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LOT 0081
Large Graeco-Parthian Ribbed Silver Goblet
GRAECO-PARTHIAN OR GANDHARAN, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7 7/8 in. (695 grams, 20 cm high).
With carinated ribbed walls, the upper portion cylindrical, the lower ovoid, with a separately made footed base, with the foot characterised by a central horizontal groove.
ProvenanceRobert Haber, New York, 1992.
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 a search certificate number no.13036-248075.
See similar cup in Baratte, F., East and West: A Central Asian Silver Hoard from the Parthian Era, pp.39,59, fig.22; Christie’s, Indian and Southeast Asiatic art, New York, 14 September 2010, New York, 2010, no.39; the cup type is also illustrated on Gandharan reliefs from Buner, see Kurita, I., Gandharan Art II, The World of the Buddha, 2003, p.186, fig.535; this type, in cast copper and in silver, was also found in Taxila, see Marshall, J., Taxila: An Illustrated Account of Archaeological Excavations, vols. II-III, Cambridge, 1951, pl.183, nos. 272-273, in cast copper; pl.187, no.5b, pl.1881 no.5a-5b, in silver; Marshall, J., The Buddist Art of Ghandara, Cambridge, 1960, fig.42, p.34, in silver; for another example, see Tanabe, K., Gandharan Art from the Hirayama Collection, 2013, p.237, fig.VI-63.
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LOT 0081
Large Graeco-Parthian Ribbed Silver Goblet
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000€23,200 - 34,800 (for guidance only)$27,000 - 40,500 (for guidance only)
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Greek Gold Ring with Rosettes
5th century B.C. or laterEstimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Twisted hoop with granulated mounting lobes, swivel-mounted hollow-formed disc bezel with granule clusters to the rim, filigree and granule clusters to the obverse. 8.94 grams, 23.27 mm overall, 21.6x18.1 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Acquired on the UK art market 1971-1974. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13163-248089. -
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Geometric, 8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Modelled with a conical body and two stub legs, carinated back and neck, pierced for suspension. 11.5 grams, 43 mm
Ex collection Mr K.H., Germany. Private collection, acquired in 2012. -
Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Collection
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Comprising irregular fragments depicting draped females, a standing nude male, a satyr body and a draped young man. 143 grams total, 87-116 mm
From the stock of a former UK antiquarian, acquired at trade fairs and from private collection formed in the 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Europe.
