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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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Very Large Greek Apulian Terracotta Lekanis Lid with Ladies of Fashion
South Italian, circa 5th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Composed of a domed body with an inverted rim and a knop handle; the body decorated with two heads of ladies of fashion, palmettes between, waveband around the rim; repaired. 729 grams, 22 cm wide
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab with Sphinx in Later Victorian Silver Mount
4th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Naturalistically carved scarab on an oval base engraved with a leaping sphinx, set in a later silver brooch mount. 5.12 grams, 36 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
Greek Terracotta Head Collection
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising four head fragments, one fragment of the upper torso of a male, and a bird fragment. 116 grams total, 37-72 mm
From the collection of a Cambridge, UK, gentleman, by direct descent from his father, who acquired the items in London in circa 1960.
