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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
SEVENTY-THREE GREEK GOLD APPLIQUÉS
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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SEVENTY-THREE GREEK GOLD APPLIQUÉS
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Each die-formed, the corners perforated, including five each with a cock, three facing right, two facing left; four with a siren, two facing right playing a double aulos, and two facing left holding a kithara; four with a griffin, one facing left, three facing right; five with a sphinx, two facing right, three facing left; three with a stag, one facing left, two facing right; thirty-five with a rosette within a beaded border, each with rounded petals alternating with lanceolate petals; and seventeen with a rosette, each with rounded petals
½ x ½ in. (1.2 cm. x 1.2 cm.) (73)
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Each die-formed, the corners perforated, including five each with a cock, three facing right, two facing left; four with a siren, two facing right playing a double aulos, and two facing left holding a kithara; four with a griffin, one facing left, three facing right; five with a sphinx, two facing right, three facing left; three with a stag, one facing left, two facing right; thirty-five with a rosette within a beaded border, each with rounded petals alternating with lanceolate petals; and seventeen with a rosette, each with rounded petals
½ x ½ in. (1.2 cm. x 1.2 cm.) (73)
Provenance
Sir Leigh Ashton (1897-1983), London, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum 1945-1955.
Chicago Private Collector; Egyptian, Greek and Roman Art, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1 December 1954, lot 103.
Margret Köser, Hamburg, 1957-1986; thence by descent.
Chicago Private Collector; Egyptian, Greek and Roman Art, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1 December 1954, lot 103.
Margret Köser, Hamburg, 1957-1986; thence by descent.
Literature
J. Chittenden and C. Seltman, Greek Art, London, 1947, p. 43, no. 277, pl. 73.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Burlington House, Greek Art, 1946.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, prior to 1954.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, prior to 1954.
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Please note the correct dimensions of this lot should read 1.2 cm. x 1.2 cm.
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