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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
OLD KINGDOM, 5TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF
DJEDKARA, 2414-2375 B.C.
8⅝ in. (22 cm.) high
$50,000-70,000
PROVENANCE:
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AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL This Old Kingdom seal is fnely engraved with three columns of hieroglyphs,
OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF PEPY I, 2321-2287 B.C. reading: “The King’s Noble, Companion of the House who does that which
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high is commanded; the Royal Chamberlain of the Great House who does that
which his Lord praises every day; the Horus Merytawy-Meryre.”
$60,000-80,000
PROVENANCE:
One of 47 cylinder seals known from the reign of Pepy I, this example is part
G. Michailidis, Zurich (no. 1021). of a smaller group of examples carved in serpentine with only a few vertical
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 26 July 1976, lot 324. rows of inscription. Making use of the later form of Pepy’s Horus name
Dr. Ulrich Müller, Zurich. (Merytawy-Meryre) which occurs after his frst sed-festival, the seal features
Private Collection, Switzerland. one longer vertical column of text, indicating that a new title was added later,
A Swiss Private Collector; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 3 June 2009, lot 2. perhaps representing a promotion to higher rank.
PUBLISHED:
According to H. Goedicke (op. cit., pp. 69f), this type of seal is an instrument
H. Goedicke, "Die Siegelzylinder von Pepi I," Mitteilungen des Deutschen
Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 17, Wiesbaden, 1961, pp. 88-90. that confrms the action of an oficial as a representative of the Pharaoh;
P. Kaplony, "Die Rollsiegel des Alten Reiches I" in Monumenta Aegyptiaca 2, this is why only the titles of the owner are mentioned and not his name. The
Brussels, 1977, pp. 91f. seal becomes the visible attribute or symbol of an ofice and is therefore not
P. Kaplony, "Die Rollsiegel des Alten Reiches II" in Monumenta Aegyptiaca 3A, personal property, which explains why such objects are not found in
Brussels, 1981, p. 396, no. 37, pl. 109. private burials.
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PROPERTY FROM A BELGIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE GROUP STATUE FOR
SA-USERWY AND HIS SON SEN-MIN
MIDDLE KINGDOM, LATE 12TH-13TH DYNASTY,
CIRCA 1878-1750 B.C.
6⅝ in. (17 cm.) high
$250,000-350,000
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
PUBLISHED:
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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OFFERING TABLE FOR THE
PRIESTESS OF HATHOR HEQY
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 11TH-13TH DYNASTY, 2055-1650 B.C.
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired by the grandfather of the current owner and brought to New York,
prior to 1948; thence by descent too the current owner.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTOR
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AN EGYPTIAN BASALT FIGURE OF A MAN J. Malek, et al., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic
MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA LATE 12TH-13TH DYNASTY, Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, vol. 8, part 1, Oxford, 1999,
CIRCA 1800-1640 B.C. no. 801-445-930.
6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high
The lack of a back pillar and the forward position of the arms may indicate
$20,000-30,000 that the current fgure was seated cross-legged with feet tucked under (as
PROVENANCE:
on Manchester 6135, J. Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals, Egyptian Art in the
Lester Wolfe (1897-July 1983), New York. Middle Kingdom, cat. 43, p. 56), or in a scribal position.
The Collection of the Late Lester Wolfe; Antiquities, Sotheby’s, New York,
1-2 March 1984, lot 111.
Charles Pankow (1923-2004), San Francisco, acquired from the above.
The Charles Pankow Collection of Egyptian Art, Sotheby's, New York,
8 December 2004, lot 147.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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As Roeder notes (op. cit.), this block derives very likely from the text above
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE TALATAT a scene of a princess standing behind the king. It bears 3 columns of
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AKHENATEN,
hieroglyphs comprising the two cartouches of Akhenaten and a third column
CIRCA 1352-1336 B.C.
to the right, reading: "Neferkheprure-Wanre, Akhena[ten],...[Daughter of the
21⅛ in. (53.6 cm.) long
king of his body, beloved] of him, of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt." The
$30,000-50,000 cartouche to the left appears to have been intentionally damaged in antiquity
in an act of damnatio memoriae. Following the death of Akhenaten in 1336
PROVENANCE:
B.C. many of his monuments were destroyed, and his name was erased from
From Hermopolis, El Ashmunein.
buildings and oficial records.
Private Collection, U.S., acquired by 1969.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Between 1929 and 1939, German excavators in Egypt, led by the Roemer-
Private Collection, Principality of Liechtenstein.
und Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, found numerous talatat in Hermopolis,
PUBLISHED: over 12 miles north of Amarna, in the foundations of a temple built in the
G. Roeder, Amarna-Reliefs aus Hermopolis, Hildesheim, 1969, pl. 197, time of Ramesses II. The use of standardized talatat blocks were employed
no. PC 187, chapter V, nos. F5 and 11a; chapter VI, nos. 9 and 12.
only during Akhenaten's reign. The rubble from his demolished buildings was
reused as fll in the foundations of later edifces.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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AN EGYPTIAN WOOD DUCK-SHAPED COSMETIC DISH
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1550-1292 B.C.
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) long
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
with Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), New York and Paris, acquired by 1924
(Inventory no. P829).
The Ernest Brummer Collection: Egyptian & Near Eastern Antiquities, Sotheby's;
London, 16-17 November 1964, lot 104.
Private Collection, acquired by 1988.
Property of a Nobleman; Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1988,
lot 92.
The Thalassic Collection, New York.
The Thalassic Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 4 June 1999,
lot 224.
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN-GLAZED STEATITE COMMEMORATIVE Five varieties of the commemorative scarab are known. Each type, according
SCARAB FOR AMENHOTEP III to the inscriptions on their undersides, memorialized an important event in
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, Amenhotep III’s life: the lion hunt; the wild bull hunt; his marriage to Queen
1390-1352 B.C. Tiye; the creation of an artifcial lake for Tiye; and the arrival of Princess
2¾ in. (6.9 cm.) long Gilukhepa, daughter of the Mitannian King Shuttarna II.
$70,000-90,000
The lion hunt scarabs record that Amenhotep III, from the frst year of his
PROVENANCE: reign through the tenth, killed 102 lions. The purpose of these scarabs was
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1977, lot 185. to celebrate his great achievement, informing the population of Egypt and
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 1979, lot 281. beyond that he was a powerful ruler. Indeed, the scarabs have been found
Scarabs and Design Amulets: A Glimpse of Ancient Egypt in Miniature, not only throughout Egypt proper, but also as far south as Soleb in Sudan
NFA Auctions, New York, 11 December 1991, lot 115. and as far north as Ras Shamra in Syria.
The Thalassic Collection, New York, acquired by 2001.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2002. R. Demarée (op. cit., pp. 25-34) notes that more than 130 lion hunt scarabs
EXHIBITED: are known, most now in institutional collections in Europe, North America
Atlanta, The Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, The Collector's Eye: and the Near East. Most are of similar scale to the present example and are
Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from the Thalassic Collection, 21 April 2001- inscribed with 8 lines of hieroglyphic text reading:
6 January 2002.
“May he live, the Horus, Mighty Bull Who Appears in Maat; the Two Ladies,
PUBLISHED:
Establisher of the Laws and Pacifer of the Two Lands, the Horus of Gold,
A.P. Kozlof and B.M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun, Amenhotep III and his World,
Cleveland, 1992, p. 69, n. 2. Great of Strength Who Smites the Asiatics; the King of Upper and Lower
P. Lacovara, et al., The Collector's Eye: Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from the Egypt, Nebmaatre; the Son of Re, Amenhotpe Ruler of Thebes, endowed
Thalassic Collection, Atlanta, 2001, pp. 92-93, no. 51. with life; and the King’s Great Wife Tiye, may she live! The number of the
R.J. Demarée, "The Commemorative Scarabs of Amenophis III: An Update," lions from regnal year 1 down to regnal year 10, lions 102”.
Jaarbericht “Ex Oriente Lux” 43, 2011, p. 28, no. C125.
As Berman informs (op. cit., p. 68), because of the consistency of their
The nearly forty-year reign of Amenhotep III was one of the most artistically style, it seems that all fve types of commemorative scarab were issued
productive in the history of Egypt. The high level of achievement in all the simultaneously sometime in the 11th regnal year or later, or circa 1376 B.C.
arts, major and minor, is well documented, including faience, as evinced
by the surviving corpus from his reign. According to L.M. Berman in A.P.
Kozlof and B.M. Bryan (op. cit., p. 67), the invention of the large-scale
commemorative scarab beetle is attributed to his reign. The majority of them
are made from glazed steatite, either blue or green, all with the diferent
parts of the beetle well-detailed.
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A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN GREEN SCHIST HEAD This fragmentary head is fnely sculpted with fully rounded cheeks, a
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, naturalistic eye beneath a contoured brow, and sensitive, downturned full
25TH-26TH DYNASTY, 747-525 B.C. lips. He wears the white crown (hedjet) fronted by a coiled uraeus. It has
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high previously been catalogued as a portrait of Taharqa, the 4th king of the 25th
Dynasty, and it may well be a portrait of him or a statue of Osiris bearing his
$40,000-60,000
features. However, Malek (op. cit., p. 1079) considered it a work of the 26th
PROVENANCE: Dynasty. The traces of the back slab preserved along the edge indicate that
Ernest Erickson (1893-1983), New York, acquired by 1983. this may have belonged to a group statue.
The Ernest Erickson Foundation; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York,
23 June 1989.
Private Collection, New York.
A New York Private Collection; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York,
5 June 2008, lot 58.
PUBLISHED:
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE NEITH
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
This regal depiction of Neith is augmented by an elaborate inlaid gold broad-
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
collar and silver-inlaid eyes. M. Viglaki-Sofanou notes (p. 109 in M. Hill, ed.,
$50,000-70,000 Gifts for the Gods: Images from Egyptian Temples) that the popularity of the
goddess "was closely linked to the rise of the powerful dynasty in Sais, her
PROVENANCE:
cult city, which ruled Egypt from 664-525 B.C. as the Saite (or Twenty-sixth)
with Aaron Gallery, London, acquired in Geneva, 7 January 1980.
Dynasty." For a similar depiction of the goddess, see no. 26.7.846 in The
Private Collection, U.K., acquired from the above, 1980.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2016. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NEFERIBRE-SANEITH
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high
$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE:
Repeatedly lauded as being amongst the most beautiful shabtis of the Late
Period, the Neferibresaneith's shabtis are praised by Aubert and Aubert for
their "haughty countenance, energetic and refned," and their achievement of
a "fne silhouette....with subtle contours." Other shabtis for Neferibresaneith
are held at the Albany Institute of History and Art, New York (acc. no.
