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LOT 0631
Parthian Terracotta Horse and Rider Group
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 - 5 in. (309 grams total, 9.5-12.3 cm including stand).
Each formed as a horse with a tall neck and four splayed legs, a bearded rider figure to the rear; one mounted on a custom-made stand. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a London gentleman; formerly in a French private collection, 1975.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Greek Bronze Ring with Horse and Rider
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Round-section hoop with raised oval bezel bearing a stylised image of a horse and rider. 5.68 grams, 26.95 mm overall, 19.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Late Eastern Mediterranean Gold and Silver Fluted Beads
Bronze Age, 1550-1050 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Comprising seven fluted beads, each formed from sheet-gold over a silver core. 19.61 grams total, 15 mm each
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, UK. -
Greek Attic Terracotta Black-Figure Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 490 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Nearly cylindrical body with a slightly sloping shoulder with five palmettes and eight dots in between; main image showing a Dionysian procession with two advancing nude satyrs facing a young male playing a double pipe, each of the satyrs leaning on a walking stick and having a long garment draped over their shoulders and wearing a fillet and a large wreath on their heads. 649 grams, 29.2 cm
Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 24 April 1989. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q44 by 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.12641-236375.
The Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialised in lekythoi and refers to Athena as his main subject in his works. Together with the Theseus Painter, they continued the tradition of painting large lekythoi. His black figures are of high quality, and in addition to lekythoi, he decorated other potteries such as oenochoai. Some archaeologists say that he may have been the same person as the Bowdoin Painter of red-figure pottery, although they may have just worked in the same workshop.
