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LOT 0081
Minoan Facetted Carnelian Stamp Seal
CIRCA 20TH-15TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (4.21 grams, 21 mm).
Four-sided bead with an oval panel on each side: panel 1: reclining feline with frontal head with apotropaic eyes; panel 2: three-leaved plant opposite a goblet(?) with four pellets and two crosses; panel 3: a plant and a big frontal apotropaic eye; panel 4: three segments, a plant, a butterfly or a bird; accompanied by museum-quality impressions.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the late Mr Priday, Hertfordshire, UK, thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13339-258812.
Cf. Yule, P., Early Cretan Seals: A Study of Chronology, Marburger Studien zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte, 4, Mainz am Rhein, 1981,
pp. 65-66 (four-sided prism type), and pls.7,12-14 (iconography).
Four-sided prisms are usually fashioned in jasper, light-coloured chalcedony and lightly banded carnelian. The workmanship is usually excellent. Largely on stylistic grounds, these seals are datable mostly to MMII (c. 2100–1875 B.C.), although they occur both slightly earlier and later.
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LOT 0081
Minoan Facetted Carnelian Stamp Seal
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,750 (EUR 2,030; USD 2,363) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Terracotta Head Collection
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From the collection of a Cambridge, UK, gentleman, by direct descent from his father, who acquired the items in London in circa 1960. -
Greek Terracotta Citharode
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
D-shaped in section with close-cut hairstyle, standing, holding a cithara supported on the left arm, strumming with the right hand. 62 grams, 86 mm
Ex Shlomo Moussaieff (1925-2015), Israel. European private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13107-246791.
The cithara was the instrument of the ‘virtuosi’, the principal concert instrument of the ancient Greeks. Its sound box was made of wood and was much bigger than that of the lyra. Strips of copper or horn were commonly incorporated into it, which resonated in sympathy with the strings, giving a great breath of sound.