2013.1.4), the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta (acc. no. 1998.11), and the
National Museums of World Culture, Stockholm (inv. no. MME 1974:156).
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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION This rare amulet is in the form of two outward-facing uraeus serpents who’s
merging tails arc across the convex solar disk between them. Their faring
112 hoods are well detailed, and there is cross-hatching along the lengths of
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY HORUS-BEHDET AMULET their bodies indicating snakeskin. The ensemble is supported on a mat
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C. with four sets of four vertical lines, and there is a ribbed suspension loop
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) wide on the reverse. For the iconography of the solar disk fanked by uraei, see R.
Shonkwiler, “The Behdetite: A Study of Horus the Behdetite from the Old
$50,000-70,000
Kingdom to the Conquest of Alexander,” PhD. dissertation, University of
PROVENANCE: Chicago, 2014, pp. 85f.
Norbert Schimmel (1905-1990), New York.
Important Antiquities from the Norbert Schimmel Collection, Sotheby’s, This grouping is well known in Egyptian art and is an emblem for the sun
New York, 16 December 1992, lot 117. god Ra. J. Cooney (no. 229bis in Muscarella, op. cit.) observes that while
with Robin Symes, London and New York, acquired from the above on behalf the sun in this grouping is traditionally thought of as a disk, “the existence
of William and Lynda Beierwaltes, Colorado.
of a convex form seemed to indicate that the Egyptians conceived of the
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2007.
sun as a globe.” The motif is rare in amulet form, which makes the dating
EXHIBITED: challenging. When frst published, Cooney suggested a New Kingdom date,
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ancient Art from the Norbert late 18th Dynasty. Subsequent authors however have adopted a later dating.
Schimmel Collection, 17 September 1975-March 1 1976. The use of blue chalcedony, never common in Egypt but extremely popular in
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe; the Achaemenid world for cylinder and stamp seals, might argue for a 27th
Munich, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Von Troja bis Amarna,
Dynasty date, when Egypt was under Persian rule.
The Norbert Schimmel Collection, New York, 18 March 1978-6 January 1979.
PUBLISHED: Norbert Schimmel was one of the twentieth century’s most well-known
O.W. Muscarella, ed., Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, collectors of antiquities. In addition to amassing one of the most important
1974, no. 229bis. collections of ancient art in the United States, Schimmel also supported
J. Settgast, ed., Von Troja bis Amarna, The Norbert Schimmel Collection, archeological excavations in the Middle East and donated much of his
New York, Mainz, 1978, no. 257. collection to the Israel Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The amulet was mounted as a brooch in a removable gold setting by
Harry Winston.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT AN EGYPTIAN BASALT RELIEF
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C. PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, REIGN OF PTOLEMY I, 304-284 B.C.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high 22 in. (55.9 cm.) high
$50,000-70,000 $25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Joseph Martin, Nice, acquired 1962; thence by descent. Art Market, London.
with Pierre-Eric Becker, Cannes, acquired from the above 1996. with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1974 (Exhibition of Kokusai Bijutsu,
Private Collection, France, acquired from the above, 1997; thence by descent. No. 2, no. 7).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2017.
Once forming part of the dado from the Temple of Amun-Ra at Naukratis,
Domesticated cats occupied a central place in ancient Egyptian religion. this relief is decorated with a row of fecundity fgures bearing symbolic
According to J. Malek (p. 73, The Cat in Ancient Egypt), "The cat's strength oferings on trays. The hieroglyph atop the head of the female fgure on
lay in its humble origins and its apotropaic (protective) qualities, which frst the left indicates that these are part of a row of personifed nomes or
brought widespread respect and a prominent place in the personal religion administrative districts of Egypt. A closely related block in Hannover
of ordinary people." By the Ptolemaic period cats had become associated (Kestner Museum, accession no. 1970.39) features a male fecundity fgure
almost exclusively with the goddess Bastet. Statues of wood or bronze, like representing the 14th nome of Lower Egypt, followed by a female fgure
the present example, would have functioned as votives for the deity.
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representing the 15th Lower Egyptian nome. Another large fragment in The vertical row of hieroglyphic text behind the female fgure reads “…God,
Hannover (Kestner Museum, accession no. 1970.38) depicts alternating You are Ta-Tenen, who cares for the righteous, the Primeval God of the earth,
male and female fecundity fgures moving in the opposite direction, probably God of strength, God of his Primeval Ones, Father of the Gods.” Similar texts
from an opposing wall. According to von Recklinghausen (“The Decoration addressed to deities in the second person occur on the related fragments in
of the Temple of Amun” in A. Villing, et al., Naukratis: Greeks In Egypt), “In Hannover. Additional related fragments with similar scenes and texts were
this type of geographical procession, a nome is represented by a female documented in the 1920s at Kom Geif (C.C. Edgar, “Some Hieroglyphic
personifcation symbolizing the nome proper and by three additional deities Inscriptions from Naucratis,” Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte
symbolizing certain sub-divisions of the nome: the mr-canal represents 22, nos. 1-6). The actual location of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Naukratis is
watercourses, the w-region cultivated land and the phw-area a swampy not identifed with certainty. For other similar reliefs, see no. 1A, pp. 69-126
region... the reliefs from Naukratis are by far the oldest evidence for this type in C. Leitz, “Geographische Soubassementtexte aus griechisch-römischer
of procession and the only ones originating from Lower Egypt.” Zeit: Eine Hauptquelle altägyptischer Kulttopographie,” in A. Rickert and
B. Ventker, eds., Altägyptische Enzyklopädien. Die Soubassements in den
Tempeln der griechisch-römischen Zeit, Soubassementstudien I.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NEW YEAR'S FLASK
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
These vessels are called "New Year's Flasks" because the New Year is usually
invoked in the inscriptions. They were produced at Naukratis during the
26th Dynasty, alongside faience scarabs and other amulets. According to
R. Bianchi (F.D. Friedman, ed., Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, p.
229, nos. 126-127), "the ancient Egyptian New Year started in late summer,
when the Nile began its annual food. The transition between the years was
considered fraught with dangers that threatened the cosmic stability of the
land and numerous rituals were developed in order to ensure a harmonious
transition [...] It has been suggested that these vessels were designed to
contain a liquid used in an as yet unknown ritual connected with
New Year celebrations."
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ANUBIS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
115
5⅛ in. (13 cm.) high
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
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AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD COFFIN LID FRAGMENT
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
22½ in. (57.1 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
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Inherited by the current owner and brought to the U.S., 1973.
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A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER THREE CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED VESSELS
CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C. CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
13⅜ in. (33.9 cm.) wide, including handles Ring aryballos: 5⅛ in. (13 cm.) high (3)
$15,000-20,000 $6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1980, lot 231. Ring aryballos: Private Collection, France, reportedly acquired in the
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 1-2 March 1984, lot 47. early 20th century.
with Münzen und Medaillen, Basel. Antiquities, Christie's, London, 8 July 1992, lot 101.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1989 (One
Thousands Years of Ancient Greek Vases from Greece, Etruria & Southern Italy, Alabastra: Acquired by the current owner, 1992 or prior.
1990, no. 13).
Fine Antiquities, Superior Galleries, Beverly Hills, 12 March 1994, lot 336. The ring-aryballos is a comparatively rare shape for Corinthian vases. At the
Private Collection, U.S. time of his study of them, P.N. Ure (“Ring Aryballos,” in Hesperia, 1946) knew
Acquired by the current owner in Los Angeles, 2018. of about only ffty examples.
EXHIBITED:
The three fgures depicted on one side of this vase are often referred to as
“padded dancers.” These revelers are dressed in a costume designed to
accentuate their bellies and buttocks for a specifc occasion. As D.A. Amyx
describes (p. 651 in Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period, vol. 2),
“the nature of that occasion has been, and still is, a matter for speculation,
for there is no general agreement on the answer to this question.” Some
scholars speculate that the dancers are related to a Dionysian theme while
others suggest that it might be a rite associated with Artemis. Despite the
ambiguity, they were a popular motif on Corinthian vases from the mid 7th to
the mid 6th century B.C.
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A PSEUDO-CHALCIDIAN BLACK-FIGURED
NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MEMNON GROUP, CIRCA
530-510 B.C.
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) high
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
PUBLISHED:
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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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AN EAST GREEK POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS
CIRCA 600-575 B.C.
8⅜ in. (21.2 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW JERSEY PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA (TYPE B) One side of this amphora depicts Theseus slaying the Minotaur, a popular
ATTRIBUTED TO THE BUCCI PAINTER, CIRCA 540-530 B.C.
scene depicted on Greek vase painting. Born of the union between Queen
18⅛ in. (46 cm.) high Pasiphae and a bull sent to Crete by Poseidon, the Minotaur was confned to
$50,000-70,000 the legendary labyrinth designed by Daidalos. Each year the King of Athens
dispatched fourteen youths and maidens as tribute to King Minos, who feed
PROVENANCE:
them to the Minotaur to temporarily pacify the beast. Theseus slaughtered
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13-14 July 1981, lot 268.
the bull-headed monster, saving Athens’ young citizens, and soon after was
EXHIBITED: crowned King of Athens.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982-1994 (Loan no. L.1982.28).
The departure scene on the reverse is noteworthy because it is framed
PUBLISHED:
by Doric columns surmounted by roosters, which are typically found on
R. Guy, "A Mystery of Attribution" Ackland Quarterly 31, Winter 1991-1992,
Panathenaic amphorae fanking Athena. M. Popkin (“Roosters, Columns, and
pp. 2-4, fg. 8.
Athena on Early Panathenaic Prize Amphoras: Symbols of a New Athenian
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 7110.
Identity,” Hesperia, 81) has argued that such symbols make “clear that
Athens is not only Athena’s spiritual home, but her architectural, physical
home as well.” One can surmise that the columns illustrated here delineate
the boundaries of Athens and the security it provides compared to the vast
unknown that the soldier with his hound will soon encounter.
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$8,000-12,000 $5,000-7,000
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
with Antiquarium, New York, acquired in Private Collection, New York. PROVENANCE:
New York, 1990. A New York Private Collection; Antiquities, Rolf Blatter, Bern, acquired in Switzerland, 1960s;
Acquired by the current owner from the above, Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1978, lot 234. thence by descent.
