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LOT 0598
Greek Terracotta Head of an Actor
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (69.3 grams, 75 mm).
An expressive polychrome vase formed as the head of an actor wearing rosette earrings, open mouth and applied pupils, short neck with everted rim above and a small strap handle to the rear.
ProvenanceEx Louis-Gabriel Bellon, France, (1819-1899).
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12667-236389.
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LOT 0598
Greek Terracotta Head of an Actor
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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Greek Black-Figure Kylix with Warriors and Sphinxes
Attic, circa 530 B.C.Estimate: £9,000 - 12,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,500
Comprising: a broad shallow bowl with two loop handles curving up towards the rim, short stem and broad foot with chamfered outer edge; the bowl with reserved central disc to inner face, palmette motifs at the junctions of the handles, frieze depicting two standing nude males flanking a crouching sphinx in profile; restored and with old dealer's labels beneath base. 414 grams, 27.3 cm wide
Ex Prof. F.S., Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, 1991. with Gallery Drees Archeo S.P.R.L., Brussels. Acquired from the above, 16 December 2017. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00041086. Accompanied by a Gallery Drees Archeo certificate of authenticity. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence report no.0102 0910 from Laboratory Ralf Kotalla, 6 September 2010. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12945-246388. -
Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Spindle Flask
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With long narrow neck developing to a fusiform body and flared foot. 155 grams, 16.5 cm
Private Derby, UK, antiquities collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Attic Terracotta Geometric Jug with Handle
8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,106
With a bulbous body and low basal ring, tubular neck with pinched trefoil spout and a wide strap handle to the rear; the body decorated with densely arranged circumferential bands, a panel of Greek key motifs on the neck, the handle with horizontal stripes and a central X-motif. 735 grams, 23.7 cm
Swiss private collection, 1980-1990s. 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.12654-236373.
These kinds of geometric oinochoai almost always had spherical bodies, cylindrical necks with trefoil mouths and strap handles from rim to shoulder. They are typical of Attic workshops of the Middle Geometric period (800-750 B.C.).
