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LOT 0594
Greek Green Stone Bearded Face Amulet
400-300 B.C.
3/4 in. (4.16 grams, 20 mm).
Finely carved head, featuring narrow eyes, a snub nose, full lips, a broad, stranded beard, and tightly curled hair rows; with a suspension loop behind the head.
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
FootnotesThe facial features closely resemble those of Bes; the absence of Bes's characteristic plumed headdress is also evident in other amulets (Cf. Reisner, G.A., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos.12528-13595, Vol. II, Amulets, Cairo, 1958, p. 16 (CG12649), pl. IV).
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Greek Terracotta Female Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof. 411 grams, 26 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12207-222349.
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Large Graeco-Parthian Ribbed Silver Goblet
Graeco-Parthian or Gandharan, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
With carinated ribbed walls, the upper portion cylindrical, the lower ovoid, with a separately made footed base, with the foot characterised by a central horizontal groove. 695 grams, 20 cm high
Robert Haber, New York, 1992. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13036-248075.
