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LOT 0557
Greek Lead Slingshot Group
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 - 1 3/8 in. (89 grams total, 30-36 mm).
Comprising three lentoid-section bullets. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Greek Solid Gold Ring Idol
5th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Annular in form with pierced tab. 1.65 grams, 20 mm
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
During the Greek Neolithic, certain types of ornaments share common morphological characteristics; one such example is the so-called ‘ring-idols’. The prototype of these ring-shaped pendants seems to have been made out of gold, which began to be used during these late phases of the Neolithic in Greece and the Balkans, in general. -
Greek Bronze Zoomorphic Ring
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a slender hoop and a lentoid bezel with a leaping quadruped. 1.89 grams, 18.18 mm overal, 16.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Silver-Gilt Vase with Winged Putti Picking Grapes
Hellenistic, 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Piriform in profile with flared foot and carinated ring at the shoulder, everted rim at the mouth; band of punched decoration on the neck with vinescrolls; similar band to the shoulder with bunches of grapes, tendrils and putti. 150 grams, 14.5 cm
Acquired on the US art market, early 1990s. Private collection, North America. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13244-252968.
There is ample evidence that the princes of the Hellenistic world had a large appetite for expensive tableware. In a procession preceding games organised by the eccentric Antiochos IV Epiphanes (175-163 B.C.) in the Antiochene suburb of Daphne, 1000 silver vessels and 800 gold ones were carried. Kallixeinos of Rhodes reported the combined weight of gold and silver vessels displayed inside the pavilion of Ptolemy II Philadelphos as 10,000 talents, a weight of well over 200 tons.