2012. Private Collection, Florida. Kunstwerke der Antike, Auktion 6, Jean-David
A Florida Private Collection; Antiquities, Sotheby's, Cahn, Basel, 5 November 2011, lot 78.
PUBLISHED:
New York, 4 June 2014, lot 52.
A.J. Clark, Attic Black-Figured 'Olpai' and PUBLISHED:
'Oinochoai,' Ph.D. dissertation, New York PUBLISHED: The left and center fragments: R. Blatter,
University, 1992, cat. 219. A.J. Clark, Attic Black-Figured 'Olpai' and "Schwarzfgurige Fragmente mit Parisurteil,"
'Oinochoai,' Ph.D. dissertation, New York Antike Welt 10, no. 4, 1979, pp. 55-56, fgs. 1-2.
University, 1992, cat. 370.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED WEST COAST
COLLECTION
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA
CIRCA 520-500 B.C.
15½ in. (39.4 cm.) high
$15,000-20,000
PROVENANCE:
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED KYATHOS
CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED TREFOIL
OINOCHOE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF VILLA GIULIA
M. 482, CIRCA 510 B.C.
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED WHITE-GROUND
NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PESCIA PAINTER, CIRCA 500 B.C.
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE DOT-BAND CLASS, CIRCA 500 B.C.
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Passionate Acts in
Greek Art and Myth, 19 November 1993-13 March 1994.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED PELIKE PUBLISHED:
PROVENANCE:
Kunstwerk der Antike, Auktion 34, Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, 6 May 1967,
lot 138.
with André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 1968 (Art of the Ancients: Greeks,
Etruscans, and Romans, no. 18).
Private Collection, New York.
A New York Private Collector; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York,
17 February 1978, lot 79.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 1-2 March 1984, lot 66.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1990, lot 13.
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW JERSEY PRIVATE COLLECTION
132 The black-fgured tondo features a nude satyr crowned with a wreath,
running to the right but looking back. He carries a wineskin over his shoulder
AN ATTIC BILINGUAL EYE-CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO PHEIDIPPOS, CIRCA 520 B.C. with one hand and a rhyton in the other. Each side of the red-fgured exterior
depicts a nude athlete, one holding jumping weights, between eyes. One side
12⅜ in. (31.4 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
has two inscriptions, reading: "Kalos" and "Cha[i]re" between the eyes
$20,000-30,000 and brows.
PROVENANCE:
The red-fgure technique was invented in Athens circa 530 B.C. A small
with H.A.C., Basel, 1978.
number of vases produced during the last quarter of the 6th century B.C.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13-14 July 1981, lot 276.
employ both the older black-fgure technique together with the new red-
PUBLISHED: fgure. For such vases Beazley coined the term "bilingual" (see p. 18 in
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 7106. B. Cohen, The Colors of Clay, Special Techniques in Athenian Vases).
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PROPERTY FROM A MANHATTAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
133
AN ATTIC OUTLINE WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE YALE LEKYTHOS,
CIRCA 470-460 B.C.
69/16 in. (16.6 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
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134
AN ATTIC BLACK-BODIED LEKYTHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE BERLIN PAINTER,
CIRCA 490-480 B.C.
Together with another Attic black-bodied lekythos
16 in. (40 cm.) high (2)
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
When Beazley (op. cit., 1963) frst saw the lekythos, the foral
shoulders were combined with other fgural fragments, all
attributed to the Berlin Painter. By 1970, the fgural fragments
had been removed, as the parts were found to belong to two
diferent vases.
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136
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW JERSEY PRIVATE COLLECTION
137
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ALKIMACHOS PAINTER, CIRCA 470-460 B.C.
12⅝ in. (32 cm.) high
$80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
The dynamic scene on the obverse depicts an armed Lapith battling a centaur.
Note the use of added red to the centaur's body indicating blood from the spear
wound. On the reverse a Lapith youth prepares to throw a rock. The battle of the
Lapiths and Centaurs was a popular subject in the Greek world. As J.M. Padgett
explains (The Centaur's Smile, The Human Animal in Early Greek Art, p. 17), the
theme of centauromachy "came to symbolize the defeat of barbarism,
in particular, the Persians."
This amphora has a colorful modern ownership history. Originally part of the
collection of the Philadelphia-born railroad magnate Dillwyn Parrish, this vase
was sold to the dealer Ernest Brummer at the 1928 sale of Parrish's estate. The
Brummer gallery's records, now held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (op.
cit.), indicate that this vase was purchased on behalf of William Randolph Hearst.
A handwritten note on Brummer's card for this object notes it had "not been
taken over or paid for" by Hearst and thus became part of the gallerist's personal
collection. The Beazley Archive preserves the scholar's hand-drawn study of the
youth on the reverse.
138
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX
MANNER OF THE ANTIPHON PAINTER, CIRCA
EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
9⅝ in. (24.4 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
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PROPERTY FROM
A DISTINGUISHED WEST COAST COLLECTION
139 140
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED COLUMN- T.H. Carpenter, et al., Beazley Addenda, Second AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX
KRATER Edition, Oxford, 1989, p. 260, no. 563.7. ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE YALE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PIG PAINTER, E. Laufer, "Kaineus," in LIMC, vol. 5, Zurich and CUP, CIRCA 460-450 B.C.
CIRCA 475-465 B.C. Munich, 1990, no. 40.
71 in. (19 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 206432.
16⅞ in. (42.8 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
$70,000-90,000 The death of the Lapith warrior Kaineus was a
favorite subject of Greek artists. Kaineus had PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE:
originally been born a woman, who after being with Superior Stamp & Coin, Beverly Hills.
Auktion III, Ars Antiqua, Lucerne, 29 April 1961, Acquired by the current owner from the above,
seduced by Poseidon, appealed to the god to turn
lot 106. 1986.
Private Collection, Bellinzona. her into an invincible man, which he agreed to do.
with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano. As weapons were useless against Kaineus, the
Acquired by the current owner from the above, centaurs could only pound him into the ground.
1992. This vase depicts the moment that Kaineus
descends into the underworld, his body partially
PUBLISHED:
submerged into the ground.
J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-fgure Vase-painters,
Second edition, Oxford, 1963, no. 7, pp. 563 and
J.D. Beazley classifed the Pig Painter as an
1659.
F. Brommer, Vasenlisten zur griechischen early Mannerist, a term he devised to categorize
Heldensage, Marburg, 1973, p. 501, no. B19. a group of painters who, at the time of radical
B. Schifler, Die Typologie des Kentauren in der change in artistic expression during the
antiken Kunst: vom 10. bis zum Ende d. 4. Jhs. emergence of a new Classical style, chose to
v. Chr., Frankfurt, 1976, p. 253, A101. adhere to the well-established Archaic tradition
E. Laufer, Kaineus: Studien zur Ikonographie, Rome, (see pp. 179-180 in J. Boardman, Athenian Red
1985, p. 36, no. K44, pl. 12, fg. 34. Figure Vases: The Archaic Period).
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PROPERTY FROM A MANHATTAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
141
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AKESTORIDES PAINTER, CIRCA 470-450 B.C.
This kylix portrays women in a domestic setting. In the tondo two women
9⅜ in. (23.9 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
engage in conversation, while both sides of the exterior display two women
$40,000-60,000 involved in stages of bread-making under the watchful eye of an instructor.
On one side the two women stand over a mortar with the instructor to the
PROVENANCE:
right, gesturing with one index fnger raised. On the other side the two
with Galerie Arete, Zurich.
women stand on either side of an oven. Above them is a scraper likely used
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1982.
in the baking process. The occasion may be teaching the proper method to
EXHIBITED: bake oferings for the cult of Demeter.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982-2018 (Loan no. L.1982.110).
J. Neils (op. cit.) notes that all other depictions of baking in ancient Greek art
PUBLISHED:
do not show an instructor. In Xenophon’s dialogue Oeconomicus, for example,
J. Neils, "Kitchen or Cult? Women with Mortars and Pestles," in Greek Art in
the author urges his wife “to stand at the loom like a mistress, to teach others
View: Essays in Honor of Brian Sparkes, Oxford, 2004, pp. 54-62.
V. Tsoukala, "Cereal Processing and the Performance of Gender in Archaic what she knows better than they…and also to examine the breadmaker.” Neils
and Classical Greece: Iconography and Function of a Group of Terracotta (op. cit., p. 58) writes that with the present kylix “we perhaps see here for
Statuettes and Vases," in SOMA 2007: Proceedings of the XI Symposium on the frst time in Attic vase painting, at the far right in each scene, the dutiful
Mediterranean Archaeology, Istanbul Technical University, 24-29 April 2007, housewife overseeing the process of breadmaking from start to fnish.”
Oxford, 2009, pp. 387-395, fg. 13.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PISTOXENOS PAINTER, CIRCA
480-460 B.C.
9⅛ in. (23.1 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1990-2010 (Loan no. L-T 430.1.1990).
Both sides of the exterior depict a reclining satyr and maenad, closely
related to another cup by the Pistoxenos Painter, now in Austria,
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(see BAPD no. 211342).
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PELIKE
CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED GLAUX
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE CA 1694,
CIRCA 470-450 B.C.
29/16 in. (6.5 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED SKYPHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CIRCLE OF THE PENELOPE PAINTER,
CIRCA 460-440 B.C.
45/16 in. (10.9 cm.) high
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ERETRIA PAINTER,
CIRCA 430-425 B.C.
9⅝ in. (24.4 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE:
with Galerie Arete, Zurich.
Acquired by the current owner from the above,
1981.
PUBLISHED:
ANOTHER PROPERTY
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE
OXFORD GRYPOMACHY, CIRCA 390-380
B.C.
13⅛ in. (33.3 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
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AN ATTIC BLACK-GLAZED LEKANIS FOUR GREEK BLACK-GLAZED VESSELS
CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C. CIRCA MID TO LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diameter, excluding handles Oinochoe: 7⅞ in. (20 cm.) high (4)
$8,000-12,000 $8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Albert Davis (1936-1999), New York and Arizona, Oinochoe: Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978), Kylix: Reputedly from the collection of Sir Charles
acquired by 1989; thence by descent. London, noted art dealer. Alfred William Rycroft (1839-1884), London.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 28 October 2009, The Estate of the Late Count Antoine Seilern Sold Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 25 July 1977, lot
lot 144. by Order of the Benefciaries; Antiquities, Christie's, 310.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 5 December London, 2 July 1982, lot 243. with Charles Ede, London, acquired from the
2012, lot 24. Lekanis: Reputedly from the collection of Sir above (Pottery from Athens V, 1979, no. 9).
