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Lot 2
‡ An Orphic poem, inscription in iambic trimeters by one Agestratos, dedicating his traveller's staff to Apollo, most probably in Doric Greek, reverse-impressed into gold foil[probably southern Greece, or just perhaps adjacent Crete, Rhodes or a few cities on the coast of Asia Minor, c. fourth century AD.] Thin gold lamella with rounded corners, with 6 lines of Greek capitals impressed into reverse, some in deliberately archaising forms, margins around all sides indicating the whole text is preserved, tiny double-lines present recording its production through an impressed or 'printed' method (see Brekle), with letters to one side more marked than other from being impressed when the original blank foil was on a slightly uneven surface, apparently never rolled up or folded (but probably affixed to a wooden staff, which then decomposed), some cracks and splits to edges, one large crack from top and bottom (but not meeting in middle and in stable condition), overall fine condition, 28 by 90 by 1mm. Provenance: 1. Most probably produced for the Agestratos addressed by the inscription, for attachment to his own traveller's staff. He may have been a wandering poet himself, and the use of gold for its production suggests his grand status. The name is commonly attested throughout the Greek speaking region.2. Miss Edith Horsley of London, amateur Cuneiform specialist and sometime volunteer member of the British Museum's department of the Middle East who sensationally discovered a missing piece of the earliest Babylonian World Map among the museum's fragment collection in 1995. The present item acquired by her in 1965 alongside other antiquities, presumably by descent (many of these sold at several stages by Pars Antiques). This item almost certainly studied while in her collection by the late Dominic Montserrat.3. Thence to Pars Antiques, London, in 2000, and one year later to the present owner.4. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 5236. Text:Some examples of script are so astonishingly rare that they appear to be unique and without comparable items for context, and these wait the recognition of some crucial piece of evidence by a scholar before we can securely place and date them. This gold foil is just such an item. Immediately before 2000, Dominic Montserrat identified it as a sixth-century BC. ephesia grammata (a mass produced form of popular magic amulet) invoking the god Phoebus Apollo. However, only in the last year or so has its inscription been recognised by G. Rocca and D.G. Muscianisi as a dedication of a traveller's staff to Apollo by one Agestratos, in a form closely paralleled by another inscription by one Leontianos in a rock-cut sanctuary to Apollo in Pisidia (modern Karabavli). The other inscription was thankfully recorded in 1888 by Sitlington Sterret (1851-1914), as it was damaged at some later point and its entire first half is now unreadable. Other than textual, there is no direct relationship between the two inscriptions, and graphical variations in the present example indicate that it had a lost record on papyrus as its exemplar. The inscription reads in translation: "To you, O Phoebus Apollo, who are the master of this road, who always delight your heart with wayfarers' libations, I, Agestratos, a musical ship [= soul], dedicate my staff. So you, O blessed one, receive joyfully the prop of my hand and the support of my knees, my traveller's staff. This offering, which supports (my) hand through the paths, now free, will take a breath from its previous labours beside you, O Phoebus" (following Rocca and Muscianisi). One aspect that the most recent study does not discuss is the fact that this is not an inscription in the purest sense, but was impressed or 'printed' from a reverse-mould into the soft surface of the gold lamella (see Brekle, 2010). This production process is known elsewhere in early Greek and Byzantine material from protective amulets, such as that with a third-century inscription in Greek to ward off leprosy now in the Getty Museum (their 80.AM.53), and earlier examples with generic Orphic or Bacchic inscriptions have been found in Greek tombs (the so-called Totenpässe). However, the method of production with the present artefact would appear to be at odds with the quality of the material here and the specific nature of its inscription. Moulds of any type are usually made to mass-produce goods, and comparison with inscriptions on contemporary Greek coins might suggest that the craftsmen who produced this went as far as producing a bronze die as if they were minting coins. However, the fact that the dedicatee is named here would render the resulting stamped lamella useless to anyone other than Agestratos himself (or a namesake). Much remains to be understood here, but perhaps the quality of the script produced by this method or a tradition of producing amuletic lamella in this format fixed the method of production here. Published: H.E. Brekle, Analyse der Herstellungstechnik der Inschrift auf einem Goldamulett in der Schoyen Collection (London/Oslo), Technischer Bericht, 2010 (online e-publication), there reproducing D. Monserrat's earlier report.G. Rocca, 'Una lamina aurea dalla collezione Schøyen (MS 5236), Alessandria 8 (2015), pp. 125-136.G. Rocca and D.G. Muscianisi, 'La lamina aurea Schøyen MS 5236', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 217 (2021), pp. 1-16.
