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LOT 0531
Indo-Greek Terracotta Forger's Mould Group
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 - 1 1/4 in. (43 grams total, 25-32 mm).
Group of discoid clay moulds for casting contemporary counterfeit coins. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Hellenistic Gold Cloak Fastener
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With a round-section omega-shaped shank and knop finial; drum-shaped cell with inset garnet cloison, intaglio female profile bust with diadem, ribbed panel above the cell. 7.27 grams, 28 mm
In a Canadian collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Alberta gentleman. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. -
Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas
Cypro-Archaic, circa 700-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Spherical body with pinched trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle, painted 'eyes' to the mouth, vertical arrow and gammadions to each side; two very old labels to the base; repaired. 345 grams, 16 cm high
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Greek Epichyses with Reclining Female Holding a Patera
Apulian, 4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Enlivened with crimson, ochre and white slip; with rays on the neck, the shoulder showing a lady of fashion lying, adorned with earrings and bracelets, holding a patera in her right hand, and foliate sprigs in the field; palmette at the base of the handle, and grape vine on the cotton reel body. 229 grams, 16.5 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, in the 1990s. Heads and Tales exhibition, Piccadilly, London, 2002. From the collection of PA, Hertfordshire, UK.
Stretched-out figures of women or Eros appear frequently on the shoulders of epichyseis in the Menzies group. This epichyseis substituted the image of a woman to that of Eros, sitting nude in other identical vessels on a dotted white and white-stripe ground line with his legs outstretched before him. The woman holds in his right hand a patera, exactly as the Eros on the epichyses in the Getty Museum. The position of the woman, the treatment of the dress and the position of the legs, as well as the palmette decoration and adjuncts would suggest to associate the vase with the Menzies Group.