Charles Alfred William Rycroft (1839-1884), Acquired by the current owner from the above,
London. 1979.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1977, lot Skyphos: with Charles Ede, London (Pottery from
199. Athens XV, no. 33).
with Charles Ede, London, acquired from the above Acquired by the current owner from the above,
(Pottery from Athens V, 1979, no. 10). 1997.
Acquired by the current owner from the above,
1979.
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THE PORTALEGRE BRACELET
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A EUROPEAN GOLD BRACELET
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1390-1000 B.C.
3⅞ in. (9.7 cm.) wide; Weight: 1.32 lbs. (599 grams)
$400,000-600,000
PROVENANCE:
Reputedly from Portalegre.
Art Market, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, acquired by 1959. This bracelet is made from a single piece of gold weighing just under 11
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired by 1979; thence by descent. lbs., and the intricate and regular design was cleanly cut and shaped with a
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 2 May 2013, lot 139. repertoire of sharp metal tools. The starting point was a cast rod or plate of
gold, possibly plain or with the basic contours of the ridges cast in. This was
PUBLISHED:
M. Cardozo, “Joalharia Lusitanian,” Conimbriga: Revista de Arqueologia 1, 1959, then shaped, cut and pierced with sharp tools, the marks of which can clearly
pp. 13-27. be seen under magnifcation. The decoration includes horizontal ridges, rows
J. M. Soler Garcia, El Tesoro de Villena, Madrid, 1965, p. 53 no. 5, pl. XXIII, 1. of conical spikes and perforations. The work was carried out with great skill
and precision. The similarities between this bracelet and those from Villena
This magnifcent gold bracelet dates from the end of the European Bronze and Estremoz raise the question as to place of production and whether there
Age. It is perhaps the only example of its type still in private hands. It was was just one workshop responsible.
found in Portalegre, Portugal, and it relates to several other fnds across
the Iberian Peninsula, including a single bracelet from Estremoz now in The gold itself is of high purity (95%, between 22-23 carat gold), visible in
The National Archaeological Museum of Madrid (Inv. no. 35651), and a the extreme golden hue. High purity results in a soft metal, which is easily
large number from the well-known Villena Treasure now in the Museo malleable. The Iberian Peninsula has gold deposits, and it seems likely that
Arqueológico, Villena. Discovered in 1963, the Villena Treasure contained a local source was used here in its unrefned state. For a recent discussion
more than 19 lbs. of gold, including twenty-eight bracelets, many closely on the Villena treasure, see M.S. Hernández, The Treasures of Villena and
related in style to the present example. Cabezo Redondo.
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Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, Portrait of a Young Woman (Martine-Marie-Pol de Béhague, Comtesse de
Béarn), ca. 1900. Private Collection / Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Images.
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A GREEK GOLD LION HEAD PENDANT two bands of beaded wire. The fat back panel, one pinned in place, is also
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. edged in beaded wire. Animal pendants were a popular form of jewelry and
¾ in. (2 cm.) high would often be worn on a linen cord, either singly or with other accessories.
For a similar example from Kourion, now in The Metropolitan Museum of
$70,000-90,000
Art, see no. 187 in D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold.
PROVENANCE:
Comtesse Martine-Marie-Octavie Pol de Béhague (1870-1939), Paris; thence Comtesse Martine de Béhague (1869-1939) was a renowned cross-category
by descent to Marquis Jean-Louis Hubert de Ganay (1922-2013), France. collector who traversed the Mediterranean in her yacht, The Nirvana, in
Antiquites et Objets d'Art: Collection de Martine, Comtesse de Behague, search of the fnest works of art. Her rarefed collection of antiquities,
Provenant de la Succession du Marquis de Ganay, Sotheby's, Monaco, medieval objects, Asian works of art and impressionist paintings were
5 December 1987, lot 36. displayed at her home, the Hotel Béhague, now the Romanian embassy in
with Robin Symes, London and New York, 2000 (Bull Leapers to Picasso,
Paris. After her death in 1939 she left her collection to her nephew, Hubert
no. 39).
de Ganay (1888-1974) and it was later dispersed at the renowned 1987
This exquisite gold pendant is constructed from nearly pure gold and is auction of her collection in Monaco.
on par with the fnest work from the Classical period. The details of the
This pendant is featured in the iconic portrait of Béhague painted by Pascal
ferocious lion head are chased with stippling on the nose, whiskers and
Dagnan-Bouveret around 1900 where it is suspended from a long chain
mane. The lolling tongue and the teeth are separately made. The suspension
around her neck.
loop and back edge are ornamented with a ring of large granules between
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Each bracelet is composed of a double thick sold-gold wire hoop with the
A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD BRACELETS
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D. tapering ends overlapping and coiling back around the hoop. The gold is
nearly pure at approximately 97% and is a fne work of Roman imperial
Each: 3 in. (7.7 cm.) width; weight: 206 and 210 grams respectively
(2) craftsmanship from the 3rd century. Such bracelets need not be from Rome.
As S. Walker notes (p. 176, no. 218, Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from
$40,000-60,000 Roman Egypt) a related example can be seen on a Fayyum portrait of a boy,
PROVENANCE:
said to be from er-Rubayat, and now in the Brooklyn Museum.
Heidi Vollmoeller (1916-2003), Zurich, 1966.
The Heidi Vollmoeller Collection, Christie’s, London, 29 October 2003, lot 415.
PUBLISHED:
Antiker Schmuck, Gold und Silber, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1982,
no. 39.
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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
153
A BYZANTINE GOLD AND PEARL FINGER RING The form of this impressive Byzantine fnger ring with its broad hoop and
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D. calyx-shaped bezel is characteristic of the 7th century A.D. The calyx is
typically set with a cabochon gem such as garnet, amethyst, rock crystal or
1 1 in. (3.8 cm.) high; ring size 10
emerald, or, more rarely, as here, a large pearl. On this example, a wire threaded
$25,000-35,000 through its perforation secures the pearl to the bezel. The tip of each petal is
topped with a large granulated sphere where it joins the circular bezel. The
PROVENANCE
hoop is decorated with a pierced-work inscription in Greek along its length,
with Artemis, Munich.
reading KYPIE BOH I C, “Lord help Georgia,” likely for the original owner.
Fritz Buerki, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1985; thence by descent,
Switzerland. For other rings of this type, some with pierced-work scrolling, a few cut with
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2017. inscriptions, see nos. 323-333 in A. Yeroulanou, Diatrita, Pierced-work Gold
Jewellery form the 3rd to the 7th Century.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
154
A GREEK TERRACOTTA HORSE HEAD
TARENTINE, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH
CENTURY B.C.
3⅞ in. (9.9 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
PUBLISHED:
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA SEATED YOUTH
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 3RD
CENTURY B.C.
51 in. (13.9 cm.) high
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
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A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED GODDESS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
181 in. (47 cm.) high
$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE:
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE PATRICK A. DOHENY
157
A GREEK MARBLE THEATER MASK
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C. This mask, with a distinctive peak of hair on the forehead, a comparatively
small nose and a raised right eyebrow, either represents the Leading Old
91 in. (24.1 cm.) high
Man or the Long-Bearded Wavy-Haired Old Man of New Comedy (see pp.
$10,000-15,000 9-12 in T.B.L. Webster, Monuments Illustrating New Comedy). It was designed
to be suspended and viewed from below, perhaps in a symposium room.
PROVENANCE:
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A GREEK BRONZE MIME
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
6⅝ in. (16.8 cm.) high
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
PUBLISHED:
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A GREEK MARBLE APHRODITE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
20½ in. (52 cm.) high
$80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
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AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE HERCLE
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C. CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) long 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000 $10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Art Market, Europe. Dr. H.A. Fawcett, England.
with Nihombashi Takashimaya Exhibition, Tokyo, 1968 (Ancient-Modern: Dr. H.A. Fawcett; Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13-14 July 1981, lot 328.
Pan-European Art Exhibition); 1978 (All European Art Fair, 1977). with Barakat Antiquities, Jerusalem, acquired from the above.
David Garth (1930-2014), New York, acquired from the above, circa 1981;
The satyr depicted here has extensive pigment preserved. For a similar thence by decent to the current owner.
satyr antefx including the arching support on the reverse, see no. 58 in
P. Pensabene and M.R. Sanzi di Mino, Museo Nazionale Romano, David Garth, a renowned political consultant, was instrumental in developing
Le Terrecotte, III. the modern political television commercial. His clients included New York
mayors John Lindsay, Edward Koch and Michael Bloomberg as well as
governors Hugh Carey, Mario Cuomo and other candidates nationally. Mr.
Garth acquired this bronze while working in Israel on behalf of Prime Minister
Menachem Begin.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED WEST COAST COLLECTION
162
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13 May 1980, lot 248.
A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED HYDRIA Private Collection, Santa Monica.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA 420-400 B.C. Acquired by the current owner by 1993.
151 in. (39.4 cm.) high
PUBLISHED:
$12,000-18,000 W. Tischbein, Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases...now in the
possession of Sir William Hamilton, Naples, 1795, Vol. III, no. 27.
PROVENANCE:
Ch. Lenormant and J. de Witte, Élite des monuments céramographiques, Paris,
Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), Naples and London, acquired by 1795. 1844-61, IV, pl. 57.
Thomas Hope (1769-1831), London and Deepdene; thence by descent to Lord E.M.W. Tillyard, The Hope Vases, Cambridge, 1923,
Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope (1866-1941), Deepdene. p. 110, no. 207, pl. 29.
The Celebrated Collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian Sculpture and Ancient A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, London,
Vases being a portion of The Hope Heirlooms; Christie's, London, 23-24 July 1967, p. 45, no. 224.
1917, lot 83. A. D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, Third
with Spink, London, acquired from the above (according to the Supplement (Consolidated), London, 1983, p. 12, no. 224.
auctioneer's book).
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A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CLOSE TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA EARLY
4TH CENTURY B.C.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
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A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
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166
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
NEAR THE GROUP OF LECCE 686, CIRCA
EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
11⅞ in. (30.2 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
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WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MANDELL & MADELINE BERMAN
167
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED KNOB-HANDLED PATERA PUBLISHED:
CLOSE TO THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE MNB 1148, CIRCA 350-330 B.C. A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to the Red-fgured
17 in. (43.1 cm.) diameter Vases of Apulia, Part 1, London, 1992, p. 181, no. 291a, pl. XLVIII, 1.
$25,000-35,000 The tondo depicts Aphrodite in her chariot, drawn by two fying erotes. The
ornately-decorated exterior includes four male and female ofering bearers.
