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LOT 0338
Life-Size Stone Head of a Centaur
18TH CENTURY A.D.
17 3/4 in. (21.4 kg, 45 cm high).
Carved in the round bust depicting a faun or centaur with a youthful face; the hair falling in exuberant curls over the goat-like ears, the mouth parted in laughter, the eyes set beneath a stern brow; on an integral pedestal base with repair to reverse.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13392-259012.
Cf. Haskell, F. and Penny, N., Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900, London, 1982, pp.176-9.
FootnotesMonumental marble centaurs were excavated together at Hadrian's Villa in December 1736. Pope Clement XIII secured them for the Capitoline Museum, where they remain to this day. Bronze reproductions of the famous centaurs were very much in vogue amongst the Grand Tour travellers of the 18th century.
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LOT 0338
Life-Size Stone Head of a Centaur
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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Renaissance Gold and Enamelled Crucifix Pendant
Spain, 16th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
The limp body of Christ hanging from the cross, wearing an enamelled loincloth, the bones of Adam at his feet; above his head a plaque mocking the saviour, hung by Pilate with the initials ‘INRI’, an abbreviation of the Latin ‘Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum’, translating as 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews’; carefully rendered three-dimensional cross imitating the grain, knots and stumps of the wood, a baroque pearl suspended from both arms and the base of the cross. 8.56 grams, 75 mm
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13402-257995. -
Tudor Period Glazed Ceramic Tripod Cooking Vessel
16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising a bulbous body with an everted rim and a loop handle to the rear, three flaring feet on the underside. 1.05 kg, 20.6 cm wide
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Post Medieval Artefact Group
16th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising: two whistles, a padlock, a finial, and a ring with a double cross motif. 64.3 grams total, 24-38 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
