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LOT 0639
Late Eastern Mediterranean Gold and Silver Fluted Beads
BRONZE AGE, 1550-1050 B.C.
5/8 in. (19.61 grams total, 15 mm each).
Comprising seven fluted beads, each formed from sheet-gold over a silver core. [7]
ProvenancePrivate English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, UK.
See the British Museum, London, museum nos.1897,0401.252, 1897,0401.254, 1897,0401.808, 1897,0401.809 and 1897,0401.255, for similar.
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LOT 0639
Late Eastern Mediterranean Gold and Silver Fluted Beads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
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Greek Gold Ring with Rosette and Filigree
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
With granule to each shoulder, discoid bezel with beaded wire rim, ropework band and central cinquefoil motif. 6.37 grams, 25.62 mm overall, 22.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12388-226931. -
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Greek Bronze Seal Ring with Hippocamp
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Comprising a wide hoop and lentoid bezel with a leaping hippocamp holding a spear and a shield. 8.14 grams, 24.23 mm overall, 19.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 510-500 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,700
Cylindrical with stepped foot, five palmettes above the shoulder, dynamic frieze of two men visiting two hetairai, each of the figures dressed in long pleated garments, at the centre of the scene, a hetaira on the right reaching towards the bearded male and gently touching his chin with her open hand, a tall draped table behind her with an amphora underneath and a standing bird on the top. 459 grams, 26.4 cm
H.A.C. (Herbert A. Cahn), 19 October 1979. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q45 by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12644-236376.
The Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialized in lekythoi and refers to Athena as his main subject in his works. Together with the Theseus Painter, they continued the tradition of painting large lekythoi. His black figures are of high quality, and in addition to lekythoi, he decorated other potteries such as oenochoai. Some archaeologists say that he may have been the same person as the Bowdoin Painter of red-figure pottery, although they may have just worked in the same workshop.