PROVENANCE:
with Donna Jacobs Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan. The Painter of Louvre MNB 1148 was a close follower of the Varrese Painter
Mandell (1917-2016) and Madeline (1927-2018) Berman, Michigan, acquired and was either a forerunner or early contemporary of the Darius Painter.
from the above, 1985; thence by descent to the current owner.
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A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED LEKANIS LID
ATTRIBUTED TO THE DANAID PAINTER, CIRCA
330-320 B.C.
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) diameter
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
168
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AN APULIAN LIDDED PYXIS
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
7⅛ in. (18 cm.) wide
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
169
PROPERTY FROM
A DISTINGUISHED WEST COAST COLLECTION
•170
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED SESSILE
KANTHAROS
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
43/16 in. (10.6 cm.) high
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE:
with Superior Stamp & Coin, Beverly Hills.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1986.
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED PLATE
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diameter
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
171
•172
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED CHOUS
CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (17.9 cm.) high
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
172
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED LEKANIS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MENZIES GROUP,
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) wide
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
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174
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED PELIKE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE H.A. PAINTER, CIRCA
340-320 B.C.
139/16 in. (34.6 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
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A PAIR OF APULIAN GNATHIAN
NET-PATTERNED FOOTED ALABASTRA
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
Taller: 611/16 in. (17 cm.) high (2)
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
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A MESSAPIAN POTTERY KALATHOS
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
6⅞ in. (17.4 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
176
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WEST COAST COLLECTION
•177
TWO APULIAN XENON-WARE EPICHYSEIS
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
Each: 8⅜ in. (21.3 cm.) high (2)
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
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TWO APULIAN XENON-WARE MUGS
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
Taller: 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high (2)
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
178
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179
TWO DAUNIAN POTTERY VESSELS
CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Jug: 9⅝ in. (24.4 cm.) high (2)
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
•180
A DAUNIAN POTTERY THYMIATERION
CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
17⅝ in. (44.8 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
180
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181
A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
$15,000-20,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION
OF THE LATE PATRICK A. DOHENY
182
A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
183
A ROMAN BRONZE TREFOIL OINOCHOE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5⅜ in. (13.6 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
182
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
OTHER PROPERTIES
184
A ROMAN BRONZE MINERVA
CIRCA 1ST HALF OF THE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
41 in. (11.4 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
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A ROMAN MARBLE FRAGMENTARY STATUE OF APOLLO
FLAVIAN PERIOD, CIRCA MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.
25⅜ in. (64.4 cm.) high
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED:
Apollo Palatinus wears a mantel around his back and a folded peplos,
originally the identifying garment of Athena but adopted for Apollo
in the 4th century B.C. The god's hair was likely bound and he would
probably have been carrying a kithara.
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186 Titus Aurelius Fulvius Boionius Antoninus was born 19 September 86 A.D.
at Lanuvium, near Rome, to a consular family. Ancient sources (Historia
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR
ANTONINUS PIUS Augusta) inform that he served as quaestor in 112 A.D., praetor in 117, and
REIGN 138-161 A.D. consul in 120. Under Emperor Hadrian he was a consular administrator of
Italy and later, between 130-135, he became the proconsul of Asia. In early
13 in. (33 cm.) high
138, following the death of Hadrian's intended successor Aelius Verus,
$50,000-70,000 the honor was subsequently bestowed on Antoninus. Following Hadrian's
death later that year, the new Emperor worked toward the deifcation of his
PROVENANCE:
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 18 June 1991, lot 141. adoptive father. His devotion to Hadrian's memory inspired the Senate to
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above. bestow upon Antoninus the name "Pius."
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2004.
Antoninus Pius was a model emperor who provided the Empire with a period
The position of the two locks at the center of the forehead is characteristic of fortune, religious piety and security, perhaps unmatched in imperial
of what scholars see as the Emperor's second portrait style, typifed by an annals. As his successor Marcus Aurelius described in Meditations, his
example from Ostia now in the Vatican, the Sala a Croce Greca 595 type. character was that of "gentleness and unshaken resolution in judgments...; no
This portrait is thought to have been created circa 147-149 A.D. at the time of vainglory about external honors; love of work and perseverance;... the desire
the celebration of the Emperor's decennalia (tenth year of rule). to award every man according to desert without partiality."
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187
A ROMAN MARBLE BUST OF A SATYR
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
21¼ in. (53.8 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED:
PUBLISHED:
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
188
A ROMAN MARBLE DIANA
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
61 in. (154.9 cm.) high
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
75
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
189
A ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS
FRAGMENT
CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
221 in. (57.2 cm.) wide
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
190
A BYZANTINE MOSAIC PANEL
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
39⅛ in. (99.4 cm.) wide
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
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“These charges were brought against Julianus: that he had been a glutton and a gambler; that he had exercised
with gladiatorial arms; and that he had done all these things, moreover when advanced in years, and after escaping
the stain of these vices in his youth. The charge of pride was also brought against him, although he had really been
very unassuming as emperor, He was moreover, very afable at banquets, very courteous in the matter of petitions,
and very reasonable in the matter of granting liberty.”
191 Marcus Didius Severus Julianus (133-193 A.D.), a wealthy Roman senator,
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF reigned as Emperor for a few short months in the year 193 A.D. His sudden
EMPEROR DIDIUS JULIANUS rise to power on 28th March was no less dramatic than his demise on 1st
REIGN 193 A.D. June, just 2 months and fve days later. His rule falls within the tumultuous
28 in. (71.1 cm.) high period called “The Year of the Five Emperors” from 192-193 A.D., following
the murder of Commodus. The other rulers include Pertinax, Pescennius
$1,200,000-1,800,000 Niger, Clodius Albinus and Septimius Severus, the latter ending the chaos
PROVENANCE:
with the founding of the Severan Dynasty.
with Mario Barsanti, Rome, 1952.
Patrick A. Doheny (1923-2014), Beverly Hills, acquired by 1954; thence by Before becoming emperor late in life, Didius Julianus had a long and
descent to the current owner. distinguished public career. Born to a father from a prominent family from
Mediolanum (modern Milan) and a mother from a Roman colony in North
PUBLISHED:
Africa, Didius Julianus was raised by Domitia Lucilla, mother of Marcus
E. Langlotz, “Ein römisches Meisterportrait” Die Weltkunst 22, no. 11,
Aurelius. With her assistance, Julianus was frst elected to public ofice at
June 1952, cover, p. 2.
a very early age. He went on to be appointed quaestor, aedile and praetor,
J. Balty, “Les premiers portraits de Septime Sévère: Problèmes de méthode,”
Latomus 23, vol. 1, 1964, pp. 58-63, pl. 1, fg. 2, pl. 4, fg. 8. all with the support of the Emperor Marcus. He commanded a legion at
J. Balty, “Essai d’iconographie de l’empereur Clodius Albinus,” Latomus 85, Mogontiacum (modern Mainz) circa 167 A.D., governing the provinces
1966, cat. 85, p. 36, no. 2. in parts of Gaul, Dalmatia, the lower Rhine, Bithynia and Africa, and was
A.M. McCann, “The Portraits of Septimius Severus (A.D. 193-211),” in Memoirs appointed consul in 175 (see “The Life of Didius Julianus” in Historia Augusta,
of the American Academy in Rome, vol. 30, 1968, cat. 9, pp. 131-132, pl. XXVIII. Loeb Classical Library, 1921, vol. 1).
D. Soechting, Die Porträts des Septimius Severus, Bonn, 1972, p. 136, no. 10.
A. Mlasowsky, Herrscher und Mensch: Romische Marmorbildnisse in Hannover, The opportunity for Didius Julianus to become emperor evolved from the
Hannover, 1992, pp. 144-146. back-to-back murders of Commodus on the eve of January 1st, 193 and
K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog der römischen Porträts in den
his successor Pertinax in March of that year at the hands of the Praetorian
Capitolinischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Summlungen der Stadt
guard. The soldiers took his replacement in their own hands, declaring that
Rom, Band I, Mainz am Rhein, no. 81, p. 93. no. 1.
Arachne Online Database no. 55502. the imperial post would be auctioned to the highest bidder. Didius Julianus
and Pertinax’s father-in-law, Titus Flavius Sulpicianus competed (Cassius
Dio, Roman History, Epitome of Book LXXIV, vol. IX, Loeb Classical Library
Edition, 1927, 11). Julianus was encouraged by senators with Mediolanum
connections to seize the throne, and perhaps he also felt to be Pertinax’
rightful successor. Historia Augusta informs that Julianus had served with
Pertinax, who “always spoke of him [Didius Julianus] as his colleague and
successor; on that day, in particular, when Julianus, after betrothing his
daughter to a kinsman of his own, came to Pertinax and informed him of the
fact, Pertinax said: ‘…and due respect, for he is my colleague and successor.’”
(Historia Augusta, the Life of Didius Julianus, vol. 2.3).
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Julianus was victorious by bribing each solder with 30,000 sestertii (Historia an anatomical cuirass with protective straps, pteryges, at the shoulders,
Augusta, op. cit., 3.1-3). Declared Emperor by the armed guard, Julianus as the right nipple articulated. The shoulder strap terminates in a simple
carried to the Senate, which was strong-armed into accepting him as their knot with a heart-shaped pendant descending below. An opulently-fringed
new leader. However, his support was short-lived. The populous immediately paludamentum with deeply-rendered folds, drapes over his left shoulder,
didn’t like Julianus and spread false rumors about his extravagance and pinned in place by a raised circular brooch on his right shoulder.
his lack of respect for his predecessors. The armies of Pescennius Niger
in Syria and Septimius Severus in Illyricum revolted, the Senate passed a There is great confusion among scholars in terms of identifying the portraits
motion proclaiming Severus emperor, giving divine honors to Pertinax and ascribed to the “The year of the Five Emperors.” When this marble bust
sentencing Julianus to death; “In a short time, Julianus was deserted by was frst published by E. Langlotz in 1952, it was identifed as portraying
all.” (Historia Augusta, op. cit., vol. 8.6). He was murdered on the street by Clodius Albinus. Several later scholars disagreed with the attribution in
a common soldier who supported his successor Severus (op. cit., 8.6-9) favor of Septimius Severus (see J. Balty, op. cit., 1964 and A. McCann, op.
and Cassius Dio says Julianus’ last words were, “But what evil have I done? cit., 1968). However, K. Fittschen and P. Zanker (no. 81, op.cit.), argued
Whom have I killed?” (Cassius Dio, op. cit., 17.5). convincingly for Didius Julianus. In addition to the bust presented here, the
most complete and best preserved, there are two others known depicting
Didius Julianus here is depicted over-lifesized and of mature age. His head the same individual, one at the Palazzo Braschi and the other in the Vatican
is turned to his right with his gaze slightly upward. He has a full head of (inv. 710), both wearing similar military garb. The identifcation of them as
wavy hair with the individual locks articulated, slightly receding at his Julianus is possible by comparing their unique physiognomic traits with those
temples. It merges with his long bushy beard, with particularly well-defned found on his numismatic portraits, where there are identifying inscriptions
curling tressels below his mouth. His protruding upper lip is covered with a (see below the aureus with a bust of Didius Julianus in the British Museum,
full mustache and his lower fanked by a small patch of hair. His face with R.12642). All share the protruding upper lip, the nose with a bump along the
smooth feshy cheeks and soft naso-labial folds descending from his nose, bridge, upturned at its tip, and the distinctive curls that recede slightly on the
which has a bump along the bridge and an upturned tip. He has heavy-lidded forehead. These specifc physiognomic traits are noticeably absent on other
almond-shaped eyes beneath softly-incised brows, with the irises articulated portraits from “The year of the Five Emperors.” It is unclear whether these
and the pupils deeply drilled. His rectangular forehead has slight horizontal portraits were made of Julianus while he was serving as a high oficial or as
creases, revealing his age. Depicted in military garb, he wears a tunic below Emperor.
