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Safani Gallery Inc., Stand 319 at TEFAF New York Fall 2018

Head of a Goddess, Roman, circa first century AD. Marble. Height 35 cm (13.8 in). Image courtesy Safani Gallery Inc. / Stand 319. Certificate by Thomas Lochmann, from the Antiquities Museum, Basel. Provenance: Paul Sarasin Collection; Mr. Sarasin (1856-1920)...

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Tags: Italy, terracotta, Roman, Etruscan, urn and cover, circa 1st century AD, Head of a Goddess, 6th-4th century BC, Etruria

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9 février 2018

An Ordos silver garment-hook, Eastern Zhou, 6th-4th century BC

Lot 32. An Ordos silver garment-hook, Eastern Zhou, 6th-4th century BC; 19.5cm., 7 5/8 in. Weight 74,5g. Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 GBP. Lot sold 4,375 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2008 the large body worked in repousse in the shape of a crouching beast, the legs...

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Tags: silver, Eastern Zhou, Ordos, 6th-4th century BC, garment-hook

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9 février 2018

An unusual Ordos gold harness fitting, 6th-4th century BC

Lot 31. An unusual Ordos gold harness fitting, 6th-4th century BC; 7.4cm., 3 7/8 in. Weight 42g. Estimate 1,200 — 2,000 GBP. Lot sold 31,700 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2008 cast as four stylised animal heads issuing from a zoomorphic body and forming a taotie...

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9 février 2018

An unusual Ordos silver harness fitting, 6th-4th century BC

Lot 30. An unusual Ordos silver harness fitting, 6th-4th century BC; 5.4cm., 2 1/8 in. Weight 23g. Estimate 1,200 — 2,000 GBP. Lot sold 6,875 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2008 rendered in the form of the stylised head of a feline, the slanting eyes mirroring...

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4 août 2017

A small Ordos gold buckle, 6th-4th century BC

Lot 11. A small Ordos gold buckle, 6th-4th century BC, 2.7cm., 1 in. Estimate 1,800 — 2,500 GBP. Lot sold 6,875 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. cast with a lobed outline formed by six stylised bird heads with prominently raised eyes, their long curved beaks turned...

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Tags: gold, Ordos, Buckle, 6th-4th century BC

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4 août 2017

A pair of small Ordos gold fittings, 6th-4th century BC

Lot 10. A pair of small Ordos gold fittings, 6th-4th century BC, 2.6cm., 1in. Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 GBP. Lot sold 6,250 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. each worked from gold sheet as a tiger mask with bulging eyes, pointed ears and striated mane with a small...

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Tags: gold, Ordos, Fitting, 6th-4th century BC

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4 août 2017

An Ordos circular gold fitting, 6th-4th century BC

Lot 9. An Ordos circular gold fitting, 6th-4th century BC, 3cm., 1 1/8 in. Estimate 500 — 700 GBP. Lot sold 750 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. cast as a conical disc and decorated on one side in raised relief with four animal heads with large eyes and ears, all...

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4 août 2017

A fragment of an openwork gold plaque, 6th-4th century BC

Lot 4. A fragment of an openwork gold plaque, 6th-4th century BC, 4.6cm., 1 7/8 in. Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 GBP. Lot sold 11,875 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. cast with a profile rendering of two animals coiled around each other into a circle, their legs tucked...

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Tags: gold, openwork plaque, Gold Plaque, 6th-4th century BC

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4 août 2017

A small Ordos openwork gold plaque, 6th-4th century BC

Lot 3. A small Ordos openwork gold plaque, 6th-4th century BC, 2.9cm., 1 1/8 in. Estimate 1,500 — 2,000 GBP. Lot sold 14,900 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. cast in openwork and low relief in the form of a stylised coiled beast, the animal's front and hind quarters...

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Tags: gold, Ordos, openwork plaque, Fitting, recumbent stag, 6th-4th century BC

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