AUCTION 66 - ANTIQUITIES

London, 10 TH July 2019 Auction 66

Life in Roman Britain

Auction 66, Part I

Antiquities The Amedeo Guillet Collection L o n d o n , 1 0 th J u l y 2 0 1 9

Auction 66

Antiquities The Amedeo Guillet Collection AUCTION 10 July 2019 at 11.00 am GMT th

L o n d o n , 1 0 th J u l y 2 0 1 9

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1 CORINTHIAN PAINTED REVETMENT PLAQUE WITH BULLS 6th - 5th century BC height cm 25; length cm 50; wide cm 5,5

Two holes, for use in attaching the plaque to the beam, are preserved.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. £ 10.000 - 20.000

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2 ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A YOUNG MAN 5th - 4th century BC height cm 23

Outstanding molded head of a young male, with prominent facial details and pleasant expression. The head is depicted with full and slightly open lips, almond-shaped eyes characterized by prominent upper lids and arched eyebrows and short hairs, finely incised. Traces of the original cromy are still preserved.

A similar specimen (head of a woman), was sold by Sotheby’s on 12 June 2001, lot 81.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. ÂŁ 8.000 - 15.000

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3 ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 29

A naturalistic terracotta head depicting a young girl, realized with an incredibly realistic visage comprised of open and delined shaped eyes, an aquiline nose, plumed lips, naturalistic ears. The young girl wears a smooth diadem, from which strands of wavy hair descend on her forehead; the hair is gathered in a high knot and falls into outlined and curled strands.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. ÂŁ 2.500 - 5.000

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4 ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA PROTOME OF HORSE 6th - 5th century BC length cm 28

A galloping horse, facing right, represented with the back armor and ear covers. The strong energy of the representation refers to an equestrian scene, parade or battle.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. £ 1.500 - 3.000

5 ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA PROTOME OF PEGASUS 6th - 5th century BC height cm 21

With an elegant base stand.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. £ 500 - 1.500

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6 GREEK TERRACOTTA TOAD 5th century BC length cm 12,5 x 9

Strongly naturalistic; traces of the original cromy are still preserved.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 200 - 600

7 ETRUSCO-CAMPANIAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX 5th century BC height cm 3; length cm 18 x 16,2

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 150 - 400

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HUGE ROMAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE MALE TORSO

ROMAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PLAQUE WITH VISCERA

3rd - 2nd century BC height cm 45

3rd - 2nd century BC height cm 16

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000.

£ 1.000 - 5.000

£ 130 - 500

10 ROMAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE PHALLUS 3rd - 2nd century BC height 15,5; length cm 15

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 130 - 500

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Vessels 11 COUPLE OF CYPRIOT RED POLISHED VESSELS 2nd millennium BC height cm 28,8 and cm 8

Both show a refined white infilled geometric decoration.

PROVENANCE Ex Pandolfini, Florence 27 October 2009, lot 223; formerly in an Italian collection formed in the 1970s; this lot is sold with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy. £ 2.000 - 5.000

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12 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE BAND KYLIX WITH ATHLETES ca. 550 - 525 BC height cm 13; diam cm 22

Foot completely restored.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. £ 3.000 - 6.000

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13 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE BAND KYLIX WITH ANIMALS ca. 550 - 525 BC height cm 13; diam cm 20

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. £ 3.500 - 6.500

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14 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA WITH LID ca. 525 – 500 BC height cm 49

An Attic black-figure amphora with incised details, characterized by triple handles and torus foot. On the neck, palmette-lotus chain elements and on the shoulder tongues pattern. Under each handles, a configuration of four palmettes and volutes. Below the main decoration, two lines, a meander band, a frieze of upright lotus buds and radiant rays from the foot. On one side, the main decoration consists of a fight: a warrior armed with spear and Boeotian shield depicted throwing himself towards a second warrior on the right; between the fighters is a third kneeling warrior. The scene could represent the Iliad episode in which Achilles defends Antilochus against Memnon. On the other side a thiasus: bearded Dionysus wearing an ivy crown and a long himation, extends a Kantharos towards a female figure in a mantle standing opposite him; behind the god is a satyr playing a diaulos and a Maenad; the background is filled with vines and bunches of grapes.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s; accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence test certificate on a fragment. ÂŁ 22.000 - 40.000

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15 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA Leagros Group, ca. 525 – 500 BC height cm 45

An Attic black-figure amphora with incised details, characterized by triple handles and torus foot. On the neck, palmette-lotus chain elements and on the shoulder tongues pattern.

Under each handles, a configuration of four palmettes and volutes in which intersection a cross on the center. Below the main decoration, two lines, a frieze of upright lotus buds and radiant rays from the foot. On one side, the main decoration consists of three satyrs, one of which wearing panther’s skin, playing with Hermes; behind him, a panther. On the other side, the departure of two warriors: an hoplite and an archer with a dog behind them, standing between a veiled woman and a elder. Restored.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. £ 12.000 - 20.000

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16 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA ca. 525 – 500 BC height cm 34

An Attic black-figure amphora with incised details, characterized by triple handles and torus foot. On the neck, palmette-lotus chain elements and on the shoulder tongues pattern. Under each handles, a configuration of four palmettes and volutes in which intersection a circle on the center. Below the main decoration, two lines, a meander band, a frieze of upright lotus buds and radiant rays from the foot.

On one side, the main decoration consists of the capture of Cerberus: Herakles wearing a belted lion skin and holding his rod, with the head turned towards the monster Cerberus, depicted with two heads.

On the far side of the monster, the goddes Athena, with the spear in the right hand, followed by Hermes, wearing his typical boots and followed by an attendant. On the other side, three armed hoplites and a horse. Heavily restored.

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. ÂŁ 1.000 - 5.000

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17 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE OLPE ca. 525 – 500 BC height cm 22; diam cm 9

Outstanding black-figure olpe with added colors in white and red. The accessory decoration consists of a band of checkerboard pattern on the rim, a sequence of parallel lines, dotted band, a palmette-lotus double chain a continuous menander. The main decoration is arranged on the central section of the body with a majestic Athena attacking the falling giant Enkelados. The details of the garments and helmets are rendered with elegant touches of color. On the foot, three greeks letters engraved.

