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LOT 0059
Scythian Gold Applique
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (1.94 grams, 44 mm).
Sheet-gold panel with repoussé advancing leopard motif surrounded by a hatched border.
ProvenanceEx Mayfair gallery, London, UK, pre 1999.
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Greek Apulian Blackware Net-Painted Lekythos
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Barrel-shaped body with a carinated shoulder; net pattern painted to the body; trumpet-shaped mouth and loop handle to the rear. 120 grams, 11.3 cm
Property of a private Rutland, UK, collector, formed from at least from the 1990s. -
Greek Terracotta Pedestal Dish
Apulian, 4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Broad and shallow with low foot, chamfered rim. 75 grams, 98 mm
From an old German collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab of a Charioteer in a Later Gold Ring
3rd century B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Opaque scaraboid engraved with a dynamic scene of a charioteer driving a biga with his whip raised; set in a sheet-gold mount and a later swivel ring. 4.26 grams, 25.07 mm overall, 17.77 x 16.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12948-245985.
