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LOT 0629
Greek Gold Applique Group
7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (91 grams total, 22 mm each).
Comprising eighteen repoussé plaques, each with a central boss and a flower bud to each side, the corners with alternating pinecones and acorns, pierced through the corners; mounted on a perspex backing.
ProvenanceFrom the estate of Dr Jacob Hirsch.
Acquired by Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, from the above in 1999.
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Chalcidian Terracotta Amphora Attributed to the Phineus Painter
525 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,700
Piriform body with splayed foot and narrow handles; the neck with slender lotus blossoms and palmettes, Side A) two opposing roosters with a lotus blossom in between, two standing swans flanking, below a youth on horseback holding the reins of a trotting horse, a man and a woman behind the horse; Side B) a grazing deer before an advancing panther looking back, two opposing sphinxes below with their heads turned back and front paws raised. 1.06 kg, 28 cm
Ex Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 13 April 1985. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12643-236366. -
Greek Black-Ware Echinus Bowl
Attic, late 4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £79
Broad, shallow body with low rounded wall and ledge rim, in light orange-brown fine clay with black gloss all over; wide ring foot, seven stamped palmettes clustered around centre. 311 grams, 18 cm wide
Formerly acquired in the late 1950s-1960s. From the family collection of a London, UK, collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Bronze Bow Brooch
4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a tapering bow with median cluster of two bulbs, one arm extending to a single-loop spring and pin, the other widening to a coil and flat catch with curved edge and lateral spur above. 12.9 grams, 42 mm
From the estate of a West Sussex, UK, archaeology collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
