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LOT 0596
Phrygian Bronze Elbow Brooch
IRON AGE, CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (14.6 grams, 45 mm).
A right-angled body with collared bulbs, spring pin and catchplate. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Eastern Mediterranean Two-Handled Vase
Iron Age, circa 6th century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £221
With piriform body, broad neck and flared mouth with rolled rim, two lateral loop handles to the shoulder; painted circumferential bands. 593 grams, 19.3 cm
Property of a Northamptonshire collector. Acquired on the UK art market at auction in 2012. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Gold Amuletic Bird
5th-1st century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Comprising a sheet-gold hollow-formed avian figure with applied filigree detailing, and a separate beaked head; accompanied by a rectangular blue glass fragment. 0.57 grams, bird: 19 mm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent. -
Greek Core-Formed Tall Glass Alabastron
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
With a fusiform body, slender neck and broad flange rim, decorated with marvered feathering and spiralling trails; two lateral loop handles and a pinched lateral lug. 36.69 grams, 91 mm
Anonymous sale, Binoche & Giquello, Paris, 30th May 2012, no.124. Private collection, Switzerland. Accompanied by a copy of French passport no.0150269. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13188-249220.
Alabastra of this typology, core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled, are typical of the Eastern Mediterranean. They were diminutive examples of a shape popularly produced for perfumed oils in the Greek world. Larger forms are known in both glass and ceramics.
