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LOT 0097
Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Bowl
2ND CENTURY B.C.
7 1/4 in. (354 grams, 18.6 cm wide).
With carinated profile, rolled rim, circumferential bands to the inner face, gilt concentric bands and hatched wreath; in a velvet-lined presentation case.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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.12662-236222.
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.
Cf. Strong, D.E., Greek and Roman Gold and Silver Plate, Glasgow, 1966; Hiebert, F., Cambon, P., Afghanistan, crossroads of the Ancient World, London, 2011, p.278; Ebbinghaus, S., Feasting with gods, heroes, and kings, Cambridge, 2019; Pfrommer, M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, pp.36ff and 140ff, for general discussion and parallels (especially fig.34, BM, inventory no.134304, and no.24, p.151).
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Hellenistic Decorated Silver Bowl
3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,125
With carinated profile, rolled rim, raised circumferential bands to the inner face and centre. 437 grams, 20 cm wide
cracked
Private Swiss collection, acquired 1999. Ex Surena collection, London, UK. Private European collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11617-199030. 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. -
Graeco-Roman Naiskos-Type Limestone Stele with 'Long Life, Free from Sorrow, Farewell' Inscription
Asia Minor, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
With rosette in the gable, a basket filled with wool and a garland above it; inscription in Greek reading: 'ΥΓΕΙΑ ΑΛΥΠΕ ΧΑΙΡΕ (HEGHIA ALYPE CHAERE' (Long life [or health], free from sorrow, farewell!). 88 kg, 70.5 cm
Ex Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, during the 19th century. 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.12657-236384. 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.
This type of stele is comparatively rare, and highly gendered: it is intended to represent a woman when decorated with a basket of wool, and for a man when decorated with an eagle. They are typical of the Zeugma area of the Euphrates river in ancient Seleukia. -
Villanovan Impasto Kyathos with Zoomorphic Handle
7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Modelled with squat body and raised openwork handle with two projecting lobes to the top, the body with three raised bosses on the shoulder and the base with raised petals radiating from the low foot. 208 grams, 13.3 cm wide
Ulrike Feuz-Lauprecht, NIKE Kunst der Antike, Bremgarten 9 April 1991. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