Lot 104
A Roman gilt bronze figure of Mars Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.The god depicted nude, standing with his right leg advanced, wearing a helmet high on his head, with his right arm raised, likely once holding a spear, his left arm extended, with extensive gilding remaining overall, 12.3cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with La Reine Margot, Paris. Private collection, Paris, acquired from the above ca. 2013.Known for being the god of war, Mars was worshipped throughout the Roman Empire, especially in his form as Mars Ultor or Mars the Avenger, protector of the Roman Army.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 65
An Achaemenid bronze animal-headed rhyton Circa 5th Century B.C.Terminating in the form of a bearded ram, with large eyes and engraved haunches, a small spout projecting from the ram's chest, the ribbed horn with a flaring everted lip, 27cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with J. Klejman, New York. with Gallery Six, New York, acquired from the above in 1963. with Aaron Gallery, London, acquired from the above 6 August 1991. Bashir Maleknian collection, London, acquired from the above in 1992; and thence by descent until acquired by the present owner.For a similar rhyton in silver, also with a bearded ram protome, see M. Carter, et al, Splendors of the Ancient East Antiquities from the al-Sabha Collection, Kuwait, 2013, p. 105, fig. 49.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 81
An Etruscan bronze votive male figure Circa 4th Century B.C.Solid cast, of slightly flattened form, the youthful figure standing with his right hand raised, his left hand lowered, his hair with a fringe of vertical striations at the forehead, wearing a mantle over his left shoulder, the diagonal drapery folds incised, 8.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Austria, acquired in 1980 from the collector's father as a 30th birthday gift.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 43
Three Anatolian marble idols Early Bronze Age II, circa 2700-2100 B.C.Comprising a schematic idol with vestigial arms, rectangular body and tapering neck, 7.5cm high; an idol with roughly square-shaped body and long neck, 5.3cm high; and a flat figure-of-eight idol of Troy type, 3.7m high (3)Footnotes:Provenance:Largest: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 February 1967, lot 20. Middle: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal collection, formed in the 1950s. Acquired from the above 24 February 1967.Exhibited: 'Primitive Art from 2500BC', Gimpel Fils, 30 November 1966-21 January 1967 (cat. no. 7). Smallest: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal collection, formed in the 1950s. Acquired from the above 24 February 1967. Exhibited: 'Primitive Art from 2500BC', Gimpel Fils, 30 November 1966-21 January 1967 (cat. no. 7).with Gimpel Fils, London.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 141
A Roman green glass aryballos with bronze handle Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.With disc rim, short cylindrical neck and globular body, the twin handles with bronze attachment rings and arching handle with conical terminals, 6.5cm high excl. handleFootnotes:Provenance: with Sheppard and Cooper Ltd, London. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 6 October 1990.For an example with similar bronze handle cf. S. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1980, p.32, no. 91. The carrying handle allowed the owner to take their perfumed oil containers to the baths in the same way that the Greeks carried pottery aryballoi to the gymnasion.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 82
A Sardinian bronze figure of a shepherd Nuragic Period, circa 8th Century B.C.Of slender elongated form, standing frontally with both arms bent at the elbow, likely once holding a staff, wearing a short tunic with the shepherd's blanket over his left shoulder, his incised hair forked at the back of his head, his oval face with a small mouth, notched brows, prominent nose and unarticulated wide rounded eyes, on a long slender neck, 15.4cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Austria, acquired in 1975 from the collector's father as a 25th birthday gift.For related standing figures, all described as shepherds, see Kunst Sardiniens, Baden State Museum catalogue, 1980, pp. 285-292, pl. nos 112-121.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 142
