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LOT 0651
Mixed Ancient Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 3/4 in. (122 grams total, 1-20 mm).
Including tubular, oblate, melon, biconical, polyhedral and other types in glass and other materials. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Greek Terracotta Cup
5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Squat in profile with carinated shoulder and everted rim, rounded underside. 128 grams, 87 mm
From an English collection formed in the 1990s. Ex property of an Essex gentleman. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Daunian Ceramic Bell-Shaped Idol
7th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
A male figure with a bell-shaped lower body painted with horizontal stripes, an applied phallus above; column-like upper body and head with stylised facial features, tall conical headdress. 140 grams, 12.5 cm
Private collection of Mrs R.K., Basel, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
Iberian Bronze Statuette of Youth
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,620
Youthful male standing, wearing a belted tunic with apron, arms spread wide, barefoot, bare-headed with short textured hair; mounted on a custom-made base. 215 grams total, 11.8 cm high including stand
Private collection, Paris, France, assembled in the 1950s-1960s. with Tessier-Sarrou & Associés, Paris, 2015. European private collection. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00107108. Accompanied by a copy of French cultural export passport no.167803. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12650-264612.
