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LOT 0126
Scythian Gold-Clad Ribbed Torc with Decorated Terminals
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (481 grams, 28 cm).
Round in section with ribbing, rectangular finials with billeting to the borders and edges, and rows of impressed roundels.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Wagner family, Germany, 1955.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12389-226870.
See Hellmuth, A., Da Esti A Ovest: Le Tombe Principesche degli Sciti, in Bonora, G.L. and Marzatico, F., Ori dei Cavalieri delle Steppe, Milan, 2007, p.175, pl.13.
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LOT 0126
Scythian Gold-Clad Ribbed Torc with Decorated Terminals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,360
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Greek Pottery Sherd with Inscription Above Hercules Wrestling a Warrior
Attic, circa 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Fragment from a large vessel showing Hercules wearing the Nemean lion skin in close combat with a bearded warrior, Greek inscription above. 8.37 grams, 64 mm
From an old Belgian collection, circa 2000. -
Eastern Mediterranean Two-Handled Vase
Iron Age, circa 6th century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £221
With piriform body, broad neck and flared mouth with rolled rim, two lateral loop handles to the shoulder; painted circumferential bands. 593 grams, 19.3 cm
Property of a Northamptonshire collector. Acquired on the UK art market at auction in 2012. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Terracotta Red-Figure Hydria Depicting Offering Scene
Apulian, 3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
With cylindrical body and broad bevelled shoulder, stepped foot, lateral squared loop handles and strap handle to shoulder, broad mouth; Side A: seated female in himation holding an offering bowl in her extended left hand; white detailing to the diadem, necklace, earrings, mirror in her right hand, rim of the bowl and elsewhere; Side B: reserved palmette motif extending to the shoulder and neck; repainted. 771 grams, 23 cm high
Acquired on the art market between the late 1990s and mid-2000s. Estate of the late Barry Paul Buxton (1944–2024), Oakham, Rutland. Acquired on the UK art market, 2025. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N126a16 from Oxford Authentication.
Apulian red-figure had a strong influence on other Italian ceramics of the late 5th century B.C. and an even greater effect from around the middle of the 4th century, with potters and painters apparently migrating to Italic centres throughout Apulia, as well as to Metaponto, Paestum and other parts of Campania. Although it is most probable that Taranto was the main centre of production for Apulian red-figure, the recent extensive finds at Canosa, Melfi and other sites suggest that there were numerous Apulian centres of manufacture.
