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LOT 0656
Hellenistic Gold in Glass Bead Group
CIRCA 100 B.C.-200 A.D. AND LATER
4 - 10 3/8 in. (19.74 grams total, 10-26.5 cm).
Comprising beads encasing gold foil beneath a transparent glass layer, strung in three separate strands of various lengths. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrince collection, 1990s-2014.
Ex private collection 1970s-1990s.
See The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object nos. 10.130.3225a, 10.130.3225b.
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Large Greek Gold Pomegranate Amulet
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Pendant or bead of pomegranate form, crowned by four pointed petals over a broad shoulder and a rounded, tapering body. 1.77 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards. -
Greek Terracotta Protome Mask
Magna Graecia, early 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Tongue-shaped in plan and hollow to the reverse; obverse with female bust in high-relief with palla head-covering. 75 grams, 10.3 cm
From an old Bath antiquities collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Terracotta Seated Shepherd
Circa 400 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Hollow-formed statue showing a young shepherd wearing a short tunic and hooded cloak, holding an object in his right hand; rectangular slot on the reverse. 205 grams, 15.8 cm
Private collection Mr T.B., Zürich, Switzerland, before 1970. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.