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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF GREEK PARCEL GILT SILVER EMBLEMATA
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Each hammered from a single sheet and worked in repoussé from the back, the details chased from the front, each with three hunting scenes, each scene with a hunter on horseback pursuing a variety of animals, the top with the hunter riding to the left pursuing a stag, his dog attacking the stag from above, the hunter with his right hand raised, the center scene with a hunter at the left, galloping to the right pursuing a rearing bear, his spear drawn, and a hunter at the right moving left, his spear raised high in his right hand, pursuing a boar below, flanked by two hunting dogs, the horsemen each clad in a pleated skirt, the background stippled, enclosed by a raised ring with two concentric grooves, secured by eight evenly-spaced rivets, once attached to the tondo of a bowl, some gilding preserved throughout
Each: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diameter; 106 g. (3.73 oz.) and 109.6 g. (3.87 oz.) (2)
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Each hammered from a single sheet and worked in repoussé from the back, the details chased from the front, each with three hunting scenes, each scene with a hunter on horseback pursuing a variety of animals, the top with the hunter riding to the left pursuing a stag, his dog attacking the stag from above, the hunter with his right hand raised, the center scene with a hunter at the left, galloping to the right pursuing a rearing bear, his spear drawn, and a hunter at the right moving left, his spear raised high in his right hand, pursuing a boar below, flanked by two hunting dogs, the horsemen each clad in a pleated skirt, the background stippled, enclosed by a raised ring with two concentric grooves, secured by eight evenly-spaced rivets, once attached to the tondo of a bowl, some gilding preserved throughout
Each: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diameter; 106 g. (3.73 oz.) and 109.6 g. (3.87 oz.) (2)
Provenance
Clarke Collection, U.K.
Private Collection, London, late 1970s.
Private Collection, London, late 1970s.
Brought to you by
Molly Morse Limmer
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