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LOT 0523
Greek Lead Slingshot Bullets
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 1/8 in. (62.9 grams total, 29 mm each).
Lentoid in plan and in section with low-relief legend to the centre of one face. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a European gentleman, acquired from the estate of a London collector (formed before 2000).
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LOT 0523
Greek Lead Slingshot Bullets
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Cypro-Phoenician Bronze Cup
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £81
Bell-shaped in profile with carination above the foot. 144 grams, 11.2 cm
Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman, Mayfair gallery, 1990s. -
Graeco-Roman Bronze Ram-Headed Iron Knife
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £70
Comprising a single-edged knife set with a balustered bronze handle with rope decoration, and the pommel formed as a ram with curving horns. 26.5 grams, 11 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Minoan Facetted Carnelian Stamp Seal
Circa 20th-15th century B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £2,500
Four-sided bead with an oval panel on each side: panel 1: reclining feline with frontal head with apotropaic eyes; panel 2: three-leaved plant opposite a goblet(?) with four pellets and two crosses; panel 3: a plant and a big frontal apotropaic eye; panel 4: three segments, a plant, a butterfly or a bird; accompanied by museum-quality impressions. 4.21 grams, 21 mm
From the collection of the late Mr Priday, Hertfordshire, UK, thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13339-258812.
Four-sided prisms are usually fashioned in jasper, light-coloured chalcedony and lightly banded carnelian. The workmanship is usually excellent. Largely on stylistic grounds, these seals are datable mostly to MMII (c. 2100–1875 B.C.), although they occur both slightly earlier and later.
