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LOT 0624
Greek Silver Ring with Hydra Heads
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (1.35 grams, 19.95 mm overall, 14.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
With a flat-section hoop, each finial formed as an offset serpentine head; hollow to the underside.
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 Megarian Bowl
2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £386
Hemispherical in profile with slightly everted rim and a matt glaze, raised architectural motifs to the shoulder, dense stylised vines below; shallow rosette foot. 208 grams, 13.5 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Greek Black-Figure Alabastron with Fish Scale Pattern, Possibly Attributed to the Bulas Group
Attic, early 4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Ovoid shape with short neck and expanded flat rim; painted with horizontal bands with vertical strokes on the shoulder, fish-scale pattern below and running scrolled tendrils; horizontal stripes below. 87 grams, 13 cm
partially repainted
Collection of M. Bouvier, Switzerland (1901-1980), Switzerland. Bouvier was a law professor in Alexandria prior to 1930. with Christie's, London, 7 October 2010, no.117. Private collection, 2010. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q42 by Oxford Authentication. Accompanied by copies of the 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 a search certificate number no.13008-246447.
The alabastra of the Bulas Group display scale-like patterns. They were painted with slip, a liquid clay which vitrifies when fired. This group is usually dated to the late 5th – early 4th century B.C. It was named after Kazimierz Bulas, who was the first to study them in depth in the 1930s. He characterised various shapes according to their decorative techniques (nets and floral patterns) and their functions. -
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Eastern Greek Marble Figure of Aphrodite
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,778
Carved in the round figure of the goddess standing nude with one hand raised and the other on her pudendum, her hair gathered into a chignon with lateral bunches on the crown and with voids to allow for the suspension of small gold earrings; putto at her left knee; left hand partly absent; remounted on a socle base. 1.2 kg, 32.7 cm
Acquired in the 1992. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12860-241669.
