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LOT 0633
Hellenistic Gold Cloak Fastener
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (7.27 grams, 28 mm).
With a round-section omega-shaped shank and knop finial; drum-shaped cell with inset garnet cloison, intaglio female profile bust with diadem, ribbed panel above the cell.
ProvenanceIn a Canadian collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Alberta gentleman.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Hammond, Aaron, Discovering Jewellery, A Collector's and Investor's Guide, Greenlight Publishing, Ipswich, p.424.
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Greek Archaic Laconian Black-Figure Kylix Fragment Group Attributed to the Rider Painter
550-540 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Comprising six fragments from a bowl once decorated with concentric circles around a central disc with expanding black rays, remains of palmette to the sides of the handle; the internal base with two facing warriors holding spears and a wreath, the older one depicted with a beard. 67 grams total, 34-89 mm
Acquired in Europe before 1990. Private collection, Europe. 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.11820-206481.
The Rider Painter was a Laconian vase painter active between 560 and 530 B.C. and is considered to be one of the five great vase painters of Sparta. He painted various forms predominantly kylikes but also lebetes, a form rare in this area. He mainly painted scenes from mythology, such as figures like Cadmos or Heracles, and tales such as the blinding of Polyphemus. In addition, he realised pictures from everyday life. The attribution of these fragments to his workmanship can be supported by the motifs painted on the exterior decoration of the vessel, and by the shape of the birds and figures. The illustrated scene fits within the warrior society of Spartan Laconia. -
Greek Terracotta Oil Lamp
Late 2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With low, swelling, globular body with unpierced lug on left side, rounded inward-sloping rim marked off by a shallow outer groove; large filling-hole, short rounded nozzle with large oval wick-hole, small raised circular base. 99 grams, 94 mm
Ex P.A. collection, Hertfordshire, UK, 1990s.
According to Howland, this type (33A), attested in the Athenian Agora during a period from the last quarter of the third century B.C. to the third quarter of the second century, is not well defined: ‘Its forms are irregular, not following a definite set pattern’. Specimens are also recorded in Magna Graecia (Paestum). -
Phoenician Grey Stone Statue Head
Circa 8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Carved head from a statue of a kouros with banded hair, large lentoid eyes, soft facial features; mounted on a custom-made stand. 340 grams total, 14 cm high including stand
Ex Sotheby's circa 2005. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
