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LOT 0111
Greek Silver-Gilt Vase with Winged Putti Picking Grapes
HELLENISTIC, 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (150 grams, 14.5 cm).
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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
Cf. for similar, but not identical, vases in the treasure of Rogozen, in Fol, A., The Rogozen treasure, Sofia, 1989, pp.86, 170, no.109, and p.183, nos.149-150.
FootnotesThere 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.
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LOT 0111
Greek Silver-Gilt Vase with Winged Putti Picking Grapes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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Greek Agate Gemstone with Running Hound
Circa 300-200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With intaglio running hound; chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.53 grams, 11.01 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Terracotta Askos
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With an arching strap handle and a wide spout with everted rim; ellipsoid in plan with a long flat base. 400 grams, 16 cm wide
From a late Hampshire gentleman's collection, formed from the 1960s.
The askos was an ancient Greek vessel used for pouring small quantities of oily liquids, used as an ointment container or to fill oil lamps. The modern name for this vessel is conventional; it was originally used for animal-skin wine bottles, as often seen on Dionysian-themed vase paintings, and is used in modern times to designate this vessel shape based on some morphological similarity. -
Graeco-Roman Bronze Ring
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a slender hoop and a large oval bezel with a piecrust edge. 5.06 grams, 23.24 mm overall, 20.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Acquired on the UK art market in 2013 Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.
