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LOT 0506
Greek Lead Slingshot with Inscription
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/8 in. (31.12 grams, 34 mm).
Lozengiform in section and fusiform in plan with the Greek letters 'TO' in low relief. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a European gentleman, acquired from the estate of a London collector (formed before 2000).
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LOT 0506
Greek Lead Slingshot with Inscription
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Greek Bronze Bracelet with Animal Heads
Hellenistic, circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Penannular bracelet with D-section body and the finials formed as stylised animal heads. 33.52 grams, 60 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix
Attic, circa 5th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £1,500
Broad and shallow with two strap handles, an advancing figure holding a shield at the tondo, outside with a figural frieze of two robed figures in discussion, seated on churule chairs, an attendant behind the left figure, a rider on horseback on each side of the scene; restored. 373 grams, 26 cm
From a German collection, pre 1970. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13316-258818.
The present piece is a wide-bowled drinking cup known as a kylix - one of the most popular forms of pottery from the Achaean times (1600-1100 B.C.) through to the classical period (c.510-323 B.C.). It dates to an important moment in the development of Greek ceramics, just as the black-figure technique was being perfected by Athenian painters. Painted in black slip with details incised on top, kylikes usually had a frieze around the outside of the bowl as well as another scene on the tondo of the inside. -
Greek Black-Figure Lekythos with Horses and Fighting Warriors
Attic, 4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £1,100
Cylindrical with echinus mouth and stepped torus foot, on the body a dynamic scene consisting of four rearing horses, side-by-side and wearing harnesses, nestled between the horses a standing warrior wearing a crested helmet, behind the horses an advancing warrior wearing a plumed helmet, holding a long spear in his raised hand a round shield in the other; before the horses a fleeing opponent in a running pose, facing back and holding a spear in one hand while protecting himself with a shield held in the other; long tongue motifs on the shoulder; restored. 472 grams, 23.5 cm
Ex Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 1990s. Private collection, Suffolk.
The scene depicts a battle between hoplites, possibly an episode from the Iliad. Originally, one or two of the combatants were positioned on a chariot; four horses from it remain visible. The scene may represent the wounding of Ares, the god of war, as he is pursued by Diomedes and accompanied by the goddess Pallas, whose helmet is emerging from behind the horses.
