Hellenistic Gold Filigree Element with Garnet

An attractive head from a statuette of a goddess, thick hair ornately coiffed, lips pouted, and the traces of the artisan’s fingerprints preserved along the neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 64 grams total, 10.9 cm high including stand



From the private collection of C.R., Ticino, Switzerland, before 1970. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

The cults of Demeter and her daughter Persephone (kore) were particularly prominent in Magna Graecia, and likely this is a representation of one of these goddesses.

Sturdy round-section shank with image of a siren developing from a palmette finial; mounted on a custom-made stand. 376 grams, 14.5 cm (499 grams total, 17 cm high including stand)



From the USA art market. Ex Gorny & Mosch, 16 December 2008, no.24. Ex Keane collection, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12649-235138. 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.

Decorated with a meander with saltire squares below the figural scenes, and a laurel below the rim; Side A: a nude gesticulating satyr with short curly hair and long beard, running to the right with his left leg raised and his arms outstretched, characteristic pointed ears and pug nose, towards a maenad moving right and looking back at him, her hair short and curly, her body draped in a chiton, with another maenad standing behind him, facing left, draped in a himation over a chiton; Side B: three youths in draped cloaks with hoods thrown back; professionally restored. 2.1 kg, 29 cm wide

Fine condition, professionally restored.

Belgian private collection, 1950s. with Christie's, New York, 4 June 2008, no.190. Private central European collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. 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 a search certificate number no.12067-218141. 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 style allows us to attribute this vase to an unknown artist of Lucanian origin: it is in ancient Lucania (a region which is located between present-day Calabria and Basilicata, in Southern Italy and between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, with Metaponto as a well-known city) that the first Italic style of red-figure painting developed.