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LOT 0072
Parthian Blue Glazed Amphora-Type Vessel
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
16 3/4 in. (4.1 kg, 42.5 cm).
The buff, capsule-shaped body with a tapering shoulder and pronounced rim, knop-shaped foot and remains of glaze to the mouth.
ProvenanceLondon, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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Etruscan Bronze Handled Mirror with Robed Female Dancers
Circa 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Disc mirror with handle comprising: slightly dished mirror with thick rim and low-relief image of two females dancing with a sash connecting them; punched crescents in the field; reverse with dentilled border; D-section handle with angled junction and knop finial; provided with a custom-made stand; later engraving. 300 grams, 26 cm including stand
Acquired Sotheby's, New York, U.S.A., early 1980s. Private New York City collection. Acquired from Arte Primitivo, New York City, U.S.A., 7 December 2016, lot 342. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by the original catalogue page and a print-out of the online listing. -
Hellenistic Terracotta Head of the Goddess Demeter
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Hollow-formed and with rounded facial features; wavy hair with central partition, dressed with a tall diadem. 74 grams total, 78 mm high
UK private collection. Acquired Spink, York, UK, 2009. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
The head is probably from a cult statuette of Demeter. Statuettes of the goddess, seated or standing, or even busts, are well documented in the south of Italy, both among the Greek colonists and the local populations; many have been excavated from regional sanctuaries. -
Greek Attic-Geometric Ceramic Neck Amphora
Late 8th century B.C.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5,500
With piriform body and trumpet-shaped mouth, two lateral strap handles; red linear hatching to the body, panels to the shoulder with recumbent dogs, above them profile horses with erect manes; stripes to the mouth and handles. 989 grams, 28 cm
Private collection Leontine Goldschmidt, née Leontine Porges Edle von Portheim, 17 February 1863 Prag-25 August 1942, Heidelberg, thence Prof. Dr. Hampe. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00019378, dated 31 October 2008. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N123n67 from Oxford Authentication. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Kunst der Antike catalogue pages where it is published. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11951-210764.
