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LOT 0091
Iberian Bronze Figurine of a Man in Egyptianizing Dress
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (77.8 grams total, 10 cm including stand).
Standing with arms held straight at the sides, short hair with neck-ring to rear, short-sleeved tunic with pleats to centre-front and rear, wide belt; perhaps a monumental fitting; gas permeation to rear right leg; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris, France, assembled in the 1950s-1960s.
with Tessier-Sarrou & Associés, Paris, 2015.
European private collection.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00107108.
Accompanied by a copy of French cultural export passport no.167803.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12651-234613.
See Mitten, D.G. & Doeringer, S.F., Master Bronzes of the Classical World, New York, 1968, pp.51-52, figs.33, 34, for type. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2021.40.71 (Iberian bronze statuette with similar stocky proportions and rigid pose). British Museum, 1974,1212.3 (East Greek bronze figure of similar scale and simplified anatomy). British Museum, 1872,0816.89 (Cypro-Archaic bronze figurine demonstrating the Egyptianizing "Egyptian dress and pose" in the Mediterranean). Louvre Museum, E 4080 (Egyptian Late Period bronze showing the standard shendyt kilt and arms-at-side pose).
FootnotesThe youth’s broad shoulders are reminiscent of archaic Greek kouros figures, here in a specifically Iberian expression. The broad egg-shaped head has widely spaced, deep-set, flat oval eyes and lips of similar form.
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LOT 0091
Iberian Bronze Figurine of a Man in Egyptianizing Dress
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,111 (EUR 1,289; USD 1,500) ‡+BP*
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4th century B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ellipsoid bezel with incuse image of a beast in profile with its legs folded beneath the body. 1.09 grams, 14.97 mm overall, 11.76 mm internal diameter
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Garnet Gemstone with Bust
Late Hellenistic, circa 1st century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Plano-convex type with intaglio profile female bust; supplied with an impression. 0.27 grams, 7 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Etruscan Bronze Lion Head
Central Italy, late 6th century B.C.Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
A decorative fitting with roaring mouth and protruding fangs and tongue, the whiskers depicted in raised radiating ridges, with lidded, elongated almond-shaped eyes and small, round ears; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.11 kg total, 17.5 cm including stand
with Christie’s, New York, 8 June 2001, no.58. Donati collection, Lugano, prior to 1982. Collection of Banca della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, prior to 1986. Formerly in the Bourgknecht collection, Switzerland. Accompanied by Art Loss certificate no.S00123227. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13230-249992.
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