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LOT 0112
Scythian Gold Appliqué Collection
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 - 1 7/8 in. (4 1/2 in.) (5.28 grams total, 19-47 mm (124 grams total, mount: 11.5 cm high)).
Group of sheet-gold appliqué mounts with repoussé detailing comprising a pair of advancing lions with coiled tail and open mouth; a pair of elk heads with curved antlers; supplied with a custom-made presentation mount. [4]
ProvenanceGerman art market.
European private collection, 1970s-early 2000s.
Acquired from the above; thence by descent.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12670-234552.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Iberian Bronze Statuette
4th-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
Standing with arms held straight at the sides, short hair with neck-ring to rear, short-sleeved tunic with pleats to centre-front and rear, wide belt; perhaps a monumental fitting; gas permeation to rear right leg; mounted on a custom-made stand. 77.8 grams total, 10 cm including stand
Private collection, Paris, France, assembled in the 1950s-1960s. with Tessier-Sarrou & Associés, Paris, 2015. European private collection. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00107108. Accompanied by a copy of French cultural export passport no.167803. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12651-234613. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Amphora
Cypro-Archaic I, circa 750-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Tall unglazed ceramic comprising a biconical body and low basal ring, rounded shoulder and broad funicular neck with rolled rim, two strap handles to the equator; painted with bands of ring-and-dot motifs to neck and shoulder, interstitial horizontal bands; repaired. 3.8 kg, 43.5 cm
Property of a Cambridgeshire collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 490 B.C.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,000
Nearly cylindrical body with a slightly sloping shoulder with five palmettes and eight dots in between; main image showing a Dionysian procession with two advancing nude satyrs facing a young male playing a double pipe, each of the satyrs leaning on a walking stick and having a long garment draped over their shoulders and wearing a fillet and a large wreath on their heads. 649 grams, 29.2 cm
Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 24 April 1989. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12641-236375. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
