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LOT 0510
Greek Gold Bead Pair
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/8 in. (1.85 grams total, 9 mm each).
Each with a squat, spherical body adorned with decoratively twisted filigree wire and granules around the equator. [2]
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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Greek Gold Eros Earrings
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Each composed of a slender wire hoop and a winged Eros plaque with detailing to the body, face and hair; closure loop to reverse. 3.24 grams total, 21 mm each
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Greek Faience Vessel with Frieze of Hellenistic Busts
Circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A piriform jar with applied decoration presenting a scene with a chariot and a procession of animals, portico above. 1.79 kg, 28.5 cm high
Collected from 1979-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Greek Red-Figure Fragment with Athletes Attributed to the Euaion Painter
Circa 460 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
From a kylix, the inside painted with two young naked athletes within a medallion, conversing and cleaning their bodies with a strigil, the edge of the medallion decorated with a series of meanders and four crosses; the outside with two naked athletes and other figures, divided by foliage ornaments and volutes. 121 grams, 15.2 cm
Acquired in before 2005. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11805-206818.
The Euaion painter was a prolific artist of about 460 B.C. His painting - already in the manneristic period of the Attic red figures vases - was more nearly classical in style, although the ancestry of his small-headed, slim figures, is very evident. He introduced a high, sometimes patterned ground line for an upright two-figure group, and preferred the old elaborately patterned borders for tondos and the ground lines outside cups.