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LOT 0576
Greek Silver Alexander the Great Drachm Pendant
3RD CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
1 5/8 in. (7.26 grams, 41 mm).
Drachm with profile bust of Herakles to obverse, seated figure of Zeus with eagle to reverse; clasp-mounted in a modern silver frame with ring and loop.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Greek Terracotta Attic Black Figure Vessel Fragment Group
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Comprising: carinated rim fragment from a bowl with reserved siren, panther, rosette and other ornament; bowl base with reserved advancing nude male or satyr on a red field, sgraffito detailing; skyphos rim fragment with part of the handle, reserved egg-and-dart band. 106 grams total, 7.4-13 cm
From an early 20th century collection. By descent the property of a UK lady. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a previous handwritten note including provenance.
The body of the panther resembles the style of the school of Sophilos, an Attic painter active circa 580-560 B.C. The naked image (a dancing satyr?) recalls the Attic black figure depictions of ithyphallic satyrs, with torso, arms, legs and incision for internal details in white paint, made around 500 B.C. -
Cypriot Decorated Red Burnished Ware Amphora-Shaped Vessel
Early Bronze Age, 2300-2150 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
The bulbous body and columnar neck decorated with bands of impressed-cord detailing, shoulder with encircling segments and broken bands; lateral loop handles with thumb-pad spurs. 1.21 kg, 25.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Greek Black Ware Kylix
Campania, circa late 4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Broad shallow bowl with thick in-turned rim and two loop handles. 109 grams, 15.2 cm wide
Ex old UK collection. Acquired from Cestrian Antiques, Chester, UK, 2004. Ex Pemberton collection, Wales, UK. Accompanied by an old professionally produced information card with collection reference C.317. Accompanied by the original Cestrian Antiques invoice.