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LOT 0105
Greek Gold Amuletic Bird
5TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (0.57 grams, bird: 19 mm).
Comprising a sheet-gold hollow-formed avian figure with applied filigree detailing, and a separate beaked head; accompanied by a rectangular blue glass fragment. [3]
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 0105
Greek Gold Amuletic Bird
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Greek White-Ground Kotyle with Panther, Goat and Swan
Corinthian, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Squat in profile with lateral loop handles, vertical stripes to the rim, frieze with a grazing goat, a panther to its rear and a perching swan. 102 grams, 15.1 cm
Ex private collection, Tokyo, Japan, since the 1980s. Private European collection, acquired in 2010. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13227-249320.
In agreement with most scholars of the Corinthian pottery, Amyx and Payne used the term kotyle, rather than skyphos, to designate the distinctive group of deep cups with no offset lip, horizontal handles set near the rim, a convex tapering body and a narrow, echinoid foot. -
Greek Terracotta Seated Pan
Circa 400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Hollow-formed statue showing a young pan wearing a short tunic and hooded cloak, holding pipes in his right hand; rectangular slot on the reverse. 205 grams, 15.8 cm
Private collection Mr T.B., Zürich, Switzerland, before 1970. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
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Greek Agate Gemstone with Running Hound
Circa 300-200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With intaglio running hound; chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.53 grams, 11.01 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
