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LOT 0090
Iberian Bronze Statuette of Youth
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 5/8 in. (215 grams total, 11.8 cm high including stand).
Youthful male standing, wearing a belted tunic with apron, arms spread wide, barefoot, bare-headed with short textured hair; mounted on a custom-made base.
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.12650-264612.
Cf. a similar statue of a striding figure from Cádiz, in Moscati, S., I Fenici, Milano, 1988, p.430.
FootnotesThis type of statuette demonstrates Phoenician influence on the Iberian Peninsula and relates to the 'warrior deity' type of Levantine origin, while also incorporating purely Iberian stylistic traits. Such works form part of the broader context of Near Eastern craftsmanship introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by the Phoenicians.
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LOT 0090
Iberian Bronze Statuette of Youth
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,500 (EUR 1,740; USD 2,025) ‡+BP*
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Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Each an openwork appliqué formed as the head and upper body of a ravening predator with gaping mouth and carefully notched teeth, one forepaw extended, eye with curled browline; above, a 'headdress' of three roundels with spiral detailing connected by lateral arms; thick attachment loop to reverse. 56 grams total, 55-56 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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Large Scythian Bronze Contorted Beast Mount
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Of openwork construction with flat-section loop to the reverse; a monstrous pouncing carnivore in profile with gaping mouth, its teeth and fangs emphasised; the forelimb with powerful muscles to the shoulder; the hind leg shown rotated so that the foot connects at the rear of the shoulder; small profile beast-head beneath the rump. 72 grams, 13.2 cm
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Greek Bronze Ring Bezel and Intaglio Group
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
