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LOT 0635
Greek Terracotta Model Fruit and Vegetable Group
4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 - 7 3/8 in. (989 grams total, 4.5-18.7 cm).
Including pomegranates, apples and a gourd. [6]
ProvenanceEstate of Mr Bruno Fellinger (1926-2016), Küsnacht, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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LOT 0635
Greek Terracotta Model Fruit and Vegetable Group
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Hellenistic Bronze Furniture Mount with Mime Actor
Alexandria, 1st century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Modelled with large prominent ears and neatly cut short hair, rounded facial detailing with large eyes and flattened nose, the upper body and hands wrapped inside a pleated cloak, hollow to the reverse; the bust emerging from a lotus flower resting atop a lion's claw foot with a mounting spike on the reverse; mounted on a display stand. 130 grams total, 11.9 cm including stand
Collection of Ambassador G.P., nr.126, before 1965. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
Greek Inscribed Lead Slingshot
4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Biconical in profile with casting seam and reserved legend 'ΦΙΛ[.]VOC (PHILIPPOS)'. 35.8 grams, 30 mm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, Munich, Germany.
The leaden bullets, thrown with slings, were called in Greek molivdainai (μολύβδαιναι), and in Latin glandes; the former indicating the material ‘lead’, the latter the shape ‘acorns’. These bullets were cast in a mould and bore letters or devices, or both, on two sides or only on one. In form, they were more like an almond than an acorn, but many are pointed at both ends. -
Parthian Terracotta Warrior Bust Fragment
3rd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Depicting a bearded Parthian horseman with integral hooded jacket, horse-head placed centrally on the chest. 29.5 grams, 65 mm
Fine condition.
From a private Netherlands collection; previously in an old collection since before 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