PROVENANCE From the Schneider collection, Vienna, early 20th century. ÂŁ 15.000 - 25.000

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18 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KYATHOS WITH SCYTHIAN ARCHER ca. 525 – 500 BC height cm 15; diam cm 11

With the figure of a Scythian archer, walking to the right with the head turned back, between two large eyes; a panther on each sides of the handle and stylized vegetal shoots in the field.

The high ridged handle with a knob on the top.

PROVENANCE From the R.H.M. collection, London. £ 15.000 - 25.000

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19 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE EYE-CUP KYLIX Leafless Group, ca. 510 - 480 BC height cm 8; diam cm 19,5

With the main decoration, arranged on both external sides, consists of: the god Dionysus riding a mule between two big apotropaic eyes, followed by dancing satyrs; stylized vegetal shoots in the field; on the other side the same decoration but with the god seated on centre holding Kantharos.

A heart-shaped leaves under each handles. In the central tondo, double palmettes and stylized lotus flowers.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. ÂŁ 2.500 - 5.500

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20 ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX FRAGMENTS Attributed to Oltos, ca. 525 - 500 BC height max cm 13; diam max cm 24,5; length cm 10 (each)

Into the central tondo, a naked man toward right, putting on a greave; around, three Greek letters reffering to MEMNON KALOS. Externally, a part of a horse, part of a character and palmettes ending below handles in a flower bud. On the two fragments, maybe from another cup, two warriors with horses. Presence of ancient restorations and modern ones.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (DĂźsseldorf). ÂŁ 6.000 - 8.000

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21 ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX Attributed to the Salting, ca. 515 - 500 BC height cm 7,5; diam max cm 19,5

Amazing Kylix cup of type C (with a fillet between foot and stem); in the central tondo is a young athlete standing right. His equipment is complete: pick, javelins, halteres, aryballos, and a diskos decorated with a scorpion; around, the Greek inscription: KRATES KALOS. Ancient restorations.

PROVENANCE From the Schneider collection, Vienna, early 20th century. £ 28.000 - 35.000

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22 LARGE ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX Manner of Epeleios or Euergides, ca. 510 - 500 BC height cm 13; diam cm 32

With a young man in the central tondo, depicted naked, slightly genuflected and with his hands in a laver. Around, the Greek inscription: HO PAIS KALOS. The peculiar characteristics of style revoke the design of Epeleios Painter, an Attic cup painter belonging to the “Coarses Wing” characterized by a limited repertoire. The greek inscription is very common and it usually associated to the deppiction of young man under fourteen years of age.

Connor Peter, Jackson Heather (2000) A Catalogue of Greek Vases in the Collection of the University of Melbourne at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, South Melbourne : Macmillan.

PROVENANCE From the Schneider collection, Vienna, early 20th century. £ 22.000 - 30.000

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23 ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX FRAGMENT Attributed to Onesimos, ca. 505 - 480 BC length cm 12 x 11

Outstanding fragment of a big Kylix with both sides decoreted: on one side, a profiled head of a youg naked man, skewered by an arrow on the chest; on the other side, the detail of a battle scene, in which is visible a kneel down warrior, holding the shield in his left hand and the feet of soldiers, suggesting a whirly battle scene. Great execution of details on the anatomical elements such as hair and muscles, yielded with thin lines in light red.

PROVENANCE The Gotha Precious Collection: property of a Swiss Collector; with Oswald Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the M. Hess Collection ( Hotel Jura, Basel). ÂŁ 4.000 - 6.000

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24 LARGE ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX Manner near to the Proto-Panaitian Group, ca. 500 - 490 BC height cm 11; diam cm 29

Into the central tondo, delined by a single line, a standing youth moving toward the left, wearing a chlamys with a three-line border over his shoulder and red wreath, holding a basket and a bag; near the left border, a Greek inscription.

Externally, a sequence of six characters on each side, holding rods, axe, a Krater and a flute. Heavily restored.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (DĂźsseldorf). ÂŁ 8.000 - 15.000

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25 ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS Manner of the Sabouroff Painter, ca. 470 - 440 BC height cm 17

Young man with flower and staff, beside the inscription KALOS painted in white; on the shoulder palmette and tongues.

Restored: the neck is modern, the mouth is ancient but not belonging to.

PROVENANCE Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 198, Munich 29 June 2011, lot 332. £ 4.200 - 5.500

26 ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX Manner of the Bologna 417 Painter, ca. 450 - 425 BC height cm 7,5; diam cm 23

With two standing figures in the central tondo, a draped young man to left and a veiled woman to the right; externally, three standing characters on each sides, with a woman holding a torch. Below the handles, tendrils and two circles. Restored.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (Düsseldorf). £ 2.800 - 4.500

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27 ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX Manner of the Brussels R 330 Painter, ca. 450 - 425 BC height cm 8,5; diam cm 22

With the depiction of the departing of a man.

In the central tondo, inserted in a meander band interrupetd by crosses, a traveler: a standing young man wearing chlamys, petasos and spear, saying goodbye to a young woman. Externally, three standing figures on each side, with the departing man arranged in central position; an intricate interweaving of tendrils below the handles. Restored.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (DĂźsseldorf). ÂŁ 2.500 - 4.500

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28 ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX Late 5th century BC height cm 8,5; diam max cm 23

With two draped youths in the central tondo; externally, tendrils below the handles, and three standing characters on each sides, consist of a central Maenad, put side by side two youths. Restored.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (DĂźsseldorf). ÂŁ 2.800 - 4.500

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29 ATTIC RED-FIGURE OINOCHOE Manner of the Shuvalov Painter, ca. 430 - 420 BC height cm 19,5

With a trefoil-shaped lip, decorated with the figures of two draped women, standing and facing each other; the one on the left offers a casket to the other one, who holds out a mirror on the right hand and a basket on the left one. A band of pod shaped band runs outlines below the neck and the main decoration. Elaborate palmettes and spiral tendrils below the handle.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1970s and 1990s. ÂŁ 1.500 - 3.500

30 ATTIC RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS GLAUX Late 5th century BC height cm 7; diam cm 9

The word glaux literally means owl and it refers to the cup-skyphos characterized by a vertical and horizontal handles.