A Roman green glass aryballos with bronze link chain Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.With folded collar rim, short cylindrical neck and spherical body, the base slightly pushed-in, with short trail twin handles with original bronze rings to which a chain is attached with a further central suspension ring and 'S' shaped hook, aryballos 8.4cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Antiquarium Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 14 January 1987.Such bottles as the above aryballos were used by Romans to carry olive oil which served as a soap substitute and would have been convenient for trips to the baths. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, has a similar example with chain, acc. no. 17.194.193.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 75
A Cypriot polished ware bottle Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C.The long neck with incised zig-zag and chequer motifs, the rounded body incised with four linked lozenge motifs, the base marked in pencil: DM RPB 43, 20.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Desmond Morris collection, acquired prior to 1985. Private collection, UK. Published:D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p. 346, pl.307, The Fine Line Mimic Artist, c, collection no: DM-RBP-43.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 112
A pair of Roman eagle-headed bronze chariot guides Circa 2nd Century A.D.Each in the form of a tapering octogonal shaft surmounted by an eagle head finial, the eyes articulated, the feathers enhanced by incision, with an arm on either side of the shaft in the form of an arching duck's head, details finely incised, 18cm and 18.5cm wide, 13cm and 13.5cm high (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Austria, acquired in 1970 in Vienna.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 20
An Egyptian bronze cat with three kittens Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.The mother cat lying on her left side, her head raised and ear alert, with a nursing kitten, another playing at her rear feet, a third on her haunches reaching towards the mother's face, 6.3cm diam., 3.2cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Charles Ede Ltd, London (Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, 1975, no. 18).Mrs Shipstone collection, UK.Private collection, England, acquired from the above 28 April 2005.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 44
A large Anatolian marble idol Kusura Type, Early Bronze Age II, circa 2700-2300 B.C.The flattened figure with oval disc-shaped head on an elongated neck, and a spade-shaped body, 23.7cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Mr and Mrs S. Broukal collection, formed in the 1950s.with Gimpel Fils, London, acquired from the above 6th September 1967.Exhibited:'Magic in Art', Gimpel Fils, London, 30 November 1967-20 January 1968 (cat. no. 4).For the type, see J. Thimme, Art and Culture of the Cyclades, Chicago, 1977, p.382 and 559, nos 500-501.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 177
A large group of exhibition catalogues and miscellaneous reference books Comprising: Miho Museum, 1997; Sculpture Collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, 1970; Kunsthalle Basel, Meisterwerke Griechischer Kunst, 1960; K. Schefold, Basler Antiken Im Bild, 1957; Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Kunstsammlungen, 1961; Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Kunstsammlungen, 1970; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Antik Kunst i Dansk Privateje, 1974; Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig, Etrukische Kunst, 1988; Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig, Orient und Fruehes Griechenland, 1990; Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig, Münzen, 1988; Masterpieces of the J Paul Getty Museum, Antiquities, 1997; Institut der Universität Zürich, Das Tier in der Antike, 1974; Antikenmuseum Berlin, Antiken aus Berliner Privatbesitz, 1976; Miho Museum, Connaissance des Arts, 1997; Sotheby's, Classical Antiquities from the Private Collections of Great Britain - a Loan Exhibition, 1986; Handbook to the Nicholson Museum, 1948; J. Chittenden and C. Seltman, Greek Art: A Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held in 1946 at the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, 1946; Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum, Handbook, vol