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LOT 0518
Greek Gold Domed Dress Decoration Set
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
1/8 - 1/2 in. (5 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.) (3.01 grams total, 2-12 mm (207 grams total, 13 x 13.5 cm including case)).
Comprising twelve garment fittings of various sizes, each discoid in form with one domed face and concave reverse; at least nine with loops for attachment; accompanied by a display frame. [12]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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Greek Bronze Crescent Brooch
Circa 3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising a bow with transverse ribs and vine-leaf terminals; one terminal pierced to accept the pin; the other with bossed stops. 6.7 grams, 55 mm
Acquired in the early 1980s. Ex property of a Middlesex, UK, gentleman. -
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Scythian Bronze Mirror with Panther Handle
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Comprising a discoid body with raised rim, ribbed handle and openwork stylised panther to the terminal; mounted on a custom-made display stand; some restoration. 1.8 kg total, 45 cm high including stand
Acquired 1971-1972. From the collection of the vendor's father. Property of a London, UK, collector. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.202711.
The 'Olbian type' mirror takes its name from the Greek colony of Olbia, a port on the Black Sea, which enjoyed close commercial links with the neighbouring Scythian territories. Olbian mirrors form an important element in this trade network, although whether the craftsmen who made them were Scythians or Greeks working in Scythian style for the Black Sea market is still undecided. The animal ornament of the mirrors reproduces the zoomorphic art used elsewhere by the Scythian elite. -
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Eastern Greek Carnelian Scarab Seal
6th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Modelled with semi-naturalistic anatomical detailing, the base displaying a battle showing a mature and muscular naked man grappling with a winged gryphon; drilled for suspension. 2.29 grams, 16 mm
Ex F.A., Brussels, 1980. Private collection of a London antiquarian.
Combat between a man and gryphon is a well-attested subject matter on Greek scarabs. A faience factory was found in Naukratis by Flinders-Petrie, with innumerable faience and discarded moulds. The motifs on the bottom surface are repetitive and hurriedly worked. They depict lucky symbols or representative subjects (lions with sun disc, ibex, Horus falcons, lotus flowers); such motifs had already been adopted into Greek art but are generally considered typically Egyptian. Here the subject of a fight against a gryphon is Greek, although the style of the fighting character seems Phoenician, which points to Eastern Mediterranean workmanship, possibly on the Island of Rhodes.
