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LOT 0109
Scythian Gold Ibex Plaque Pair
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 in. (15.6 grams total, 34-34.2 mm).
Each a profile ibex with head reversed, horn returned to attach at the neck, pellet eye, beaded ring-and-dot motif to the shoulder and hip; thick attachment loop to the reverse. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13253-252971.
Cf. Ledkow, A., Tesori Dei Kurgani Del Causaso Settentrionale, Rome, 1991, no.140, for a similar plaque; Various, Ancient Bronzes from China, Ordos and the Steppes, London, nos.28, 58, for similar plaques; Piotrowskij, B.B., Tesori d’Eurasia, 2000 anni di Storia in 60 anni di archeologia sovietica, Milano, 1987.
FootnotesIt is possible to hypothesise that these two elements were bridle plaques, like the two wolf-shaped bridle plaques, in a similar position and style, found in the Kurgan of Pazyrik (Piotrowskij, 1987, p.107, no.137). Belt plaques with zoomorphic motifs illustrate not only the recognised unity of the zoomorphic art of the Steppes, but also the links between the Scythians and the eastern nomadic groups.
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LOT 0109
Scythian Gold Ibex Plaque Pair
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000€8,120 - 10,440 (for guidance only)$9,450 - 12,150 (for guidance only)
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Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 510-500 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
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. -
Greek and Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection
5th century B.C.-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising: a squat oil lamp with wreath surrounding the large filler hole, radiating sun motif on the base; the two larger terracotta lamps with open reservoirs with a central cone open beneath, short nozzle. 473 grams total, 9.2-17.8 cm
Ex R.C. collection. Acquired by Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, from the above in 2010. -
Greek Gold Floral Mount
4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Repoussé mount of a twelve-petalled flower, two loops on the underside. 0.24 grams, 8.25 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