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and provenance of the lots and on prices recently paid or bank statement); a lot which does not have a reserve and there is no US dollars. Any conversion is for guidance only and we
at auction for similar property. Estimates can change. (ii) for corporate clients:Your Certificate of higher bid than yours, we will bid on your behalf at cannot be bound by any rate of exchange used. Christie’s
Neither you, nor anyone else, may rely on any estimates Incorporation or equivalent document(s) around 50% of the low estimate or, if lower, the is not responsible for any error (human or otherwise),
as a prediction or guarantee of the actual selling price of showing your name and registered address amount of your bid. If we receive written bids on a omission or breakdown in providing these services.
a lot or its value for any other purpose. Estimates do together with documentary proof of directors and lot for identical amounts, and at the auction these are
not include the buyer’s premium or any applicable beneficial owners; and the highest bids on the lot, we will sell the lot to the
taxes. (iii) for trusts, partnerships, offshore companies and bidder whose written bid we received first.
other business structures, please contact us in
advance to discuss our requirements.
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8 SUCCESSFUL BIDS 2 OUR AUTHENTICITY WARRANTY (b) To make a claim under this paragraph you must (iv) Bank Checks
Unless the auctioneer decides to use his or her We warrant, subject to the terms below, that the lots in give written details of the defect and return the You must make these payable to Christie’s Inc.
discretion as set out in paragraph C3 above, when the our sales are authentic (our “authenticity warranty”). lot to the sale room at which you bought it in and there may be conditions.
auctioneer’s hammer strikes, we have accepted the If, within 5 years of the date of the auction, you give the same condition as at the time of sale, within (v) Checks
last bid.This means a contract for sale has been formed notice to us that your lot is not authentic, subject to the 21 days of the date of the sale. You must make checks payable to Christie’s Inc.
between the seller and the successful bidder.We will terms below, we will refund the purchase price paid (k) South East Asian Modern and Contemporary and they must be drawn from US dollar accounts
issue an invoice only to the registered bidder who by you.The meaning of authentic can be found in the Art and Chinese Calligraphy and Painting. from a US bank.
made the successful bid.While we send out invoices by glossary at the end of these Conditions of Sale.The terms In these categories, the authenticity warranty (d) You must quote the sale number, your invoice
mail and/or email after the auction, we do not accept of the authenticity warranty are as follows: does not apply because current scholarship does not number and client number when making a payment.
responsibility for telling you whether or not your bid (a) It will be honored for claims notified within a permit the making of definitive statements. Christie’s All payments sent by post must be sent to:
was successful. If you have bid by written bid, you should period of 5 years from the date of the auction. After does, however, agree to cancel a sale in either of Christie’s Inc. Post-Sale Services,
contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible such time, we will not be obligated to honor the these two categories of art where it has been proven 20 Rockefeller Center, New York, NY 10020.
after the auction to get details of the outcome of your authenticity warranty. the lot is a forgery. Christie’s will refund to the (e) For more information please contact our Post-Sale
bid to avoid having to pay unnecessary storage charges. (b) It is given only for information shown in original buyer the purchase price in accordance Services by phone at +1 212 636 2650 or fax at +1
UPPERCASE type in the first line of the with the terms of Christie’s Authenticity Warranty, 212 636 4939 or email [email protected].
9 LOCAL BIDDING LAWS catalogue description (the “Heading”). It does provided that the original buyer notifies us with full
You agree that when bidding in any of our sales that you not apply to any information other than in the supporting evidence documenting the forgery claim 2 TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP TO YOU
will strictly comply with all local laws and regulations in Heading even if shown in UPPERCASE type. within twelve (12) months of the date of the auction. You will not own the lot and ownership of the lot will
force at the time of the sale for the relevant sale site. (c) The authenticity warranty does not apply to any Such evidence must be satisfactory to us that the not pass to you until we have received full and clear
Heading or part of a Heading which is qualified. property is a forgery in accordance with paragraph payment of the purchase price, even in circumstances
D THE BUYER’S PREMIUM AND TAXES Qualified means limited by a clarification in a lot’s E2(h)(ii) above and the property must be returned where we have released the lot to you.
1 THE BUYER’S PREMIUM catalogue description or by the use in a Heading to us in accordance with E2h(iii) above. Paragraphs
In addition to the hammer price, the successful bidder of one of the terms listed in the section titled E2(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) and (i) also apply to a 3 TRANSFERRING RISK TO YOU
Qualified Headings on the page of the catalogue claim under these categories. The risk in and responsibility for the lot will transfer to
agrees to pay us a buyer’s premium on the hammer
price of each lot sold. On all lots we charge 25% of the headed “Important Notices and Explanation of you from whichever is the earlier of the following:
hammer price up to and including US$300,000, 20% Cataloguing Practice”. For example, use of the term 3 YOUR WARRANTIES (a) When you collect the lot; or
on that part of the hammer price over US$300,000 “ATTRIBUTED TO…” in a Heading means that (a) You warrant that the funds used for settlement are (b) At the end of the 30th day following the date of the
and up to and including US$4,000,000, and 13.5% of the lot is in Christie’s opinion probably a work by not connected with any criminal activity, including auction or, if earlier, the date the lot is taken into
that part of the hammer price above US$4,000,000. the named artist but no warranty is provided that tax evasion, and you are neither under investigation, care by a third party warehouse as set out on the
the lot is the work of the named artist. Please read nor have you been charged with or convicted of page headed ‘Storage and Collection’, unless we have
2 TAXES the full list of Qualified Headings and a lot’s full money laundering, terrorist activities or other crimes. agreed otherwise with you.
catalogue description before bidding. (b) where you are bidding on behalf of another person,
The successful bidder is responsible for any applicable
taxes including any sales or use tax or equivalent tax (d) The authenticity warranty applies to the you warrant that: 4 WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO NOT PAY
Heading as amended by any Saleroom Notice. (i) you have conducted appropriate customer due (a) If you fail to pay us the purchase price in full by
wherever such taxes may arise on the hammer price,
(e) The authenticity warranty does not apply where diligence on the ultimate buyer(s) of the lot(s) in the due date, we will be entitled to do one or more
the buyer’s premium, and/or any other charges
scholarship has developed since the auction leading accordance with all applicable anti-money of the following (as well as enforce our rights under
related to the lot.
to a change in generally accepted opinion. Further, laundering and sanctions laws, consent to us paragraph F5 and any other rights or remedies we
For lots Christie’s ships to or within the United States,
it does not apply if the Heading either matched the relying on this due diligence, and you will retain have by law):
a sales or use tax may be due on the hammer price,
generally accepted opinion of experts at the date of the for a period of not less than 5 years the (i) we can charge interest from the due date at a rate of
buyer’s premium, and/or any other charges related
auction or drew attention to any conflict of opinion. documentation evidencing the due diligence. up to 1.34% per month on the unpaid amount due;
to the lot, regardless of the nationality or citizenship
(f) The authenticity warranty does not apply if the You will make such documentation promptly (ii) we can cancel the sale of the lot. If we do this,
of the successful bidder. Christie’s will collect sales tax
lot can only be shown not to be authentic by a available for immediate inspection by an we may sell the lot again, publically or privately
where legally required. The applicable sales tax rate will
scientific process which, on the date we published independent third-party auditor upon our written on such terms we shall think necessary or
be determined based upon the state, county, or locale
the catalogue, was not available or generally accepted request to do so; appropriate, in which case you must pay us any
to which the lot will be shipped. Christie’s shall collect
for use, or which was unreasonably expensive or (ii) the arrangements between you and the ultimate shortfall between the purchase price and the
New York sales tax at a rate of 8.875% for any lot
impractical, or which was likely to have damaged buyer(s) in relation to the lot or otherwise do not, proceeds from the resale.You must also pay all
collected from Christie’s in New York.
