10 juin 2016
A Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Intaglio, circa 3rd Century A.D.
Lot 91. A Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Intaglio, circa 3rd Century A.D. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
solid-cast, the broad angular hoop deeply carved with inverted volutes at the sides and on top of the shoulders, the oval bezel set with a beveled nicolo intaglio engraved with a sea horse swimming to left. Total length 3 cm.; inside width 1.8 cm.; inside height 1.5 cm.
Provenance: Jeremy Caudron, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, by descent from his maternal grandfather;... [Lire la suite]10 juin 2016
An Etruscan Gold Wreath, circa late 4th/early 3rd Century B.C.
Lot 7. An Etruscan Gold Wreath, circa late 4th-early 3rd Century B.C. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
composed of a broad band with rounded ends, the central boss flanked on each side by four overlapping rows of laurel leaves, additional leaves above and below, each leaf bisected by three raised lines, the ends of the wreath each embossed with a large palmette. Length 34 cm. 13 3/8 in.
Provenance: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, Kunstwerke der Antike, November 29th, 1958,... [Lire la suite]10 juin 2016
An Apulian Red-figured Pelike, attributed to the Iliupersis Painter, circa 375-350 B.C.
Lot 87. An Apulian Red-figured Pelike, attributed to the Iliupersis Painter, circa 375-350 B.C. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
painted in front with a youth offering a fillet to a seated woman playing the harp, a hydria at her feet, the couple flanked by a woman holding a patera and another a palm branch, the register above with Eros offering a duck to a seated woman holding a fan and wreath, and on the reverse with a woman holding a fillet and crowning a seated... [Lire la suite]10 juin 2016
An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, attributed to the Circle of the Leagros Group, circa 500 B.C.
Lot 84. An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, attributed to the Circle of the Leagros Group, circa 500 B.C. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
with triple handles, painted on one side with Apollo Kitharodos between two women or muses, one holding a flower to her nose, and on the other with a warrior facing left in full armor and flanked by two archers, his shield emblazoned with an panther head, rays above the foot beneath a frieze of linked lotus buds, tongues on the... [Lire la suite]10 juin 2016
An Attic Red-figured Kalpis, attributed to the Niobid Painter, circa 460 B.C.
Lot 86. An Attic Red-figured Kalpis, attributed to the Niobid Painter, circa 460 B.C. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
painted with a domestic musical contest between three women, one raised on a two-stepped podium (bema) in the center, seated on a klismos, her head turned to her right, playing the barbiton, and wearing a chiton and himation raised as a veil over the back of her head, a lyra hanging above her, another woman standing to left and unrolling a scroll removed from... [Lire la suite]10 juin 2016
A Marble Head of a Woman, Queen, or Goddess, Egypt, Late Hellenistic, circa 1st Century B.C.
Lot 56. A Marble Head of a Woman, Queen, or Goddess, Egypt, Late Hellenistic, circa 1st Century B.C. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
from a monumental figure, turned to her right, with long neck, idealized oval face with bow-shaped lips, and slightly upturned nose merging into finely arched brows, her wavy hair parted in the center and surmounted by a diadem, the back carved flat, with two dowel holes, and a channel for a marble clamp at neck-level; no... [Lire la suite]10 juin 2016
A Greek Marble Head of a Youth, Attic, circa 340-330 B.C.
Lot 8. A Greek Marble Head of a Youth, Attic, circa 340-330 B.C. Estimate 600,000 — 900,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
turned slightly to his right, his expressive face with full parted lips and deep-set eyes beneath the prominent brow, the thick mass of curly hair freely worked; no restorations. Height 26 cm. 10 1/4 in.
Provenance: European private collection, 1960s (based on custom-made Belgian black marble base and aging painted restoration on lower lip as seen in 1983... [Lire la suite]10 juin 2016
A Greek Marble Head of a Goddess, circa mid-2nd Century B.C.
Lot 9. A Greek Marble Head of a Goddess, circa mid-2nd Century B.C. Estimate 600,000 — 900,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
from a monumental figure, turned to her left, her oval face with strong chin, full parted lips, straight nose, and deep-set eyes beneath the broad brow, her wavy hair parted in the center, swept back and up in thick tresses from the temples and ears, and surmounted by a fragmentary fillet; no restorations. Total height 38 cm. 15 in.; height of face 22 cm. 8... [Lire la suite]10 juin 2016
A Longquan celadon tripod incense burner, Song-Ming dynasty
Lot 673. A Longquan celadon tripod incense burner, Song-Ming dynasty. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 HKD. Lot sold 375,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.
well potted, of globular form surmounted by an everted rim, applied overall with a sage-green glaze suffused with a matrix of fine crackles, the bottom of the feet left unglazed revealing a fine greyish ware; width 13 cm, 5 1/8 in.
Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong | 02 Jun 201610 juin 2016
A Longquan celadon 'lingzhi"-handled mallet vase, 14th century
Lot 672. A Longquan celadon 'lingzhi'-handled mallet vase, 14th century. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 HKD. Lot sold 162,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.
of mallet-form flanked by lingzhi-shaped handles joined by a raised rib, applied overall with an even sage-green glaze, saved for the knife-pared foot left unglazed and burnt orange in the firing; 17.5 cm, 6 7/8 in.
Notes: Vases of this elegant mallet shape are seldom found with ruyi-shaped handles and raised ribs, although a... [Lire la suite]