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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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Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidian Painter
Circa 420-400 B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Comprising a bulbous body with narrow neck and handle to the rear; radiating petals on the neck with a band of volute scrolls below, the body showing a female in a dynamic pose, dressed in an elaborate long dress and holding a plate of fruit with her left hand, a seated female before her; attributed to the Meidian Painter; some restoration. 95 grams, 10.9 cm
Ex Prof. Dr Hans (1918-1984) and Dr Ines (1922-2013) Jucker, classical archaeologists, Bern, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12645-236462.
Dancing women are a characteristic of the Meidian Painter. They are depicted as young women, wearing Doric costumes, earrings, pearls surmounting diadems, and golden bracelets, holding a patera and (probably originally here too) a thimiaterion. -
Greek Bronze Olpe
6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Pear-shaped body with rounded base, raised circumferential hoop at the neck and everted rim; applied high, ribbed handle with an engraved palmette at the base; accompanied by a stand. 145 grams, 12.5 cm (250 grams total, 15 cm including stand)
Private collection Dr L.M., Zurich, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
Etruscan Gold Leech Earring
3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £936
Formed with a hollow c-shaped body adorned with five rows of hollow spheres and a double filigree ropework band, two rows of filigree hoops to the inner face. 7.61 grams, 30 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