the lot. in whole or in part, facilitate tax crimes; costs, expenses, losses, damages and legal fees we
In accordance with New York law, if Christie’s arranges
(g) The benefit of the authenticity warranty is only (iii) you do not know, and have no reason to suspect, have to pay or may suffer and any shortfall in the
the shipment of a lot out of New York State, New
available to the original buyer shown on the invoice that the funds used for settlement are connected seller’s commission on the resale;
York sales tax does not apply, although sales tax or other
for the lot issued at the time of the sale and only if with, the proceeds of any criminal activity, (iii) we can pay the seller an amount up to the net
applicable taxes for other states may apply. If you hire
on the date of the notice of claim, the original buyer including tax evasion, or that the ultimate buyer(s) proceeds payable in respect of the amount bid
a shipper (other than a common carrier authorized by
is the full owner of the lot and the lot is free from are under investigation, or have been charged by your default in which case you acknowledge
Christie’s), to collect the lot from a Christie’s New York
any claim, interest or restriction by anyone else.The with or convicted of money laundering, terrorist and understand that Christie’s will have all of
location, Christie’s must collect New York sales tax
benefit of this authenticity warranty may not be activities or other crimes. the rights of the seller to pursue you for
on the lot at a rate of 8.875% regardless of the ultimate
destination of the lot. transferred to anyone else. such amounts;
If Christie’s delivers the lot to, or the lot is collected (h) In order to claim under the authenticity warranty F PAYMENT (iv) we can hold you legally responsible for
by, any framer, restorer or other similar service provider you must: 1 HOW TO PAY the purchase price and may begin legal
in New York that you have hired, New York law (i) give us written notice of your claim within 5 years (a) Immediately following the auction, you must pay the proceedings to recover it together with other
considers the lot delivered to the successful bidder in of the date of the auction. We may require full purchase price being: losses, interest, legal fees and costs as far as we are
New York and New York sales tax must be imposed details and supporting evidence of any such claim; (i) the hammer price; and allowed by law;
regardless of the ultimate destination of the lot. In this (ii) at Christie’s option, we may require you to (ii) the buyer’s premium; and (v) we can take what you owe us from any amounts
circumstance, New York sales tax will apply to the lot provide the written opinions of two recognised (iii) any applicable duties, goods, sales, use, which we or any company in the Christie’s
even if Christie’s or a common carrier (authorized by experts in the field of the lot mutually agreed by compensating or service tax, or VAT. Group may owe you (including any deposit or
Christie’s that you hire) subsequently delivers the lot you and us in advance confirming that the lot is Payment is due no later than by the end of the other part-payment which you have paid to us);
outside New York. not authentic. If we have any doubts, we reserve 7th calendar day following the date of the auction (vi) we can, at our option, reveal your identity and
Successful bidders claiming an exemption from sales tax the right to obtain additional opinions at our (the “due date”). contact details to the seller;
must provide appropriate documentation to Christie’s expense; and (b) We will only accept payment from the registered bidder. (vii) we can reject at any future auction any bids made
prior to the release of the lot or within 90 days after (iii) return the lot at your expense to the saleroom Once issued, we cannot change the buyer’s name on an by or on behalf of the buyer or to obtain a
the sale, whichever is earlier. For shipments to those from which you bought it in the condition it invoice or re-issue the invoice in a different name.You deposit from the buyer before accepting any bids;
states for which Christie’s is not required to collect sales was in at the time of sale. must pay immediately even if you want to export the (viii) we can exercise all the rights and remedies of
tax, a successful bidder may have a use or similar tax (i) Your only right under this authenticity warranty is lot and you need an export licence. a person holding security over any property in
obligation. It is the successful bidder’s responsibility to pay all to cancel the sale and receive a refund of the purchase (c) You must pay for lots bought at Christie’s in the our possession owned by you, whether by way
taxes due. Christie’s recommends you consult your own price paid by you to us.We will not, under any United States in the currency stated on the invoice in of pledge, security interest or in any other way
independent tax advisor with any questions. circumstances, be required to pay you more than the one of the following ways: as permitted by the law of the place where such
purchase price nor will we be liable for any loss (i) Wire transfer property is located.You will be deemed to have
of profits or business, loss of opportunity or value, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., granted such security to us and we may retain
E WARRANTIES
expected savings or interest, costs, damages, other 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017; such property as collateral security for your
1 SELLER’S WARRANTIES
damages or expenses. ABA# 021000021; FBO: Christie’s Inc.; obligations to us; and
For each lot, the seller gives a warranty that the seller:
(j) Books.Where the lot is a book, we give an Account # 957-107978, (ix) we can take any other action we see necessary
(a) is the owner of the lot or a joint owner of the lot
additional warranty for 21 days from the date of the for international transfers, SWIFT: CHASUS33. or appropriate.
acting with the permission of the other co-owners or,
auction that any lot is defective in text or illustration, (ii) Credit Card. (b) If you owe money to us or to another Christie’s
if the seller is not the owner or a joint owner of the
we will refund your purchase price, subject to the We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express Group company, we can use any amount you do pay,
lot, has the permission of the owner to sell the lot, or
following terms: and China Union Pay. Credit card payments at including any deposit or other part-payment you
the right to do so in law; and
(a) This additional warranty does not apply to: the New York premises will only be accepted for have made to us, or which we owe you, to pay off any
(b) has the right to transfer ownership of the lot to
(i) the absence of blanks, half titles, tissue guards or New York sales. Christie’s will not accept credit amount you owe to us or another Christie’s Group
the buyer without any restrictions or claims by
advertisements, damage in respect of bindings, card payments for purchases in any other sale site. company for any transaction.
anyone else.
stains, spotting, marginal tears or other defects To make a ‘cardholder not present’ (CNP) payment, you
If either of the above warranties are incorrect, the seller
not affecting completeness of the text or must complete a CNP authorisation form which you 5 KEEPING YOUR PROPERTY
shall not have to pay more than the purchase price
illustration; can get from our Post-Sale Services.You must send a If you owe money to us or to another Christie’s Group
(as defined in paragraph F1(a) below) paid by you to us.
(ii) drawings, autographs, letters or manuscripts, completed CNP authorisation form by fax to +1 212 company, as well as the rights set out in F4 above, we
The seller will not be responsible to you for any reason
signed photographs, music, atlases, maps 636 4939 or you can mail to the address below. Details of can use or deal with any of your property we hold or
for loss of profits or business, expected savings, loss of
or periodicals; the conditions and restrictions applicable to credit card which is held by another Christie’s Group company
opportunity or interest, costs, damages, other damages
(iii) books not identified by title; payments are available from our Post-Sale Services, whose in any way we are allowed to by law.We will only release
or expenses.The seller gives no warranty in relation to
(iv) lots sold without a printed estimate; details are set out in paragraph (d) below. your property to you after you pay us or the relevant
any lot other than as set out above and, as far as the seller
(v) books which are described in the catalogue as (iii) Cash Christie’s Group company in full for what you owe.
is allowed by law, all warranties from the seller to you,
sold not subject to return; or We accept cash payments (including money However, if we choose, we can also sell your property in
and all other obligations upon the seller which may be
(vi) defects stated in any condition report or orders and traveller’s checks) subject to a any way we think appropriate.We will use the proceeds
added to this agreement by law, are excluded.
announced at the time of sale. maximum global aggregate of US$7,500 per of the sale against any amounts you owe us and we will
buyer per year at our Post-Sale Services only pay any amount left from that sale to you. If there is a
shortfall, you must pay us any difference between the (c) Lots containing Ivory or materials (e) If, in spite of the terms in paragraphs I(a) to (d) or party, the JAMS International Arbitration Rules.The seat
amount we have received from the sale and the amount resembling ivory E2(i) above, we are found to be liable to you for of the arbitration shall be New York and the arbitration
you owe us. If a lot contains elephant ivory, or any other wildlife any reason, we shall not have to pay more than the shall be conducted by one arbitrator, who shall be
material that could be confused with elephant ivory purchase price paid by you to us.We will not be appointed within 30 days after the initiation of the
G COLLECTION AND STORAGE (for example, mammoth ivory, walrus ivory, helmeted responsible to you for any reason for loss of profits arbitration.The language used in the arbitral proceedings
(a) You must collect purchased lots within seven days hornbill ivory) you may be prevented from exporting or business, loss of opportunity or value, expected shall be English.The arbitrator shall order the production
from the auction (but note that lots will not be the lot from the US or shipping it between US savings or interest, costs, damages, or expenses. of documents only upon a showing that such documents
released to you until you have made full and States without first confirming its species by way of are relevant and material to the outcome of the Dispute.
clear payment of all amounts due to us). a rigorous scientific test acceptable to the applicable J OTHER TERMS The arbitration shall be confidential, except to the extent
(b) Information on collecting lots is set out on the storage Fish and Wildlife authorities.You will buy that lot at 1 OUR ABILITY TO CANCEL necessary to enforce a judgment or where disclosure
and collection page and on an information sheet your own risk and be responsible for any scientific In addition to the other rights of cancellation contained is required by law.The arbitration award shall be final
which you can get from the bidder registration staff or test or other reports required for export from the in this agreement, we can cancel a sale of a lot if : (i) any and binding on all parties involved. Judgment upon the
Christie’s Post-Sale Services Department on USA or between US States at your own cost. We of your warranties in paragraph E3 are not correct; (ii) award may be entered by any court having jurisdiction
+1 212 636 2650. will not be obliged to cancel your purchase and we reasonably believe that completing the transaction is, thereof or having jurisdiction over the relevant party or
(c) If you do not collect any lot within thirty days refund the purchase price if your lot may not be or may be, unlawful; or (iii) we reasonably believe that its assets.This arbitration and any proceedings conducted
following the auction we may, at our option exported, imported or shipped between US States, or the sale places us or the seller under any liability to hereunder shall be governed by Title 9 (Arbitration)
(i) charge you storage costs at the rates set out at it is seized for any reason by a government authority. anyone else or may damage our reputation. of the United States Code and by the United Nations
www.christies.com/storage. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of
(ii) move the lot to another Christie’s location or an requirements of any applicable laws or regulations 2 RECORDINGS Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958.
affiliate or third party warehouse and charge you relating to interstate shipping, export or import of We may videotape and record proceedings at any
transport costs and administration fees for doing property containing such protected or auction.We will keep any personal information 10 REPORTING ON
so and you will be subject to the third party regulated material. confidential, except to the extent disclosure is required WWW.CHRISTIES.COM
storage warehouse’s standard terms and to pay (d) Lots of Iranian origin by law. However, we may, through this process, use Details of all lots sold by us, including catalogue
for their standard fees and costs. Some countries prohibit or restrict the purchase, or share these recordings with another Christie’s descriptions and prices, may be reported on
(iii) sell the lot in any commercially reasonable way the export and/or import of Iranian-origin “works Group company and marketing partners to analyse our www.christies.com. Sales totals are hammer price
we think appropriate. of conventional craftsmanship” (works that are not customers and to help us to tailor our services for buyers. plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs,
(d) The Storage conditions which can be found at by a recognized artist and/or that have a function, If you do not want to be videotaped, you may make financing fees, or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.
www.christies.com/storage will apply. (for example: carpets, bowls, ewers, tiles, ornamental arrangements to make a telephone or written bid or bid We regret that we cannot agree to requests to remove
(e) In accordance with New York law, if you have paid boxes). For example, the USA prohibits the import on Christie’s LIVE™ instead. Unless we agree otherwise these details from www.christies.com.
for the lot in full but you do not collect the lot within and export of this type of property without a license in writing, you may not videotape or record proceedings
180 calendar days of payment, we may charge you issued by the US Department of the Treasury, Office at any auction. K GLOSSARY
New York sales tax for the lot. of Foreign Assets Control. Other countries, such as auctioneer: the individual auctioneer and/or
(f) Nothing in this paragraph is intended to limit our Canada, only permit the import of this property in 3 COPYRIGHT Christie’s.
