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LOT 0076
Phoenician Amethyst Gemstone with Aramaic Inscription
8TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (1.82 grams, 21 mm).
Rock crystal scaraboid in a bronze frame with suspension loop; reverse with two lines of Aramaic text; obverse cracked.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12217-221658.
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LOT 0076
Phoenician Amethyst Gemstone with Aramaic Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
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Apulian Red-Figure Askos with Panthers
4th century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
With an arching strap handle and a wide spout; either side of the body painted with a crouching panther, one playing with a ball and the other depicted facing; repaired. 149 grams, 12 cm
Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 1992. European private collection. 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 a search certificate number no.12001-211879.
Painted askoi in different forms were produced and been in use in Athens since the middle and second quarter of the 5th century B.C., but they were also made in southern Italy. The askoi painted with a pair of animal figures were realised in Magna Graecia after the Attic continental production of similar models, with the representation of griffins, sphinxes and laconic hounds. The function of the askos as a vessel was clearly linked to wine, and therefore it is not anomalous to see it decorated with panther motifs, an animal connected with Dionysus, the god of wine and drinking. -
Greek Core-Formed Glass Amphoriskos
5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Elongated piriform amphora shape, tubular neck and everted rim, decorated with polychrome festooning and trails, applied amber-green handles and knop foot. 152 grams, 18 cm high
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private collection since 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12206-222129. -
Etruscan Bronze Furniture Fitting
5th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
In the form of a harpy, comprising a facing female mask with lobed headdress on a tapering neck, crescentic lateral wings and tails with feather detailing, central column with claw foot; beneath, a scrolled panel developing to a four-toed claw; hollow to reverse of mask and claw, fixing stud and mounting ledge to reverse. 55 grams, 96 mm
Acquired in Germany, before 2000. English private collection. with Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, Auction 88, no.162.
