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LOT 0497
Greek Iron Spectacle Brooch with Pin
IRON AGE, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (48.3 grams, 10.8 cm).
Formed as a single rod in two large tightly-wound coils with integral pin and catch to reverse.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 37.11.18, for similar.
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LOT 0497
Greek Iron Spectacle Brooch with Pin
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Phoenician Bowl with Crimson and Black Decorations
4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
With a narrow basal ring, a flared rim, and painted circumferential bands. 49.2 grams, 63 mm
Private collection, Los Angeles, USA. Acquired on the American art market. European private collection.
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Greek Terracotta Spindle-Flask and Votive Plate Group
Hellenistic, circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With a long, narrow neck and a chamfered mouth, developing to a fusiform body and a flared foot; three shallow footed dishes, one with voided centre. 93 grams total, 48-90 mm
From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
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Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros
Apulia, 4th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £2,400
With flared and carinated foot, broad stem, ovoid body, carinated shoulder, everted rim with lip, D-shaped antefixes and lateral pendant loop handles; band of ivy to the neck and meander to the lower edge, frieze with figural scenes: Side A - seated female with thyrsos pointing towards Eros with head turned regarding her, wings spread; Side B - seated female in tiered robe pointing towards standing Eros with wreath, objects in the field; by the Ascoli Satriano Painter; restored. 1.81 kg, 33.5 cm
Ex private collection, previously with Bonhams, Bond Street, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13353-259030.
Female heads and Eros figures are common features on the vases attributed to the Ascoli Satriano Painter. His real name is unknown, and he has been named after a northern Apulian town, where many of his vases have been found.
