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LOT 0096
Hellenistic Gold Ring with Satyr Gemstone
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (2.91 grams, 23.57 mm overall, 19.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2 , USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
With hollow-form hoop widening towards the shoulders, raised bezel set with a round intaglio, engraved with an image of a satyr or kneeling nude warrior on a baseline, wearing a Boeotian-style helmet pushed back, holding a spear in one hand and an object in the other; a marriage.
ProvenanceFrom a private family collection formed since the early 19th century, thence by descent.
Property of a New Zealand legal professional.
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.12322-223716.
Cf. Marshall, F. M., Catalogue of the Finger Rings Greek, Etruscan and Roman in the Departments of Antiquities of the British Museum, London, 1968; Spier, J., Ancient Gems and Finger Rings, Malibu, 1992, figs.50, 112 (crouching warrior); Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 87, for type of ring; item 123, for the type of ring and the image of a crouching warrior; Boardman, J., Greek gems and finger rings, London, 2001, fig.213.
FootnotesThe scene possibly alludes to the incident in the Trojan Cycle where Achilles is wounded by an arrow in his heel, the only part of his body which was not impervious to injury.
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LOT 0096
Hellenistic Gold Ring with Satyr Gemstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
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Etruscan Bronze Statuette
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Standing figure wearing a tunic with straight arms placed to the sides, with exaggerated facial features including bulbous eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 49.6 grams total, 84 mm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The statuette belongs to a group of standing archaic statuettes, with short hair rendered by incised lines. They are usually depicted with legs together, arms at the sides or bent forward if they are holding objects (see the augur statuette from Lapis Niger, Rome). -
Scythian Gold Ring with Pair of Stags
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Comprising a broad hoop of gold filigree ropework with wire borders, applied filigree rosette to underside; rectangular plaque with band of filigree loops to both long edges, applied filigree meander to centre; two hollow-formed model stags' heads each with applied filigree meander to both sides of the neck and to the spine, filigree and granule facial and other features, filigree antlers; disc dangle and filigree shank and hoop attaching to right stag's head. 7.59 grams, 38.13 mm overall, 18.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. 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.12355-225025.
The presence of stags on the ring is a clear reference to the cult of Artemis, the hunting goddess, whose favourite animal was the deer. A particular cult of Artemis was celebrated at Brauron, in Attica. According to some stories, this was the place where Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, was sacrificed to the goddess after Agamemnon offended the goddess by killing one of her sacred stags. -
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Greek Terracotta Female Bust
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Modelled in the round wearing a polos headdress and large disc earrings, the segmented hair retained by a diadem and falling to the shoulders; finely modelled facial features with lentoid eyes and full pouting lips; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.4 kg total, 24.5 cm including stand
with Petit Musée, Montreal, Canada, 1995. Acquired Bonhams, London, 28 November 2017, lot 74. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by the original catalogue page and a copy of the original invoice.
