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LOT 0090
Hellenistic Terracotta Pyxis
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (189 grams, 90 mm wide).
With separate lid; small flared base, carinated profile with large flange rim, lid with broad flange, domed upper face with rosette detailing and central facing female bust.
ProvenanceEx Atenasov collection, Germany, before 1973.
LiteratureCf. a vessel of similar form but undecorated in the British Museum, London, under accession number 1866,0415.49.
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LOT 0090
Hellenistic Terracotta Pyxis
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Greek Bronze Ring with Face
Circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With broad plaque, pointillé bands and roundels imitating a human mask. 7.47 grams, 27.25 mm overall, 23.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.2, Japan 27)
From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000. -
Greek and Other Painted Terracotta Fragment Group
4th-2nd century B.C. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising fragments from various types of vessels, most with painted decoration; including a large fragment of an Indus Valley vessel with a polychrome frieze with an ibex. 427 grams total, 37-95 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Greek Terracotta Figural Plaque
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising two acephalic nude figures: the female shown from behind with rounded buttocks and a voluminous garment draped over her shoulders; the male figure shown frontally with his weight on his left leg, leaning against the female, left hand resting on his hip; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 197 grams, 10.3 cm high (344 grams total, 15 cm high including stand)
Ex French Sorbonne archaeology professor (deceased); 1960s-2000s.
The couple represented here could be a depiction of Eros and Psyche. Terracotta figurines of these divinities are quite common in Hellenistic Asia Minor, the Black Sea, the Near East, with examples from Amisos, Ephesos, Priene and possibly Smyrna, but also in the Cyrenaica and in Sicily. In mainland Greece there are a few examples of related types from Beroia and Pella. However, not all the figurines of couples depict Eros and Psyche. Different types are known from other areas of Greece in the late Hellenistic period, on Crete there are close parallels from the Idaean cave.
