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LOT 2142
Silver-Gilt Tobacco Box with Drunken Man
NETHERLANDS OR GERMANY, 18TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (173 grams, 10.8 cm wide).
Discoid container with repoussé panel to the lid depicting a landscape with flowers, a beer-barrel and a standing figure in 17th century costume holding a purse in one hand and a goblet in the other.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
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LOT 2142
Silver-Gilt Tobacco Box with Drunken Man
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Group of Seals and Scaraboids
20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including fusiform, plano-convex and other types; after the antique. 46 grams total, 14-31 mm
From the late S M collection, London, UK, 1969-1999. -
Large White Marble Bust of Diana the Huntress
19th century A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
The goddess shown in an elegant pose with her head turned to the right and her gaze directed upwards, wearing a laurel leaf crown and a loose garment covering her left breast, leaving the right one exposed, narrow quiver strap crossing over her right shoulder; her hair dressed in soft waves and pulled to a chignon at the nape of her neck; old repair on the neck. 66.5 kg, 68 cm high
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13080-246797.
In the 19th century, many studies of the hunter goddess were inspired by the 'Diana of Versailles', a 2nd-century Roman version in the Greek tradition of iconography, today in the collection of the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. -
Neoclassical Tinted Green Agate Gemstone with a Votive Scene
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Intaglio votive scene with female figure kneeling before a flaming altar; upper right, three lines of enigmatic inscription; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.07 grams, 20 mm
Acquired on the European art market. Private collection, England.