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LOT 0407
Post Medieval Marble Head
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
9 1/2 in. (A marble head carved naturalistically in the round with cropped hair, wearing a taenia headband seemingly featuring Greek key motif; possibly representing a deity, a muse or even a female satyr; mounted on a carved stone base.).
A marble head carved naturalistically in the round with cropped hair, wearing a taenia headband seemingly featuring Greek key motif; possibly representing a deity, a muse or even a female satyr; mounted on a carved stone base.
Provenancewith Arts D'Orient, Artcurial, Paris, 19 May 2014, lot 138.
English private collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1992.11.66, for a comparable sculpture of Roman date, itself modelled on a Greek original; see also accession number 24.97.90, for a 3rd-2nd century B.C. stone head with stylistic similarities.
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Post Medieval Culinary Artefact
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Renaissance Bronze Female Figure
16th-17th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
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English private collection.
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Post Byzantine Gilt Silver Ring with Cross Gemstone
17th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A silver-gilt finger ring with tiered scales to the hoop, ellipsoid bezel with inset ellipsoid carnelian intaglio of a cross over 'IHS' Christogram. 4.26 grams, 21.70 mm overall, 18.96 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
From a collection formed between 1990-2000. Ex East London collection. English private collection.
