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LOT 0568
Greek Terracotta Bust of Goddess
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (232 grams total, 14.5 cm including stand).
Hollow-formed bust with arms drawn across the body and right hand cupping the breast; old collector's inked accession number to reverse 'SR.3590/65'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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Hellenistic Gold Ring with Satyr Gemstone
2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
With hollow-form hoop widening towards the shoulders, raised bezel set with a round intaglio, engraved with an image of a satyr or kneeling nude warrior on a baseline, wearing a Boeotian-style helmet pushed back, holding a spear in one hand and an object in the other; a marriage. 2.91 grams, 23.57 mm overall, 19.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2 , USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)
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Greek Bronze Ring with Nike
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With carinated hoop, scaphoid bezel with intaglio winged Nike holding a wreath. 3.06 grams, 20.71 mm overall, 17.59 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
