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LOT 0583
Parthian Bronze Ring with Seated Figure
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.06 grams, 18.92 mm overall, 16.45 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
Ellipsoid plaque with incuse figure seated beside a tree, one hand raised. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Scythian Bronze Ram Mount
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Cypriot and Other Pottery Sherd Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including fragments of a large blackware krater, terracotta sidewall with strap handle and other items. 11.15 kg total, 2.5-38 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. -
Scythian Gold Ring with Pair of Stags
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Comprising a broad hoop of gold filigree ropework with wire borders, applied filigree rosette to underside; rectangular plaque with band of filigree loops to both long edges, applied filigree meander to centre; two hollow-formed model stags' heads each with applied filigree meander to both sides of the neck and to the spine, filigree and granule facial and other features, filigree antlers; disc dangle and filigree shank and hoop attaching to right stag's head. 7.59 grams, 38.13 mm overall, 18.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. 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.12355-225025.
The presence of stags on the ring is a clear reference to the cult of Artemis, the hunting goddess, whose favourite animal was the deer. A particular cult of Artemis was celebrated at Brauron, in Attica. According to some stories, this was the place where Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, was sacrificed to the goddess after Agamemnon offended the goddess by killing one of her sacred stags.
