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LOT 0082
Greek Gold Ring with Thunderbolt
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (3.78 grams, 21.88 mm overall, 20.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Flat-section hoop expanding to a flat discoid bezel with engraved stylised Zeus's thunderbolt.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
For the ring type, see Boardman, J., Greek gems and finger rings, London, 2001, plate 217, item IX; Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, items x-xii.
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Hellenistic Pale Green Glass Bowl
Circa mid 2nd-early 1st century B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,667
Conical bowl with three horizontal grooves cut to the inner rim, a pair of concentric circles to the underside; remains of iridescence. 375 grams, 15.7 cm
Dr Jutaro Kawabe, Nagoya, Japan, his collection formed in the 1960s-1970s. with Hoshigaoka Gallery until the late 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12828-241335. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Kunina notes that this form imitates metallic prototypes of the late Hellenistic period.
