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ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK GOLD MASK
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3⁄4 in. (17.1 cm.) high
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3⁄4 in. (17.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Selim D'Ehrenhoff (1822-1890), Stockholm and Istanbul, the Swedish diplomat.
Catalogue of a Collection of Antiquities, Formed by the Late S. D’Ehrenhoff, Sotheby’s, London, 23 February 1893, lot 60.
Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900), Farnham, Dorset, acquired from the above; thence by continuous descent to Stella Edith Pitt-Rivers (1913-1994), U.K.
Acquired by the current owner by 1992.
Catalogue of a Collection of Antiquities, Formed by the Late S. D’Ehrenhoff, Sotheby’s, London, 23 February 1893, lot 60.
Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900), Farnham, Dorset, acquired from the above; thence by continuous descent to Stella Edith Pitt-Rivers (1913-1994), U.K.
Acquired by the current owner by 1992.
Literature
G.F. Waldo Johnson, et al., Augustus Henry Lane Fox-Pitt-Rivers: Catalogue of his Archaeological and Anthropological Collections, vol. III, Dorset, 1891-1896, p. 881.
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992-2022 (Loan no. L.1992.54.16).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Sale room notice
Please note updated provenance:
Selim D'Ehrenhoff (1822-1890), Stockholm and Istanbul, the Swedish diplomat.
Catalogue of a Collection of Antiquities, Formed by the Late S. D’Ehrenhoff, Sotheby’s, London, 23 February 1893, lot 60.
Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900), Farnham, Dorset, acquired from the above; thence by continuous descent to Stella Edith Pitt-Rivers (1913-1994), U.K.
Acquired by the current owner by 1992.
Selim D'Ehrenhoff (1822-1890), Stockholm and Istanbul, the Swedish diplomat.
Catalogue of a Collection of Antiquities, Formed by the Late S. D’Ehrenhoff, Sotheby’s, London, 23 February 1893, lot 60.
Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900), Farnham, Dorset, acquired from the above; thence by continuous descent to Stella Edith Pitt-Rivers (1913-1994), U.K.
Acquired by the current owner by 1992.
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Hannah Fox Solomon
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