II, 1973; Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum, Handbook, vol I, 1973; P. Getz-Preziosi, The Obsidian Trail, Museum of Cycladic and Greek Art, 1987; J.L. Zimmermann, Ancient Art from the Barbier Mueller Museum, 1990; G. Ortiz, In Pursuit of the Absolute; Art of the Ancient World, the George Ortiz Collection, 1996; B. Fleischman, No Substitute for Quality; the Many Worlds of Larry Fleischman, 1995; D. Scott Fox, Mediterranean Heritage, 1978; Bob Hecht by Bob Hecht; J. van der Kiste, Kings of the Hellenes, Greek Kings 1863-1974, 1994; R.H. Randall jr., Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery, 1985; D.M. Wilson, Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork, 700-1100; Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period, British Museum, Vol. I, 1964; M. Artamonov, The Dawn of Art, The Hermitage Collection, 1974; S. Moscati (eds.), The Celts, 1991; J. Durand, Byzance; L'Art Byzantin dans les collections Publiques Francaises, 1993; Gens Antiquissima Italiae, Antichita dall'Umbria a New York, 1991; V.R. Desborough, The Last Mycenaeans and their Successors; an Archaeological Survey c1200-c1000 BC, 1964; L. Marangou, Bone Carvings from Egypt; I. Graeco-Roman Period, 1976; J. Nells, The World of Ceramics; Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982; H. Froning, T. Holscher & H. Mielsch, Kotinos; festschrift fur Erika Simon, 1992; N. Kunina, Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection, 1997; B. Bergmann and C. Kondoleon, The Art of Ancient Spectacle, 1999; C. Wagner and J. Boardman, A Collection of Classical and Eastern Intaglios, Rings and Cameos, 2003; K. Kilian, Fibeln in Thessalien, 1975; S.M. Heim, Ladders to Heaven: Our Judeo-Christian Heritage 5000BC - AD 500, 1979; F. Edgu, The Anatolian Civilisations part I, Prehistoric/ Hittite/ Early Iron Age, 1983; N. Asgari and S. Atasoy (eds), The Anatolian Civilisations part II, Greek/ Roman/ Byzantine, 1983; N. Tapan and F. Cagman (eds), The Anatolian Civilisations part III, Seljuk/ Ottoman, 1983; J. Boardman, Intaglios and Rings; Greek, Etruscan and Eastern from a Private Collection, 1975 (x2); H. Shetelig (eds), Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, part V, 1940; H. Shetelig (eds), Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, part VI, 1954; E. Simon and M. Gawlikowski, Die Goetter am Trajansbogen zu Benevent & Aus dem syrischen Goetterhimmel, 1979/80; H. Wrede, Der Antikengarten der del Bufalo bei der Fontana Trevi, 1982; B.H. Krause, Iuppiter Optimus Maximus Saturnus, 1983; J. Boardman, Island Gems; a Study of Greek Seals in the Geometric and Early Archaic Periods, 1963; F. Baratte, East and West: A Central Asian Silver Hoard from the Parthian Era, 2002; K. Polinger Foster, Aegean Faience of the Bronze Age, 1979; F. Canciani and F.W. von Hase, La Tomba Bernardini di Palestrina, 1979; K. Lehmann and P. Williams Lehmann, Samothrace, Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York, part 3, The Hieron, Text II, 1969; Samothrace, Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York, part 3, The Hieron, plates, 1969; Samothrace, Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York, part 4, The Altar Court, 1964 (58)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 76
A Cypriot incised red polished ware jug Early Bronze Age, circa 2500-1900 B.C.Incised overall with geometric motifs, a zig-zag band on the rim, the angular handle with linear pattern, a band of chevrons at the neck, with a pierced 'V' shaped suspension loop at the shoulder, the globular body with vertical panels of chequer, lozenge and zig-zag ornament, 18.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Charles Ede Ltd., London. Private collection, UK, acquired from the above 4 March 1998.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 125
A Bronze Age gold and carnelian toggle pin Possibly Cyprus, circa 1400-1300 B.C.The spherical carnelian bead vertically fluted and affixed to the pin with a round disc, the body of the pin decorated in gold with alternating plain ring segments and fluted segments, tapering to a point, an attachment loop on one side, 10.5cm longFootnotes:Provenance:Acquired by the current owner from Sumer Gallery, New York, 22 November 1986.This elegant toggle pin was used to secure and adorn draped clothing. The fluted bead at the top of the pin is shaped to resemble a poppy seed head, and an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (acc. no. 1989.281.14) rattles when shaken. See also an example solely in gold from the Cleveland Museum of Art, acc. no. 1947.36. Further examples exist in the British Museum, London, specifically acc. nos. 1897,0401.348 and 1897,0401.102 which have similar attachment loops.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 84