rights under paragraph F4. certain circumstances. As a convenience to buyers, We own the copyright in all images, illustrations and authentic: authentic : a genuine example, rather than a
Christie’s indicates under the title of a lot if the lot written material produced by or for us relating to a copy or forgery of:
H TRANSPORT AND SHIPPING originates from Iran (Persia). It is your responsibility lot (including the contents of our catalogues unless (i) the work of a particular artist, author or
1 SHIPPING to ensure you do not bid on or import a lot in otherwise noted in the catalogue).You cannot use them manufacturer, if the lot is described in the
We will enclose a transport and shipping form with each contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes without our prior written permission.We do not offer Heading as the work of that artist, author
invoice sent to you.You must make all transport and that apply to you. any guarantee that you will gain any copyright or other or manufacturer;
shipping arrangements. However, we can arrange to pack, (f) Gold reproduction rights to the lot. (ii) a work created within a particular period or
transport, and ship your property if you ask us to and Gold of less than 18ct does not qualify in all countries culture, if the lot is described in the Heading as a
pay the costs of doing so.We recommend that you ask us as ‘gold’ and may be refused import into those 4 ENFORCING THIS AGREEMENT work created during that period or culture;
for an estimate, especially for any large items or items of countries as ‘gold’. If a court finds that any part of this agreement is not (iii) a work for a particular origin source if the lot is
high value that need professional packing.We may also (g) Watches valid or is illegal or impossible to enforce, that part of the described in the Heading as being of that origin
suggest other handlers, packers, transporters, or experts Many of the watches offered for sale in this catalogue are agreement will be treated as being deleted and the rest of or source; or
if you ask us to do so. For more information, please pictured with straps made of endangered or protected this agreement will not be affected. (iv) in the case of gems, a work which is made of a
contact Christie’s Post-Sale Services at +1 212 636 2650. animal materials such as alligator or crocodile.These lots particular material, if the lot is described in the
See the information set out at www.christies.com/ are marked with the symbol Ψ in the catalogue.These 5 TRANSFERRING YOUR RIGHTS Heading as being made of that material.
shipping or contact us at [email protected] endangered species straps are shown for display purposes AND RESPONSIBILITIES authenticity warranty: the guarantee we give in this
will take reasonable care when we are handling, packing, only and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and agreement that a lot is authentic as set out in paragraph
You may not grant a security over or transfer your rights
transporting, and shipping a. However, if we recommend retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site.At E2 of this agreement.
or responsibilities under these terms on the contract of
another company for any of these purposes, we are not some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make the buyer’s premium: the charge the buyer pays us along
sale with the buyer unless we have given our written
responsible for their acts, failure to act, or neglect. displayed endangered species strap available to the buyer with the hammer price.
permission.This agreement will be binding on your
of the lot free of charge if collected in person from the catalogue description: the description of a lot in the
successors or estate and anyone who takes over your
2 EXPORT AND IMPORT sale site within 1 year of the date of the auction. Please catalogue for the auction, as amended by any saleroom
rights and responsibilities.
check with the department for details on a particular lot. notice.
Any lot sold at auction may be affected by laws on
exports from the country in which it is sold and the 6 TRANSLATIONS Christie’s Group: Christie’s International Plc,
For all symbols and other markings referred to in its subsidiaries and other companies within its
import restrictions of other countries. Many countries If we have provided a translation of this agreement, we
paragraph H2, please note that lots are marked as a corporate group.
require a declaration of export for property leaving will use this original version in deciding any issues or
convenience to you, but we do not accept liability for condition: the physical condition of a lot.
the country and/or an import declaration on entry of disputes which arise under this agreement.
errors or for failing to mark lots. due date: has the meaning given to it paragraph F1(a).
property into the country. Local laws may prevent you
from importing a lot or may prevent you selling a lot in 7 PERSONAL INFORMATION estimate: the price range included in the catalogue or
the country you import it into. I OUR LIABILITY TO YOU We will hold and process your personal information and any saleroom notice within which we believe a lot may
(a) You alone are responsible for getting advice about (a) We give no warranty in relation to any statement may pass it to another Christie’s Group company for sell. Low estimate means the lower figure in the range
and meeting the requirements of any laws or made, or information given, by us or our use as described in, and in line with, our privacy notice at and high estimate means the higher figure.The mid
regulations which apply to exporting or importing representatives or employees, about any lot other than www.christies.com/about-us/contact/privacy. estimate is the midpoint between the two.
any lot prior to bidding. If you are refused a licence or as set out in the authenticity warranty and, as far hammer price: the amount of the highest bid the
there is a delay in getting one, you must still pay us in as we are allowed by law, all warranties and other 8 WAIVER auctioneer accepts for the sale of a lot.
full for the lot.We may be able to help you apply for terms which may be added to this agreement by law Heading: has the meaning given to it in paragraph E2.
No failure or delay to exercise any right or remedy
are excluded.The seller’s warranties contained in
the appropriate licences if you ask us to and pay our provided under these Conditions of Sale shall constitute lot: an item to be offered at auction (or two or more
fee for doing so. However, we cannot guarantee that paragraph E1 are their own and we do not have any items to be offered at auction as a group).
a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall
you will get one. For more information, please contact liability to you in relation to those warranties. other damages: any special, consequential, incidental
it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any
Christie’s Art Transport Department at +1 212 636 (b) (i) We are not responsible to you for any reason or indirect damages of any kind or any damages which
other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of
2480. See the information set out at www.christies. (whether for breaking this agreement or any other fall within the meaning of ‘special’, ‘incidental’ or
such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further
com/shipping or contact us at ArtTransportNY@ matter relating to your purchase of, or bid for, any ‘consequential’ under local law.
exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
christies.com. lot) other than in the event of fraud or fraudulent purchase price: has the meaning given to it in
(b) Endangered and protected species misrepresentation by us or other than as expressly paragraph F1(a).
9 LAW AND DISPUTES
Lots made of or including (regardless of the set out in these conditions of sale; or provenance: the ownership history of a lot.
This agreement, and any non-contractual obligations
percentage) endangered and other protected species (ii) give any representation, warranty or guarantee qualified: has the meaning given to it in paragraph
arising out of or in connection with this agreement, or
of wildlife are marked with the symbol ~ in the or assume any liability of any kind in respect of E2 and Qualified Headings means the paragraph
any other rights you may have relating to the purchase of
catalogue.This material includes, among other things, any lot with regard to merchantability, fitness headed Qualified Headings on the page of the
a lot will be governed by the laws of New York. Before
ivory, tortoiseshell, crocodile skin, rhinoceros horn, for a particular purpose, description, size, quality, catalogue headed ‘Important Notices and Explanation of
we or you start any court proceedings (except in the
whalebone certain species of coral, and Brazilian condition, attribution, authenticity, rarity, Cataloguing Practice’.
limited circumstances where the dispute, controversy or
rosewood.You should check the relevant customs importance, medium, provenance, exhibition reserve: the confidential amount below which we will
claim is related to proceedings brought by someone else
laws and regulations before bidding on any lot history, literature, or historical relevance. Except not sell a lot.
and this dispute could be joined to those proceedings),
containing wildlife material if you plan to import as required by local law, any warranty of any kind saleroom notice: a written notice posted next to
we agree we will each try to settle the dispute by
the lot into another country. Several countries refuse is excluded by this paragraph. the lot in the saleroom and on www.christies.com,
mediation submitted to JAMS, or its successor, for
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is initiated, then the Dispute shall be submitted to JAMS,
of exportation as well as importation. In some cases, saleroom video screens are free services and we are beginning of the sale, or before a particular lot
or its successor, for final and binding arbitration in
the lot can only be shipped with an independent not responsible to you for any error (human or is auctioned.
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buyer in connection with the purchase of any lot. person making it guarantees that the facts set out in it
are correct.
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company in whole or part. See Important Notices and Bidding by interested parties
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highest bidder regardless of the pre-sale estimate in the Paragraph H2(g) of the Conditions of Sale.
catalogue.
Please note that lots are marked as a convenience to you and we shall not be liable for any errors in, or failure to, mark a lot.
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Specified lots (sold and unsold) marked with a filled square (■) not collected from Lots will only be released on payment of all charges due and on production of a
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lot has been sent offsite. from the sale. Please see paragraph G of the Conditions of Sale for further detail.
If the lot is transferred to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services, it will be available for Tel: +1 212 636 2650
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Please contact Christie’s Post-Sale Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time
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Please be advised that after 50 days from the auction date property may be moved at Christie’s Post-Sale Service can organize domestic deliveries or international freight.
Christie’s discretion. Please contact Post-Sale Services to confirm the location of your Please contact them on +1 212 636 2650 or [email protected].
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Long-term storage solutions are also available per client request. CFASS is a separate subsidiary of Christie’s and clients enjoy complete confidentiality.
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86
A CYCLADIC MARBLE FEMALE TORSO
LATE SPEDOS VARIETY, EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2500 B.C.
6 ½ in. (16.7 cm.) high
£40,000-60,000
CONTACT
Chanel Clarke
[email protected]
+44 (0)20 7389 3331
ART OF THE ISLAMIC AND INDIAN WORLDS,
INCLUDING ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS
London, 2 May 2019
VIEWING
25 April-1 May 2019
8 King Street A LARGE IZNIK BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TILE
London SW1Y 6QT OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
Of rectangular form, the central foliated lobed
CONTACT medallion surrounded by turquoise blue medallions,
Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam the spandrels with interlocked tendrils, the borders
[email protected] with strap work, on stand
+44 20 7389 2509 £30,000–50,000
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MASTERPIECES IN MINIATURE
ANCIENT ENGRAVED GEMS FORMERLY IN
THE G. SANGIORGI COLLECTION
New York, 29 April 2019
VIEWING CONTACT
25–28 April 2019 Hannah Solomon
20 Rockefeller Plaza [email protected]
New York, NY 10020 +1 212 636 2245
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WRITTEN BIDS FORM
CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK
ANTIQUITIES Written bids must be received at least 24 hours before the auction begins.
MONDAY 29 APRIL 2019 Christie’s will confrm all bids received by fax by return fax. If you have not
AT 11.00 AM received confrmation within one business day, please contact the Bid Department.
20 Rockefeller Plaza Tel: +1 212 636 2437 on-line www.christies.com
New York, NY 10020
17459
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