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LOT 0563
Parthian Faience Glazed Offering Chalice with Quadrupeds
CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (645 grams, 12.8 cm).
Modelled in the round as two quadrupeds on a square base supporting a shallow bowl on a stem; the beasts with rope halter to the neck.
ProvenanceCollected from 1979-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr Shlomo Mousiaffee, London, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 0563
Parthian Faience Glazed Offering Chalice with Quadrupeds
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Collection
Early 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Comprising four irregular fragments depicting an owl with a dotted body and large circular eyes, a youthful nude wearing a laurel wreath, a draped young female, male head with long hair wearing a wreath of vine leaves. 26 grams total, 36-70 mm
From the stock of a former UK antiquarian, acquired at trade fairs and from private collection formed in the 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Europe. -
Greek Silver Didrachm of Rhodes in Gold Pendant
Circa 454-404 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Obv: head of Helios facing slightly right. Rev: RODION legend above rose with bud on the right; bunch of grapes over E in left field; the coin enclosed in a modern double circular gold frame stamped '750' set with colourless stones. 11.86 grams, 35 mm
Roma Numismatics, E-LIVE Auction 4, 29 November 2018, no.155. Private collection of Mr K.A., France. with Kallos Gallery, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13025-246752.
The coinage of Rhodes city began around 408/7 B.C. with the introduction of a silver coinage bearing a deeply cut image of Helios, seen full-face with luxuriant hair, blown back by the wind. Helios’ imposing image was paired with that of a rose (a pun on the name of the city) and also the city’s ethnic, POΔION, meaning ‘of Rhodes’. -
Large Greek Red-Figure Skyphos with Owl
South Italian, 5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
With mammiform body, pedestal base and two loop handles; each side with a facing image of an owl between laurel fronds. 239 grams, 17.5 cm
Swiss private collection, assembled in the 1960s-1970s. Private collection, acquired in 2013. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N126a14 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12854-241751.
Bubo was the holy beloved magical owl of the goddess Athena, and it was a common subject from the Greek ceramists. The owl-skyphos, originally produced in 5th century Athens, was extremely popular and was exported from Athens to other parts of the Greek world, including southern Italy and Etruria. Local imitations have been excavated at Corinth, and during the fourth century, or perhaps even slightly earlier, skyphoi similar to those from Athens were produced in Apulia and Etruria.
