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LOT 0860
Greek Macedonian Gold Diadem Leaf
HELLENISTIC, 3RD CENTURY B.C.
10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (417 grams total, 26 x 19.6 cm including frame).
Triangular in plan with twisted stem to the apex, radiating vein detailing; mounted in a glazed wooden frame with legend. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0860
Greek Macedonian Gold Diadem Leaf
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Scythian Bronze Stag's Head Mount Pair
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Each an openwork appliqué formed as the head and neck of an elk, incised eye with curled browline; above, three roundels with spiral detailing connected by lateral arms forming antlers; thick attachment loop to reverse. 64.5 grams total, 57 mm each
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK -
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Greek Bronze Ring with Dolphin
Hellenistic, 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
D-section hoop with expanding shoulders, oval bezel with a swimming dolphin in profile. 4.18 grams, 23.74 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
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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Eastern Greek Parcel-Gilt Bowl with Inscription
Hellenistic, late 2nd-early 1st century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Broad and shallow with thick rolled rim; parcel-gilt band to the inner face below the rim of running scrolls on a pounced field; to the centre, a hexafoil reserved on a pounced field with border of running scrolls; pointillé cursive Aramaic inscription to the outer face. 413 grams, 20.6 cm wide
Private collection, London, 1990s or earlier. with Gorny & Mosch, 22 June 2007, no.37. with Christie's, New York, 5 December 2012, no.52. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Gorny & Mosch and Christie's catalogue pages. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13217-250131.
The bowl is related to a large group of Hellenistic silver vessels of similar shape, some with Aramaic inscriptions on the exterior beneath the rim, all thought to be of eastern origin, produced within the Seleucid Empire. Here, the Aramaic inscription, now mostly unreadable, reports the name of the maker and the weight of the bowl as 118 zuzim.
