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LOT 0486
Large Greek Bronze Ring with Leaping Lion
HELLENISTIC, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (5.50 grams, 26.35 mm overall, 20.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)).
Comprising a slender hoop and a thick oval bezel with a stylised lion motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0486
Large Greek Bronze Ring with Leaping Lion
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Scythian Bronze Galloping Stag Strap Decoration
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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Eastern Greek Carnelian Scaraboid Gemstone with Nude Hero Holding Lions
6th-5th century B.C. or laterEstimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Scaraboid type with incuse design to the underside of a nude hero facing, holding one lion by the neck and another by the hind leg; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.25 grams, 19 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
The gem could be considered a representation of Heracles, even if the iconography is unusual, and is influenced by the Mesopotamian environment, from where it borrows the frontal image of the hero (Gilgamesh or Enkidu) fighting with two beasts. The hero is beardless and holding an inverted lion. He is acting like a master of the animals, showing eastern traits reminiscent of Graeco-Phoenician art. In the Phoenician tradition, a similar image of the god Bes, holding two lions, as posis theron (‘Master of the Animals’), is common. The type is more frequent in the Eastern Mediterranean than in the West and is found on scarabs in carnelian and chalcedony.
