Hellenistic Lead Weight

Modelled with wide and squat body with carination and flared mouth; raised, biforal handle with transverse grooves and cross-hatch below; small projections emerging from the sides and an incised zigzag line around the body. 196 grams, 15.5 cm wide



From a Belgian collection formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Ex Haynault Ventes Publiques, Uccle, Belgium, 21 September 2021, lot 21. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 21.101. Accompanied by collector's catalogue page including description and photograph.

Comprising an ellipsoid bow with lateral knops (one absent) and applied collars, longitudinal band of applied filigree braid, knop finial with collar, perpendicular two-coil spring and long pin; footplate with incised saltire with gammadion crossbar, square catchplate with incised gammadion. 13.58 grams, 58 mm



Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s.

Modelled in the round as a figure of a lar standing with the left hand raised with palm facing forwards, right arm extending forwards and holding a patera in the hand; wearing a close-fitting short-sleeved tunic with a folded and draped mantle above; the face with aquiline nose, lentoid eyes and a small pursed mouth and with a loose-fitting cap retaining the hair; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 295 grams total, 13.3 cm 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 gesture is typical for making sacrifice. The curved hem of the garment, which originally could be seen both behind and in front of the left leg, shows that this is a tebenna, a typical Etruscan male dress, distinguished by its semi-circular shape from the rectangular Greek himation.