A Greek bronze Chalcidian helmet Circa 4th Century B.C.Formed of two hammered sheets joined along the double medial ridge of the domed crown, the lower border circumscribed with a repoussé stylised linked scroll pattern rising to a contoured brow, over the arched eye openings, the hinged cheek-pieces with raised borders and a band of zig-zag decoration, 25cm high incl. the cheek-piecesFootnotes:Provenance:German art market, prior to 2000. K.A. collection, London. London art market.F.R. collection.This type of helmet is named after representations of such helmet forms on Chalcidian vases, such as the black-figure amphora in the British Museum depicting Heracles slaying three headed Geryon, who wears Chalcidian type helmets, acc. no. 1843,0724.1 The hinged cheek-pieces are a variant on examples formed of one continuous piece. While conforming to the Chalcidian type, the present helmet is unusual for being made of two separate halves riveted together at the crest.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 10
Three Egyptian rings with swivel scarabs Early New Kingdom, circa 1550-1400 B.C.Comprising a lapis lazuli and gold ring, the lapis scarab engraved with an ankh and a neb-sign, the tubular shank bound with wire with spherical terminals to either side of the scarab; a steatite scarab bound in gold and engraved with a repeat scroll motif, with separate 'U' shaped silver shank; and a green glazed steatite scarab, the underside with the cartouche for Thutmosis III with epithet 'the Lower Egyptian King is established', set on a bronze shank, 2.5cm-2.7cm wide (3)Footnotes:Provenance:Lapis scarab: Dr. Jan Beekmans (1927 – 2008) collection, Borken. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above October 2001. Steatite scarab: Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) collection. Anonymous sale; François de Ricqlès, Paris, 29-30 September 1997, lot 324 (part). Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above sale. Green steatite scarab: Fürsten von Hohenzollern collection, Germany. London art market.Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 8 November 2001, lot 268 (part). Private collection, Europe, acquired at the above sale.Published: C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 93-95, no. 214 a, d and e.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 42
An Anatolian marble schematic idol Early Bronze Age, circa 3rd Millennium B.C.The anthropomorphic idol of 'violin' type, with a small, oval-shaped head, the outline of the face incised, the elongated neck gently flaring to the neckline marked by an incised V, with short vestigial arms above the spade-shaped body, 14.7cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1966, lot 137.with Gimpel Fils, London, acquired from the above sale.Exhibited:'Primitive Art from 2500BC', Gimpel Fils, 30 November 1966-21 January 1967 (cat. no. 1).'Primitive Art from 2500BC', Gimpel Fils, 3 December 1968-18 January 1969 (cat. no. 7).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 172
A group of books on Greek and Roman art Comprising: J.W. Hayes, Late Roman Pottery, 1972; P. Zanker, Roman Portraits; Sculptures in Stone and Bronze, 2016; L. Budde and R. Nicholls, The Fitzwilliam Museum Catalogue of Greek and Roman Sculpture, 1967; M.B. Comstock and C.C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone; The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976; M. De Nuccio and L. Ungaro, I Marmi Colorati della Roma Imperiale, 2002; D.G. Mitten and S.F. Doeringer, Master Bronzes of the Classical World, 1968; C.C. Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in America, 1981; J. Chamay and J.L. Maier, Art Romain, 1989; C.C. Mattusch, The Fire of Hephaistos, Large Classical Bronzes in North American Collections, 1997; Oehler, Foto+Skulptur, Romische Antiken in Englischen schlossern, 1980; R. Gnoli, Marmora Romana, 1971; J. Sieveking, Antike Metallgerate, undated; C. Doumas, The Wall Paintings of Thera, 1992; P. Jacobsthal, Greek Pins, 1956; E. Pfuhl, Tausend Jahre Griechischer Malerei, 1940; J.B. Carter and S.P. Morris, The Ages of Homer, 1995; E. Vanhove, Le Sport dans la Grece Antique du Jeu a la Competition, 1992; J. Latacz et al., Homer; der Mythos von Troia in Dichtung und Kunst, 2008; T.B.L. Webster, Monuments Illustrating Old and Middle Comedy, 1978; S. Albersmeier, Heroes; Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, 2009; Clara Rhodos; Studi e Materiali Pubblicati a Cura Dell'Istituto Storico-Archeologico di Rodi, vol IX, 1938; A. Ippel, Der Bronzefund Von Galjub, 1922; G. Dickins, The Growth of Spartan Policy, 1912; G.M.A. Richter, Archaic Greek Art Against its Historical Background, 1949; K.W. Arafat, Classical Zeus, 1990; H.A. Thompson and R.E. Wycherley, The Agora of Athens, 1972; F. Eckstein, Antike Plastik, 1979; M.B. Huish, Greek Terracotta Statuettes, 1900; T.B.L. Webster, Monuments Illustrating Tragedy and Satyr Play, 1967; E. Gowin, Petra, undated; K. Schefold, Meisterwerke Griechischer Kunst, 1960 (30)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 110
A Roman bronze griffin leg Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.With four claws protruding from the padded paw of the anatomically rendered leg, a decorative band around the opening at the thigh, details of fur engraved at the toes, 29.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:D.D. collection, London, acquired 1975-1980.Anonymous sale; Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 17 June 2015, lot 18.Private collection, Paris, acquired from the above sale.This large bronze griffin leg likely once supported a luxurious piece of Roman furniture. Ancient Romans liked to decorate their furniture with 'griffins or lion's heads...a face or bust, often Bacchus or a Satyr, and occasionally (sic) a complete sculpture' (P. Roberts, Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, London, 2013, p. 86). For further discussion on Roman furniture see Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, especially pp. 86,103, 120-123.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 83
A Sardinian bronze boat-shaped lamp Nuragic Period, circa 8th Century B.C.The open vessel with a stylised bull's head prow, with a long muzzle, small ears and large curving horns, with four notched bands decorating the exterior of the vessel, a double-legged arching element forming a handle, surmounted by a suspension loop, 13cm long, 5.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Austria, acquired in the 1960s in Vienna.For a similar lamp with bull's head prow and notched moulding on the exterior of the vessel, see Kunst Sardiniens, Baden State Museum catalogue, 1980, p. 403-4, fig. 180.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 153
A Roman bronze lidded amphoriskos Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.The baluster-shaped body with short neck and collar rim, the spurred handles with palmettes at the shoulder, with a suspension loop at the top of each handle with linked chain rising to a central attachment ring, the lid attached to the same ring with a further suspension chain, concentric rings cast beneath the foot, the body 11.4cm high Footnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 131. Private collection, USA, acquired at the above sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 22
An Egyptian bronze figure of a priest Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-664 B.C.Depicted striding with his left leg advanced, the left arm reaching forward and bent at the elbow, with typical shaven head and large almond-shaped unarticulated eyes, and exaggerated rolls of flesh above the stomach, wearing a short, belted, striated kilt, the Fetish of Abydos engraved onto his chest, 24cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, UK, acquired by the mid 1960s or earlier; and thence by descent to the present owner.The Fetish of Abydos was the emblem of the region surrounding the ancient city of Abydos, and of its patron god, Osiris. The Fetish of Abydos depicted a beehive-like container topped by plumes, which was thought to hold a reliquary containing the head of Osiris. This priest was likely once holding an image of the god or another, associated, fetish before him.For a striding priest wearing the same type of kilt and with similar facial features, see a statuette in the Brooklyn Museum, acc. no. 37.363E. For other bronze striding priests dating to the Third Intermediate Period see the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. nos 47.105.3 and 2010.259.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 173
