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LOT 0658
Greek Terracotta Figure Group
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 - 4 3/8 in. (200 grams total, 10.4-11.1 cm).
Each moulded with plain reverse, some facial and body detailing to obverse with flared foot. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Chalcidian Terracotta Amphora Attributed to the Phineus Painter
525 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,700
Piriform body with splayed foot and narrow handles; the neck with slender lotus blossoms and palmettes, Side A) two opposing roosters with a lotus blossom in between, two standing swans flanking, below a youth on horseback holding the reins of a trotting horse, a man and a woman behind the horse; Side B) a grazing deer before an advancing panther looking back, two opposing sphinxes below with their heads turned back and front paws raised. 1.06 kg, 28 cm
Ex Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 13 April 1985. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12643-236366. -
Greek Openwork Gold Earring
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising an openwork caged body with loops for beads, one remaining with a later earring hook, beneath the cage an upside-down bird with open wings and granular decoration on the head. 2.12 grams, 33 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Greek Red-Figure Lekythos with Eros
Attic, circa 4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
With flared foot, waisted neck and everted rim, strap handle to the rear; painted with a scene of winged Eros in flight above a baseline, with frond. 106 grams, 10.9 cm
Property of a private Rutland, UK, collector, formed from at least from the 1990s.
