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LOT 0577
Greek Gold Funerary Diadem
CIRCA 323-31 B.C.
4 7/8 in. (7 1/8 in.) (72 grams total, 12.3 cm wide (18.2 cm wide including perspex mount)).
Hammered from a thin gold leaf, a repoussé border of small pellets to the outer edge; mounted in custom-made perspex case with fabric backing.
ProvenanceEx European collection, 1960s.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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Greek Terracotta Shipwreck Amphora
5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
Slender in profile with narrow shoulder, short neck, collar to the mouth and two lateral strap handles; stepped conical point to base; part of neck absent, marine encrustation. 5.45 kg, 65 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Etruscan Bronze Figure of a Man
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Standing with right hand extended, left hand supporting a spherical object, the body draped in a textile garment worn over the head like a cowl. 87 grams, 83 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent. -
Etruscan Bronze Offering Statuette
4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Modelled in the round, standing figure in a tight-fitting wrapped mantle, patera in the right hand, dressed hair; possibly in an act of religious devotion. 27 grams, 73 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
