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LOT 0027
Minoan Red Jasper Seal Depicting a Lion Attacking a Bull
LATE HELLADIC, CIRCA 1400-1300 B.C. OR LATER
1 in. (7.45 grams, 26 mm).
Of lentoid form with domed reverse, showing a lion attacking a bull from above with its jaws and claws sunken into the bull's hindquarters, the bull shown standing with its head turned towards the lion in the act of trying to pry it off with its long horns; pierced horizontally.
ProvenanceWith Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, prior 1980.
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 search certificate number no.12465-228767.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
John H. Betts, Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel, Band X, Die Schweizer Sammlungen, (Berlin 1980) 194, cat.
nr. 219, doubted by the author.
See similar seals in Betts, J.F., Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel, Band X, Die Schweizer Sammlungen, Berlin, 1980, no.218, p.193; Boardman, J., Greek Gems and Finger Rings, Early Bronze Age to Late Classical, London, 1970 (2001), nos.86 [lion attacking a goat also in red jasper], 138, 159 [agate lentoid],169 [lion attacking bull, from Mycenae],172, 182 for Minoan gems with similar scenes; see a lioness attacking a bull, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, lentoid shape seal (about 1470-1410 B.C.), accession no.23.576.
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LOT 0027
Minoan Red Jasper Seal Depicting a Lion Attacking a Bull
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720
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Middle-Late Bronze Age, 2000-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising: one globular with loop handles to the shoulder, pointillé decoration and funicular mouth; two globular with loop handle and trumpet-shaped mouth. 490 grams total, 9.2-16.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Greek Terracotta Attic Red-Figure Alabastron
Circa 500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
Ovoid shape with short neck and expanded flat rim, lugs on the sides; painted with daily life scenes: one side with an older man holding a crozier, dressed in chiton and himation, the other side with a younger bearded man holding a short staff, dressed in a similar way; meander pattern above and a dotted band below; some restoration. 125 grams, 13.6 cm
with Hirsch Auction, 23 September 2006, no.666. 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 search certificate number no.12463-228723. Accompanied by thermoluminescence analysis report no.06280606 by Laboratory Kotalla. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The men depicted on this vessel are each holding an elegant walking stick appropriate to Athenian citizens. They both seem to be in a drunken rage, and seemingly have just left a drinking party: the consequences of immoderate drinking were a favourite subject for vessel decorations. -
Hellenistic Terracotta Fragment Collection
5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mixed group including portions of various vessels with moulded detail to the outer face, including a perching bird. 505 grams total, 3.8-17 cm
with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
