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LOT 0096
Hellenistic Silver-Gilt Drinking Cup
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (508 grams, 10.9 cm).
A heavy hemispherical vessel with simulated braid beneath the rim and Hercules' knot; the body with lotus-flower ornament.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12661-236259.
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.
See Pfrommer, M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, pp.21ff and 140ff, for general discussion and parallels.
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Large Eastern Hellenistic Gold Earring Pair with Garnets
3rd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Each a hollow-formed crescent with applied filigree borders, band of hollow-formed knops to the outer edge and piriform panel at each end with granulated border and inset garnet cabochon; below, a banded agate sphere with framing dentilled granulated collars, cluster of hollow bulbs with flanking cabochon garnets. 34.2 grams total, 56-60 mm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman, pre-1990. Ex London, UK, gallery. 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 no.11185-186691. 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.
The boat-shaped central body is typical of old style Greek earrings connected with clusters of globe and is visible in the early Hellenistic jewellery from Taranto (Williams & Ogden, 1994, p.213), but the abundant use of filigree fits with examples from the Eastern Mediterranean area (Williams & Ogden, 1994, p.243). -
Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 510-500 B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Cylindrical with stepped foot, five palmettes above the shoulder, dynamic frieze of two men visiting two hetairai, each of the figures dressed in long pleated garments, at the centre of the scene, a hetaira on the right reaching towards the bearded male and gently touching his chin with her open hand, a tall draped table behind her with an amphora underneath and a standing bird on the top. 459 grams, 26.4 cm
H.A.C. (Herbert A. Cahn), 19 October 1979. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12644-236376. 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. -
Hellenistic Gold and Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
1st century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Composed of lapis lazuli seed beads interspersed with small gold discs, nine tubular pendants with a flower bud suspended from the centre; restrung with a modern S-hook clasp. 8.03 grams, 44 cm
Private collection of a London gentleman, acquired between 1965-2020. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
