulbous profile with broad body and domed lid with knop handle; black and red coloured bands and teardrops, profile bust of a lady of fashion with detailing picked out in cream and white; laurel leaf frond to the lower body; socle base; attributed to the Stoke-on-Trent Group: 'Pouting Lips' Sub-Group. 240 grams, 11.7 cm
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.