The main decorative elements consist of an owl, central arranged, and two shoots of olive tree, which are the symbol of the goddess Athena. Intact.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. ÂŁ 150 - 500

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31 CORINTHIAN ZOOMORPHIC ARYBALLOS 7th century BC height cm 10

In the shape of an owl. Characterized by a polychrome decoration, of which traces remain, with stylized plumage made in the details. The rim and the foot are partially fragmentary.

PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1980s. £ 5.000 - 7.000

32 CORINTHIAN ZOOMORPHIC ARYBALLOS 7th - 6th century BC height cm 11; length cm 14

Aryballos depicting a double-headed fawn, characterized by two openings, and an elegant decoration that covers the entire body, polychrome, depicting stylized birds such as swans and owls.

After Sotheby’s sale equipped with an head.

PROVENANCE Ex Sotheby’s, London 11 December 1989, lot 95. £ 2.800 - 3.500

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33 CORINTHIAN ALABASTRON 7th - 6th century BC height cm 18

Painted in black and red, is decorated with a couple of confronting panthers flanking a large conjoined double lotus; the field is infilled overall with stylized rosettes. Restored.

PROVENANCE English private collection. £ 1.000 - 2.500

34 VILLANOVAN DOUBLE-HANDLED IMPASTO OLLA 8th - 7th century BC height cm 27,5; diam cm 21

PROVENANCE Belgian private collection; acquired in Germany in the 1990s. £ 600 - 800

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35 VILLANOVAN BEAK-SPOUTED IMPASTO OINOCHOE 8th - 7th century BC height cm 35

PROVENANCE Belgian private collection; acquired in Germany in the 1990s. £ 400 - 600

36 VILLANOVAN IMPASTO KYATHOS 8th - 7th century BC height max cm 13; diam max cm 10

Decorated with white stylized geometric patterns: a sequence of parallel lines runs around the handle, a register of zig-zag elements on the neck and a meander on the shoulder.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 200 - 400

37 ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO NIKOSTHENIC AMPHORA 7th - 6th century BC height cm 31,5

With moulded decoration on the handles, in which is represented a sequence of animals, probably griffins, arranged in such a manner as to create a continuous cyclic movement.

PROVENANCE Belgian private collection; acquired in Germany in the 1990s. £ 550 - 800

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38 ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO INCISED CUP 7th - 6th century BC height cm 4,5; diam cm 8

Characterized by an incised decoration consists of a grid element in the center and four radiant heads of wild animals, probably boars.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 250 - 550

39 RARE ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO MESOMPHALOS PHIALE 7th - 6th century BC diam cm 22

Partially restored on the rim.

PROVENANCE European private collection, acquired in the 1980s. £ 300 - 500

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40 ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO KANTHAROS 7th - 6th century BC height cm 7,5; diam max cm 9,5

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 200 - 400

41 ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO TREFOIL OINOCHOE 6th century BC height cm 15

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 250 - 500

42 ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO CINERARY OLLA WITH LID 5th century BC height cm 45

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 1.000 - 2.000

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43 ETRUSCAN IMPASTO PITHOS 7th - 6th century BC height cm 70; diam cm 30

Presence of restorations and integrations.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. ÂŁ 1.300 - 3.000

44 ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN OLPE Manner near to the Newcastle Painter, ca. 650 - 625 BC height cm 27,5

A gorgeous polychrome olpe in its classic form characterized by a globular body, a funnel-form neck, a flared rim and an applied strap handle. The entire surface is coated in a layer of dark-brown slip, divided into horizontal bands by added white and red paint.

The main decorative pattern consists of a frieze of four mythological beasts: a chimera, a panther and a deer bitted by a griffon, with delineated silhouettes turned towards left. Partially restored; an encrustation on one side of the body.

PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Geneva in September 1992 (S.P.P.E. Ltd S.A.). ÂŁ 1.300 - 2.500

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45 ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN OLPE 7th - 6th century BC height cm 21

PROVENANCE English private collection. £ 500 - 1.200

46 ETRUSCAN ZOOMORPHIC ASKOS Attributed to the Clusium Group, ca. 350 - 320 BC height cm 11,5; length cm 19,4

A plastic askos in the shape of a duck with body characterized by detailed feathering and wings, and by the depiction of the divinity Lasa, with the head in profile, adorned with a laurel crown, earrings and necklace, on each side.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1970s and 1990s. £ 1.800 - 3.500

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47 ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURE KANTHAROS Attributed to the Tondo Group, ca. 325 – 300 BC height cm 15,2; diam max cm 10

A very fine Khantaros on pedestal foot with flatered body and fairing below the rim, on which are grafted two double handles, with a knot at the top ending in two lateral volutes. The decorative patterns consist of a sequence of ovoli on the rim, followed by a band of arrowed element, a vegetal motif on the body and two lines of ovoli and tongues in proximity of the foot. The beautiful vegetal decoration is composed by an imaginative rendering of tendrils and flowers which runs with fluidity and refinement on the central section of the body.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1970s and 1990s. ÂŁ 1.000 - 2.500

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48 LARGE ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS 4th century BC height cm 31,5; diam cm 33

Exceptional example of late Etruscan production of red figures pottery, with the representation of Silenus and Maenad, fronting each other in a bucolic setting; the depiction is specularly arranged and almost identical on both sides.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. ÂŁ 5.000 - 8.000

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49 ETRUSCAN OINOCHOE Manner near to the Phantom Group, 4th century BC height cm 25,6

With white painted decorative elements, consist of: a double wavy lines, dotts and S-shaped patterns on the neck; a stylized tongues band on the shoulder; between stylized flowered volutes, a female head, in profile, adorned with earings and a diadem on the forehead.

