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LOT 0838
Post Minoan Bifacial Green Stone Stamp Seal with Segmented Snake
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (1.61 grams, 12 mm).
Lentoid in section with reticulated arch to one face, sitting figure to the other; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0838
Post Minoan Bifacial Green Stone Stamp Seal with Segmented Snake
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Greek Black Glazed Dish
South Italian, 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With broad shallow profile, carinated rim; two holes below the rim. 87 grams, 10.1 cm wide
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
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Scythian Bronze Horse Cheekpiece Pair with Dragons
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 9 | Current Bid: £55
Matched pair, each comprising a round-section shank with two pierced bulbs and a perpendicular flange formed as three openwork profile beast-heads on long necks, each biting its neighbour. 183 grams total, 10.7-11.5 cm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Greek Gold Amuletic Bird
5th-1st century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £667
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.
