Lot 153
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TWO GEOMETRIC NORTHERN GREEK BRONZE LIDDED PENDANT PYXIDES
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TWO GEOMETRIC NORTHERN GREEK BRONZE LIDDED PENDANT PYXIDES

LATE 8TH CENTURY B.C.

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TWO GEOMETRIC NORTHERN GREEK BRONZE LIDDED PENDANT PYXIDES
LATE 8TH CENTURY B.C.
One on stemmed flaring foot, the broad tapering globular body with twin stylized bird protomes, onto which fits a lid with similar flaring protomes and tall knopped handle, the body and lid with holes for attachment, the body decorated with incised encircling lines and diagonal incised bands on each side; and another, the hemispherical body with openwork zigzag foot, the pierced side bird protomes to take a pierced fitted lid with tall pierced knopped handle, similarly decorated
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) and 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high respectively (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Cf. J. Bouzek, Graeco-Macedonian Bronzes, Prague, 1974, pp. 30-31, fig. 7, pl. V,15; and D. von Bothmer (ed.), Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, pp. 98-99, nos. 80b-c for similar.

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