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. ÂŁ 180 - 500

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50 CAMPANIAN FISH PLATE ca. 340 - 320 BC height cm 4; diam cm 22,5

The circular plate is characterized by a wide open shape supported by a stem foot and a central recess used as a drain element. This exceptional plate has four fishes, striped and with pointed dorsal fins, swimming counterclockwise, inserted in a dotted frame. On the protruding rim, a wavy pattern.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired in 1994. ÂŁ 1.300 - 4.000

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51 RARE APULIAN RED-FIGURE TROZZELLA 4th century BC height cm 33; diam max cm 15,5

Very rare specimen of Apulian trozzella decorated with red-figure technique. The main decoration is arranged on the two sides of the body and is surrounded by vertical lines on the top, a lateral double dotted-lines and the wave motif beneath. On one side , the head of a woman in profile, adorned with earrings and necklace; on the other one, a Dyonisiac scene with a naked young, holding a phiale and a wreath. The additional decoration consists of stylized geometrical patterns, which coat the vessel entirely.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired in 1994. ÂŁ 1.700 - 3.000

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52 APULIAN RED-FIGURE KRATER 4th century BC height cm 30,6

On one side two draped women, wearing beaded necklaces and earrings, with the hair dressed in kekryphaloi. The figure on the left is seated, holding a mirror in her right hand, offering a phiale towards the figure standing in front of her. On the other side, two figures, flanking a central white altar. The figure on the left wear a wreath and holds a spear and a branch, the shield behind her. The other figure, with the hair dressed in kekryphalos, wearing beaded necklaces and earrings, holds a phiale in her left hand and a flower wreath on the right one. In the field, a mirror. The decoration is enlivened with white and ochre. Restorations on the foot.

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. ÂŁ 650 - 1.500

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53 APULIAN RED-FIGURE OINOCHOE 4th century BC height cm 18

On the front panel, delineated by a dotted band overhead, two offerers: the maenad, standing left, holding phiale in left hand and a satyr, on the right, with wreath in left hand.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 700 - 1.000

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54 APULIAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS 4th century BC height cm 11; diam cm 9,7

A very fine red-figure skyphos with added white paint and decorated with a band of wavy line, under the rim, and palmettes, flanked by tendrils, beneath each handle. The main decoration is developed on the body and it consists of an elegant “lady of fashion” on each side, turned to the left, donning a radiate stephane, sakkos, beaded necklace and earrings; surrounded by stylized tendrils.

Partially restored.

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. £ 250 - 550

55 APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS WITH LID 4th century BC height cm 11,5; diam cm 10

On the knob, a stylized vegetal element inserted in a black circle; on the lid, an alternation of two palmettes and two female heads with hair collected in a kekryphalos and adorned with jewelry; on the lip, waves currents on a band.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 350 - 650

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56 APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS WITH LID 4th century BC height cm 11; diam cm 10

On the knob radiant lines from the center, on the lid an alternation of two palmettes and two female heads with hair collected in a kekryphalos and adorned with jewelry; on the lip, waves currents and on the body, a register per side of stylized wavy geometric patterns. Partially restored.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 300 - 600

57 MINIATURE APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS WITH RUNNING HARE 4th century BC height cm 8,2

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. £ 220 - 350

58 MINIATURE APULIAN RETICULATED LEKYTHOS 4th century BC height cm 15,5

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. £ 220 - 350

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59 LARGE CANOSAN VOLUTE KRATER 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 52,8

A remarkable polychrome krater decorated overall in white slip, embellished with pink, white, red, and blue details and characterized by two handles with gorgoneion on both sides. On the neck, insert between a continuos register of ovales, a sequence of three winged puttos on one side and a polychrome laurel branch on the opposite one. The main decoration is arranged on two opposite figurative registers and it consists of: a battle scene between two horsemen, one holding a large shield; a winged figure turned toward a warrior, as suggested by the armor attributes. Handle and foot restored.

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. ÂŁ 550 - 3.000

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60 APULIAN GNATHIA SKYPHOS 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 10; diam cm 9

PROVENANCE English private collection formed in the 1990s. £ 260 - 350

61 APULIAN GNATHIA SKYPHOS 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 7,5; diam cm 6,8

PROVENANCE English private collection formed in the 1990s. £ 220 - 350

62 APULIAN GNATHIA CUP-SKYPHOS 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 5,5; diam cm 8,5

PROVENANCE English private collection formed in the 1990s. £ 180 - 350

63 APULIAN GNATHIA CUP-SKYPHOS 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 5; diam cm 8

With a stylized tympanon and a fish, which recall to the symposium.

PROVENANCE English private collection formed in the 1990s. £ 130 - 250

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64 APULIAN GNATHIA CUP-SKYPHOS 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 5; diam cm 8

PROVENANCE English private collection formed in the 1990s. £ 130 - 250

65 BLACK-GLAZED HYDRIA Magna Graecia, 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 32

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. £ 350 - 750

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66 BLACK-GLAZED STEMLESS KYLIX WITH ARETHUSA Magna Graecia, 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 6,5; diam cm 12

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1970s and 1990s. £ 450 - 750

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67 BLACK-GLAZED BOWL Magna Graecia, 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 4,5; diam cm 11

On the external side of the foot, a red painted kantharos.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1970s and 1990s. £ 120 - 300

68 BLACK-GLAZED GUTTUS WITH GREEK WARRIOR ON HORSEBACK SPEARING AN AMAZON Magna Graecia, 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 8,8; diam cm 9

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (Düsseldorf). £ 260 - 350

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69 BLACK-GLAZED GUTTUS WITH HERACLES WEARING LION’S SKIN Magna Graecia, 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 9; diam cm 9,5

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (Düsseldorf). £ 180 - 300

70 BLACK-GLAZED GUTTUS WITH MEDUSA Magna Graecia, 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 8; diam cm 9

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (Düsseldorf). £ 180 - 300

71 BLACK-GLAZED GUTTUS WITH MEDUSA Magna Graecia, 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 7; diam cm 8,5

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (Düsseldorf). £ 180 - 300

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72 GREEK ALABASTER ALABASTRON 4th century BC height cm 16; diam cm 6,3

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s £ 800 - 1.200

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73 ROMAN GLASS SQUARE-SIDED BOTTLE WITH A PANTHER 1st - 2nd century AD height cm 17,5

On the base, a molded profile of a panther towards right, as a decorative pattern or manufacturing mark.

PROVENANCE English private collection. £ 600 - 1.000

74 ROMAN GLASS SQUARE-SIDED BOTTLE 1st - 2nd century AD height cm 9

On the base, four circular impressions surround the main one.

PROVENANCE English private collection. £ 250 - 400

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Bronze Works

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75 VILLANOVAN BRONZE LUNATE RAZOR 9th - 7th century BC length cm 10,5

Characterized by a cast ring handle with two simplified birds’heads fold on the ring sides and by a slighlty incised decoration consists of radiant rays below the inner half moon. Amazing emerald patina.

