Hellenistic Glass African Head

The warrior (Roman Mars) modelled in the round, representing a young muscular hero with long torso and rounded shoulders, wearing a high-crested Illyrian helmet with grooved perimeter, a hole above each ear for attaching an ornament; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 326 grams total, 16.2 cm high including stand



Ex N. Koutoulakis, Geneva. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 17 June 1999, no.2051. with Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2001, no.16. with Chrisitie's, New York, 7 December 2007, no.82. with Christie's, London, 2 April 2014, no.125. 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 search certificate number no.11803-206793. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

The statuette assumes the position of the 'warring Mars', which characterises the numerous Etruscan and Italic statues of the god produced as votive offerings to the temples or for private lararia. The god is depicted as taking part in a military march with his left leg advancing, his raised right would have held a spear and the left hand a shield.

'Sickle-type' pyxis composed of a lentoid-section body with integral bird protomes, incised detailing and scalloped openwork finial; lid elliptical in plan with a central stem crowned by a pierced discoid flange, also adorned with stylised bird protomes; corresponding perforations in lid and body used to fasten the component parts together. 69 grams total, 75 mm



Acquired in Germany in 2001. Acquired by the present owner from the above. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Two pyxides of similar form were found at Samos, but the type is believed to have originated in Macedonia.

Hollow-formed standing male in floor-length robe with copious sleeves, the left hand held across the chest and the right hand raised palm-outward; short hair combed forward in a severe style; tiered base. 1.53 kg, 37 cm



Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. 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 search certificate number no.12214-222196. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.