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LOT 0826
Scythian Bronze Stag's Head Mount Pair
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 - 2 in. (25.9 grams total, 43-50 mm).
Each an openwork appliqué formed as the head and neck of an elk, incised eye, mouth and other detailing; above, crown with spiral detailing forming antlers; thick attachment loop to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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LOT 0826
Scythian Bronze Stag's Head Mount Pair
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Parthian Blue Glazed Flask
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With a flattened discoid body and a short neck with flared mouth, two applied handles. 560 grams, 19.7 cm
Ex London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London. -
Etruscan Terracotta Oil Jug with Bearded Face
5th-3rd century B.C. or laterEstimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Adorned with a human head at the top, substituting the typical trefoil pouring spout, originally fitted with a handle rising above the lip. 74 grams, 78 mm
Found in the 1930s. Property of a gentleman collector, by gift to his son. Accompanied by a copy of an old photograph of the item. -
Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 510-500 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Cylindrical with stepped foot, five palmettes above the shoulder, dynamic frieze of two men visiting two hetairai, each of the figures dressed in long pleated garments, at the centre of the scene, a hetaira on the right reaching towards the bearded male and gently touching his chin with her open hand, a tall draped table behind her with an amphora underneath and a standing bird on the top. 459 grams, 26.4 cm
H.A.C. (Herbert A. Cahn), 19 October 1979. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q45 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.12644-236376.
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 the 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.