PROVENANCE English private collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. ÂŁ 900 - 2.000

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76 GREEK BRONZE STATUETTE 6th - 5th century BC height cm 7,5

The figure is depicted as a young man, naked and seated, holding a drapery with his left hand raised, which falling on his back and covering part of his legs, slightly wrapping the figure and showing his genitals. Excellent archaic style and untuouched light green patina.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. ÂŁ 4.000 - 8.000

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77 GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET 5th century BC height cm 19; diam cm 22

PROVENANCE Austrian private collection formed between 1980s to 2000. £ 2.000 - 5.000

78 FOUR GREEK BRONZE BLOOMING FLOWERS 5th - 4th century BC length max (flower) cm 5; length max (with pivot) cm 15

Decorative elements, probably part of a chariot.

PROVENANCE English private collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. £ 1.000 - 3.000

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79 LARGE ETRUSCAN BRONZE KOUROS Late 6th century BC height cm 17,5

A solid-cast of archaic taste, with defined pectorals, his hair rendered by incised parallel lines, the face with large almond-shaped eyes, the mouth drawn into a smile, with tenon below for insertion. On the right leg, near the ankle, eroded incised marks, probably an epigraph. Untouched dark green patina.

PROVENANCE From the Schneider collection, Vienna, early 20th century. ÂŁ 15.000 - 25.000

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80 ETRUSCAN BRONZE PLAQUE WITH MEDUSA 6th - 5th century BC height cm 8,5; length cm 5,2

Amazing plaque depicting the head of Medusa, elegantly incised, characterized by the orientalizing eyes and the typical smile from which the tongue comes out. In origin, probably decorative part of bronze vessel. Untouched green patina with spots of cuprite deposits.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. ÂŁ 450 - 850

81 ETRUSCAN BRONZE OLPE 5th century BC height cm 20

With ovoid body and tall waisted neck, flat base with a rounded edge and handle riveted in place below the rim, ending in a palmette. Untouched bright green patina.

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. ÂŁ 1.200 - 3.000

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82 ETRUSCAN BRONZE WINE STRAINER 5th century BC length cm 28

A well-made bronze wine strainer, with a long and flat handle, enriched by incised linear motifs that look like stylized leaves and a suspending ring, with two volutes. The bowl is characterized by tiny perforations in the center, delinead a stylized floreal element. Untouched green patina.

PROVENANCE French private collection, formed in the 1980s. ÂŁ 800 - 2.000

83 ETRUSCAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF A PRIEST 4th - 3rd century BC height tot cm 21

Standing with lead joint on an ancient terracotta base.

Depicted with a stylized radiate crown on the head, he bears a patera in his right hand and an incense box in his left.

PROVENANCE English private collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s.

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ÂŁ 500 - 1.500

84 ETRUSCAN BRONZE MIRROR WITH HANDLE 4th century BC height cm 23,2; diam cm 14,5

Rounded with slightly curved rim: the exterior of plate for reflection, the interior with the portrait of a warrior with crested helmet, floral decoration around. With an ancient bone handle restored.

PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s. £ 2.500 - 4.500

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85 LARGE ETRUSCAN BRONZE MIRROR 4th - 3rd century BC diam cm 21,5

Rounded with slightly curved rim: the exterior of plate for reflection, the interior with a series of concentric lathe-turned rings on the edge. With a nice museal stand.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. £ 500 - 2.000

86 HELLENISTIC BRONZE STATUETTE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT 4th - 2nd century BC height cm 13,7

Standing with the chlamys draped over the left shoulder, wrapped tightly around the left forearm and the right arm raised, holding in origine, probably, a lance; the long hair are bound in a diadem and falling over the forehead. Untouched green patina.

PROVENANCE European private collection, acquired on the London art market in the 1980s. £ 1.800 - 2.500

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87 HELLENISTIC BRONZE STATUETTE OF HERACLES 3rd - 2nd century BC height cm 11

A standing figurine of Heracles with the head covered by the lion’s skin that descend over the left shoulder and arm, and the club in the left hand. Untouched and delightful green patina.

PROVENANCE European private collection, acquired on the London art market in the 1980s. £ 3.000 - 5.000

88 RARE ROMAN BRONZE CEREMONIAL DIADEM 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 6; length cm 20

Rare brow band, characterized by five portraits in high relief, different each other, divided by low relief columns in Ionic style; thin band with a sequence of petals on the lower section; two external interlocking hooks. Despite of the outlined features, the five portraits could be assigned to the Imperial Age: one female bust revokes the typical hairstyle of Julio-Claudian dynasty with the central tuft arranged in a knob; the other female bust on the right reproduces the hairdo in a diadem of Flavian period. An example of ceremonial dona maiora in Western Roman provinces, destined to elitist cavalry exponents, as attested in Roman Legio X Gemina.

Originally part of ritual helmet composite by a face mask, diadem and neck guards on each side. Partially restored.

PROVENANCE English private collection, bought before 2000. £ 3.000 - 5.000

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89 COUPLE OF ROMAN BRONZE SILENOS HEAD APPLIQUES 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 9 (each)

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired in the 1980s. £ 1.400 - 2.500 89

90 ROMAN BRONZE SATYR BUST APPLIQUE 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 9

With the panther’s skin tied on the left shoulder, he holds a Pan flute in the hands. Probably used as decorative element of the headrest of a couch or a bed.

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PROVENANCE European private collection, acquired in the 1970s. £ 600 - 800

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91 ROMAN BRONZE GORGONEION APPLIQUE 1st - 3rd century AD diam cm 10

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired in the 1980s. £ 400 - 600

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92 ROMAN BRONZE COMIC ACTOR STATUETTE 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 7,5

Depicted seated, wearing the typical garb including a long-sleeved tunic fringed on the lower hem, with the head angled slightly to his left, enveloped in a comedy mask with a wide-open megaphone-shaped aperture, the actor’s own mout, deeply-recessed eyes, exaggerated arching brows. The actor is depicted in the act of masturbation, a typical scene of this figurative repertoire. Untouched green patina.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired in the 1980s. £ 450 - 850

93 ROMAN BRONZE SLEEPING AFRICAN STATUETTE 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 5

Portrayal of a sleeping young African boy, seated with the left arm bent upon which the head rests.