A group of books on Greek sculpture Comprising: G.M.A. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, vols I-III, London, 1965; G.M.A. Richter, Catalogue of the Greek Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York, 1954; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections, Virginia, 1988; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Sculpture: an Introduction, London, 1985; F.P. Johnson, Corinth, Volume IX, Sculpture, Cambridge, Mass., 1931; G. Dickins, Damophon, 1905; K. Lapatin, Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Oxford, 2001; E. Wasmuth, Frühgriechische Plastik, Band 3; Berlin; J. Dorig, The Olympia Master and his Collaborators, Leiden, 1987; A. Kozloff & D.G. Mitten, The Gods Delight; The Human Figure in Classical Bronze, Cleveland, 1988; M. Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, New York, 1961; B.S. Ridgway, The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture, Princeton, 1977; B.S. Ridgway, The Severe Style in Greek Sculpture, Princeton, 1970; P.C. Bol, Die Skulpturen Des Schiffsfundes von Antikythera, Berlin, 1972; C. Rolley, Greek Bronzes, London, 1986; M.L. Saflund, The East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Göteborg, 1970; D. Buitron-Oliver, The Greek Miracle; Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy – The Fifth Century BC, Washington, 1992; E. Berger & M. Gisler, Parthenon Dokumentation zum Fries, Text, Mainz, 1996; E. Berger & M. Gisler, Parthenon Dokumentation zum Fries, Tafeln, Mainz, 1996; E. Berger, Parthenon Metopen in Basel, Tafeln, Mainz, 1986; E. Berger, Das Basler Arztrelief, Basel, 1970; H. Payne & G. Mackworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture, second edition, 1950; H. Payne & G. Mackworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture, first edition, undated. (25)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 69
Isidore Jules BonheurSow and piglets group, late 1800sBronze.13.5 cm highProduced by Peyrol, Paris, France. Incised I BONHEUR and reverse with foundry stamp PEYROL.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 87
Demetre Chiparus'Child with umbrella', circa 1925Patinated bronze, painted bronze, ivory, onyx. 22.5 cm highProduced by Etling, Paris, France. Umbrella incised Chiparus/ETLING PARIS.Footnotes:LiteratureAlberto Shayo, Chiparus: Master of Art Deco, Suffolk, 2016, p. 43This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 71
Franz SeifertTennis player, circa 1920Bronze, marble base.40 cm highIncised FR. SEIFERT 11/116.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 84
Demetre Chiparus'Schoolgirl with satchel', circa 1925Patinated bronze, ivory, onyx. 19 cm highProduced by Etling, Paris, France. Reverse incised D. H. Chiparus/8 and underside incised 3233.Footnotes:LiteratureAlberto Shayo, Chiparus: Master of Art Deco, Suffolk, 2016, p. 235This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 86
Demetre Chiparus'Schoolgirl', circa 1925Patinated bronze, ivory, onyx. 19 cm highProduced by Etling, Paris, France. Reverse and base incised D. H. Chiparus/ETLING PARIS.Footnotes:LiteratureAlberto Shayo, Chiparus: Master of Art Deco, Suffolk, 2016, p. 233This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 81
Louis ChalonRecumbant female nude, early 1900sBronze, marble base.16.8 x 29 x 14 cm Lower pillow engraved L Chalon.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 85
Demetre ChiparusGirl holding elephant, circa 1925Patinated bronze, ivory, onyx. 18.5 cm highReverse incised Chiparus/8006/4.Footnotes:LiteratureAlberto Shayo, Chiparus: Master of Art Deco, Suffolk, 2016, pp. 232-237 for similar examplesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 78
Bruno ZachDancer, circa 1925Bronze, marble base.41 cm highBase inscribed Zach and impressed MADE IN/AUSTRIA.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 72
Franz BergmanNude female hidden within hinged case, early 1900sBronze, marble base.20 cm highReverse impressed with Bergman amphora mark and 5656.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 88
Demetre ChiparusSchoolgirl, circa 1925Patinated bronze, ivory, onyx. 20 cm highReverse incised Chiparus/7893/2.Footnotes:LiteratureAlberto Shayo, Master of Art Deco, Suffolk, 2016, p. 235 for a similar exampleThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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