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LOT 0088
Very Large Greek Brindisi Type Terracotta Amphora
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
29 1/2 in. (12.45 kg, 75 cm high).
The wide piriform bodied storage vessel with cylindrical neck, inverted rim, two round-section handles and conical knop to base.
ProvenanceEx. H.P. Payot, Clarens (VD, Switzerland) collection, by inheritance.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11855-206531.
See The Levantine Ceramics Project, Brindisi amphoras.
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LOT 0088
Very Large Greek Brindisi Type Terracotta Amphora
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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Greek Gold Earring Pair with Lion Heads
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Each with a decoratively twisted ear hook and lion head terminal with ornamental collar adorned with filigree spirals and granule clusters; non-identical. 3.05 grams total, 15-21 mm
Acquired between 1950-1970s. Ex Swiss private collection. -
Greek Bronze Furniture Fitting Group
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising over 20 hollow-formed bicones. 790 grams total, 21-96 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
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Etruscan Bronze Handle Pair with Heads of Medusa
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
Each formed as a D-shaped fluted bar with the finials formed as grotesque Medusa heads in Archaic Greek style with protruding tongue and a pair of bearded snakes framing her forehead; mounted on custom-made display stands. 695 grams total, 11 cm wide each
Ex private collection of Athos Moretti, Bellinzona, Switzerland, in the 1960s. with Christies, London, 14 June 1978, lot 344. with Sotheby's, New York, 29 May 1987, lot 154. 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.11773-204596.
The handles were possibly once part of a hydria or a stamnos. The workmanship of the nose and eyes of the Medusa recall the head of a gorgoneion from a chariot or cart fragment, today at the Metropolitan Museum (inventory no.29.131.3d1–d3).