Great rendering of anatomical details as visible on the antomic details, such as the depiction of the chest and back. Untouched green patina.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired in the 1980s. £ 250 - 850

94 ROMAN BRONZE PRANCING HORSE APPLIQUE 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 10; length cm 12

Probably used as a carriage decorative element, the prancing horse is depicted with a lion’s skin caparison; only the head is interely wrought. The lion’s skin reminds Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander the Great.

PROVENANCE English private collection formed in the 1980s. £ 1.500 - 3.500

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95 ROMAN BRONZE LAMP WITH TRAGIC MASK HANDLE 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 13; length cm 17

PROVENANCE Private collection, London. £ 500 - 1.000

96 ROMAN BRONZE CIRCULAR STAMP 1st century BC - 1st century AD height (with handle) cm 4,4; diam cm 6

With a rudder on the centre.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 900 - 1.500

97 RARE ROMAN LEAD FISTULA 1st - 2nd century AD length cm 36

A moulded inscription reports the name of Claudius Polybius, maybe a descendant of Gaius Julius Polybius, freedman of Emperor Claudius who was elevated to the secretariat during his reign.

PROVENANCE German private collection, formed between 1980s and 1990s. £ 1.000 - 3.000

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98 RARE NORMAN-ARAB-BYZANTINE BRONZE CENSER 11th - 12th century height cm 11; diam cm 10

Bronze cup-shaped censer with extremely refined decoration, realized in repoussĂŠ technique. The decorative motives come from the Medieval Bestiaries repertoire and consist of: five wild beasts (a lion, a wolf, an antelope, a griffon and a deer), running in an open space, as an exotic garden; stylized palmette, volutes and flowers are geometrically arranged around the animals. The iconography derives from the beloved Bestiary tradition of Christianity. Each animal has a specific religious meaning: the deer is the Christian emblem of souls approached to the baptism, desirous of God; the griffon is the divine eternity, glorification and hypostasis; the lion is the strength. The style is connected with Oriental and Islamic heritage, visible on the graceful outlines of vegetal elements.

PROVENANCE English private collection since 1960s, acquired with invoice.

ÂŁ 8.500 - 12.000

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99 MEDIEVAL BRONZE PLAQUE WITH LUKE THE EVANGELIST 12th - 13th century length max cm 7,5; diam cm 5,6

Amulet plaque with apotropaic function, on which is represented the Saint with the features of the docile winged bull: one of the tetramorphs, evangelical symbols of the vision of Ezekiel.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000. £ 300 - 500

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Marbles

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100 HELLENISTIC MARBLE GROTTESQUE FIGURE 2nd - 1st century BC height cm 24

Depicted standing, resting on a pillar, in the act of lifting the robe, discovering the genitals; the head is wrapped in a drape and a flap-like extensions beneath the chin representing a cock’s wattle.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 6.000 - 10.000

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101 ROMAN MARBLE COMIC ACTOR STATUE 1st - 2nd century AD height cm 52; basement cm 20 x 20

Marvellous and very rare marble statue of a seated comedian. The actor is depicted sitting upon a plain square plinth, with a slight twist of the torso by three quarters, wearing a Bacchanal mask over the face and a flower wreath; a band ring in the left hand.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

ÂŁ 15.000 - 40.000

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102 ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN Julio-Claudian period, 1st century BC - 1st century AD height cm 25

The Roman lady is represented with the oval face characterized by rounded chin and slightly-full lips. The eyes are framed by thin modelled brows, arching gracefully and merging with the bridge of her nose. On the short forehead, the wavy hairs are center parted, with the individual strands delineated, which are elegantly pulled back to the nape, in origin probably collected in a chignon. The head is rendered with great restraint and an admirable mixture of realistic and idealized forms, recalling the expressions of beauty in vogue during the late Augustan time and the first decades of Julio-Claudian period.

PROVENANCE Ex Sotheby’s, London 10-11 December 1992, lot 490.

ÂŁ 16.000 - 30.000

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103 MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A MAN Trajanic period, late 1st - early 2nd century AD height cm 40

The head is over-size, a sign which could suggest that the subject was an important personage. The shape of the eyes, the mouth and the sharp-edged strands of hair bring to mind the official portraits of the Emperor Trajan.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 3.000 - 7.500

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104 ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN Antonine period, second half of 2nd century AD height cm 30

Sculpted in Greek marble with great skill, this portrait of a young man is extremely rare for typology. He has unusual facial features: high cheekbones, thin nose, almond eyes and wild curly hair. We have no idea who this impressive young man could be: an elegant aristocrat coming from Persia or Syria; a rich North African landowner; or even a Punic or a Celt. However, this amazingly naturalistic portrait fully reflexes the ethnic diversity of the Roman Empire: its capital city had a population of about 1.200.000 - 1.700.000 people during the Antonine dynasty.

PROVENANCE Pino Donati, Monteggio, Switzerland, early 1970s.

ÂŁ 80.000 - 150.000

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105 ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF AN OLD MAN 3rd century AD height cm 30

Male head that follow the imperial portraits of the period, characterized by attention to detail such as to create a kind of unnaturalness, as the rendering of the pupils, the frowning gaze and the folds of the neck given by the slight twisting of the head.

The portrait has a stand in red imperial porphyry.

PROVENANCE European private collection.

ÂŁ 6.600 - 8.500

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106 AMAZING ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF MITHRAS 2nd - 3rd century AD height cm 26

The amazing and sacre depiction of the youthful god Mithras; his curly hair emerging from beneath his Phrygian cap, with characteristic top-knop. The cult of Mithras began to spread in the Roman territories since 1st century BC, it was imported from the East and was purely widespread among the military.

From 3rd century AD became an instrument of political propaganda of the emperors and began to merge with the cult of Sol Invictus.

PROVENANCE From the collection of a Belgian gentlewoman, since 1960s.

ÂŁ 10.000 - 30.000

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107 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A FAUN 1st century AD height cm 33,5

With frowning eyes given by arched eyebrows, open lips with a central hole that could suggest the presence of a flute, or its use as water fountain. Probably a copy of the original Greek for the realistic rendering that recalls the Hellenistic art.

PROVENANCE From the collection of a Belgian gentlewoman, since 1960s.

ÂŁ 2.000 - 6.000

108 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF VENUS 1st - 2nd century AD height cm 34

Depicted with smooth oval face with idealized features, including almond-shaped heavy-lidded eyes, gently-arching brows and rounded chin; the hair are wavy center-parted bound in a diadem, pulled back and tied into a chignon; lack of nose, with the insertion hole visible.

PROVENANCE From the collection of a Belgian gentlewoman, since 1960s.

ÂŁ 2.000 - 6.000

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109 ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF A VEILED WOMAN 1st - 2nd century AD height cm 9,5 PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 1.000 - 2.500

110 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF EROS 1st - 2nd century AD height cm 12; with stand ca. cm 29

Very fine head depicting young Eros, depicted with his typical hairstyle, plump cheeks and lips in a slight smile.

Provided with a design stand made in millerary olive wood

by Silio Frameworks.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000.

£ 900 - 2.000

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111 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A SOLDIER 2nd - 3rd century AD height cm 14

A realistic head of a Roman soldier with a helmet, made with particular attention to detail, as visible in the rendering of the look and the beard that comes out of the helmet. Probably part of a sarcophagus with a battle scene.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired before 2000.

£ 1.500 - 3.500

112 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG MAN 3rd century AD height cm 10,5 PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 1.000 - 2.500

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113 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A SATYR 3rd century AD height cm 13,5 PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 450 - 850

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114 ROMAN PROVINCIAL HEAD OF APOLLO 1st century BC - 1st century AD height cm 30

Bigger than a lifesize head, this portrait of the Sun God, characterized by large almond-shaped eyes and fleshy lips, short elusive forehead and hair gathered in the traditional hairdo. Lack of nose and a part of the head cap, from which come out metal pivots of attachment.

PROVENANCE European old private collection.

ÂŁ 4.000 - 10.000

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115 ROMAN PROVINCIAL HEAD OF A SOLDIER 1st century BC - 1st century AD height cm 34 (with stand)

Characterized by large eyes and fleshy lips, short and elusive forehead, covered by curls that fall under the helmet; a veiled play of depth is made by the light and modest use of the drill in the rendering of the curls. The base is moulded and made of polished orthoceras fossil marble.

PROVENANCE European old private collection.

ÂŁ 1.300 - 3.500

116 ROMAN PROVINCIAL HEAD 1st century BC - 1st century AD height cm 35 (with stand)

Characterized by large eyes and fleshy lips, with slightly outlined eyebrows, bipartite hair on the forehead that fall into two side braids. The base is moulded and made of polished orthoceras fossil marble.

PROVENANCE European old private collection.

ÂŁ 1.200 - 3.000

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117 ROMAN ALABASTRO FIORITO TRAPEZOPHOROS LION’S FOOT 1st century AD length cm 28 PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 10.000 - 20.000

118 ROMAN MARBLE PANTHER HEAD 1st century BC - 1st century AD height cm 8; length cm 13 PROVENANCE European old private collection.

£ 3.000 - 9.000

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119 ROMAN MARBLE THEATRICAL MASK 1st - 3rd century AD height max cm 16; length max cm 15

Marble fragment of akroterion from a cinerary urn, depicting a theater mask with angular view.

PROVENANCE Private collection, York.

£ 400 - 800

120 ROMAN MARBLE SLAB WITH AN HORSE RIDER 1st - 3rd century AD length cm 32 PROVENANCE Private collection, York.

£ 300 - 700

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121 ROMAN MARBLE SLAB WITH AN HORSE RIDER 1st - 3rd century AD length cm 18 PROVENANCE Private collection, York.

£ 450 - 850

122 ROMAN MARBLE BUST OF CYBELE ON THRONE 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 15; length cm 19; wide cm 10 PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 1.000 - 2.000

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123 ROMAN MARBLE SLAB WITH OFFERING SCENE 3rd century AD length cm 13

With a flower basket, hold by two female figure as visible by the three hands; on the right a drapery, suggesting a third female offerer.

PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 500 - 1.000

124 RARE ROMAN MARBLE SLAB WITH CIRCUS SCENE 3rd - 4th century AD length cm 22

Depicting a race chariots in the Roman circus, in which the charioteer is represented as a Putto with the head turned behind him, looking to his rivals, standing on the chariot in motion.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 1.000 - 2.000

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125 ROMAN MARBLE SLAB WITH MARINE THIASOS 4th - 5th century AD length cm 40 PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 2.000 - 4.000

126 ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN LID 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 7,5; length cm 33 x 26

In the shape of a temple roof, with a central wreath from which depart two ribbons in the tympanum and rosettes as akroterion.

PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 500 - 800

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127 ROMAN MARBLE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION 1st - 2nd century AD length cm 14 x 9,5; wide cm 5

Decorated on three sides with with vegetal elements, as leaves and berries.

PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 500 - 800

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128 ROMAN MARBLE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION 1st - 3rd century AD height cm 19; wide cm 9

Originally intended for an architectural frame, it is decorated on three sides: vertical grooves on the main side, scrolls on the sides. At the top, an engraved Δ - delta indicating the origin of the quarry.

PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 500 - 800

129 ROMAN GIALLO ANTICO COLUMN FRAGMENT 1st - 3rd century AD length cm 53

In origine part of a column; on the rear, a very polished surface that suggests it was re-used as a tile.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 1.000 - 2.500

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130 COLLECTION OF FIVE ROMAN NEPHRITE WEIGHTS 1st - 3rd century AD length max cm 23 / min cm 15 PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 2.500 - 5.000

131 ROMAN MARBLE MORTAR 1st - 3rd century AD diam cm 25 PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 300 - 600

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132 ROMAN MARBLE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION AS SPOLIA 2nd century AD height cm 25; length cm 30; wide cm 23

With decoration characterized by vertical flutes on the field, a band of ovules and a preserved bearded mask, slightly protruding down. In medieval time the piece was resculpted, perhaps to cover previous figures, adding two apotropaic naked little boys in low relief, the one on the left completely covering a big face, the other on the right covering his own face.

PROVENANCE English private collection, acquired by the current owner in Germany before 2000s.

ÂŁ 1.500 - 3.500

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133 ETRUSCAN NENFRO CIPPUS 2nd - 1st century BC height cm 26,5 PROVENANCE European old private collection.

£ 250 - 850

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134 ROMAN MARBLE GRAVESTONE OF CLAUDIA CHIONE 2nd - 3rd century AD height cm 23; length cm 38 PROVENANCE Private collection, York.

£ 650 - 1.500

135 ROMAN CIPOLLINO GRAVESTONE 3rd century AD height cm 36 PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 1.500 - 2.500

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136 ROMAN MARBLE GRAVESTONE 2nd - 3rd century AD length cm 22 PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 900 - 1.200

137 ROMAN MARBLE GRAVESTONE 3rd century AD length cm 19 PROVENANCE Acquired by the current owner in Munich in 1990s.

£ 900 - 1.200

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138 ROMAN MARBLE INSCRIPTION 1st - 2nd century AD length cm 23 PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 200 - 500

139 PALEOCHRISTIAN MARBLE GRAVESTONE 4th - 5th century AD length cm 42

Written in Greek, with a typical Hederaefolium (ivy leaf) engraved.

PROVENANCE European old private collection.

£ 1.300 - 2.000

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140 PALEOCHRISTIAN MARBLE INLAY TILE 5th - 6th century AD cm 20 x 20

A rare tile realized in red imperial porphyry and hymettus marble. In the centre, the Chi Rho, the monogram of Christ, composed of the two Greek letters X and P, intertwined together.

ROVENANCE Private collection, Rome; with an export license issued by the Republic of Italy (tile dated to 9th century AD).

£ 2.000 - 4.000

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141 PALEOCHRISTIAN MARBLE BEZEL WITH PEACOCKS 5th - 6th century AD length cm 43

Restorations on frame.

PROVENANCE European old private collection.

£ 900 - 1.500

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142 MEDIEVAL LIMESTONE HEAD OF A KNIGHT 11th - 13th century AD height cm 20

Originally part of a high relief, the helmeted head is characterized by geometric features and prominent eyes, whose pupils are realized in lead. Provided with a stand in breccia gialla.

PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

ÂŁ 2.500 - 5.500

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143 MARBLE HEAD OF VENUS IN THE MANNER OF SAPPHO Renaissance or Neo Classical height cm 21,5

PROVENANCE Private collection, London, acquired 1960s - 1980s.

£ 2.500 - 5.500

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144 COUPLES OF LITHOTHEQUES 20th century diam cm 30 each

Collection of ancient and rare marbles, polished in modern times and arranged in a black frame as precious furnishing; these lithothèques, also called marmothèques, contains several samples of ancient Roman and Greek marbles described through manuscripts signed

by Professor Raniero Gnoli with references taken from his book “Marmora Romana”, published in three edition (1971, 1988, 2018).

PROVENANCE Originally in Count Raniero Gnoli collection.

£ 1.000 - 2.000

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145 COUPLES OF LITHOTHEQUES 20th century diam cm 30 each

Collection of ancient and rare marbles, polished in modern times and arranged in a black frame as precious furnishing; these lithothèques, also called marmothèques, contains several samples of ancient Roman and Greek marbles described through manuscripts signed

by Professor Raniero Gnoli with references taken from his book “Marmora Romana”, published in three edition (1971, 1988, 2018).

PROVENANCE Originally in Count Raniero Gnoli collection.

£ 1.000 - 2.000

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Oxus to Egypt

146 BACTRIAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURINE Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC height cm 16; cm 18 with plexiglass stand

An extremely rare Bronze Age Idol from the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex also known as the Oxus Civilization. Is the modern archaeological designation for a Bronze Age civilization of Central Asia, dated to ca. 2400–1600 BC, located in present-day northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan, centred on the upper Amu Darya (Oxus River). See the specimen from Gonur Depe published in “Idoli: il potere dell’immagine”, Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, 2018, pp. 224-225.

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 2.500 - 5.500

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147 BACTRIAN AMYGDALOID BANDED AGATE BEAD Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC length cm 4,5; total weight gr 8,47

A very rare and large amygdaloid bead in precious banded agate, held at either end by two sub-conical gold cabochons. See the specimen from Gonur Depe published in “Margiana. Gonur-depe Necropolis”, Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, 2002, p. 90.

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 400 - 800

148 BACTRIAN BRONZE STAMP SEAL WITH BULL Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC height cm 3,9

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 350 - 650

149 BACTRIAN BRONZE STAMP SEAL WITH EAGLE Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC height cm 3,9

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 300 - 600

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150 BACTRIAN BRONZE STAMP SEAL WITH CRUCIFORM MOTIF Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC diam cm 5

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 200 - 500

151 BACTRIAN BRONZE STAMP SEAL WITH CRUCIFORM MOTIF Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC diam cm 6

A piece of frame broke off.

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 200 - 500

152 BACTRIAN BRONZE STAMP SEAL WITH CRUCIFORM MOTIF Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC height cm 3,9

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 200 - 400

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153 BACTRIAN STONE SEAL IN FORM OF CURLED SHOE Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC length cm 4,3

A very rare and nice typology.

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 250 - 450

154 BACTRIAN CARNELIAN BEAD AND SEAL WITH SWASTIKA Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC height cm 1,7

PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow. £ 350 - 650

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155 SYRIAN BONE IDOL 3rd millennium BC height cm 14,2

An stylized anthropomorphic idol, the body details expressed through carved dots and circles.

PROVENANCE Ex Pandolfini, Florence 27 October 2009, lot 227; formerly in an Italian collection formed in the 1970s; with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy. ÂŁ 1.000 - 3.000

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156 ELAMITE BRICK WITH CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTION FOR KING UNTASH-NAPIRISHA Southwest Iran, 1260 -1235 BC length cm 12 x 7

Despite the gaps, it is possible to integrate the missing part of the text thanks to the comparison with other bricks inscribed and coming from the site of the ancient Al Untash-Napirisha (in today’s Choga Zanbil, Iran). One hundred and one bricks come from the sian, a large complex of religious buildings built at the behest of King Untash Napirisha (mid of 13th century BC) and are characterized by the same inscription. The text belongs to the category of inscriptions relating to constructions with dedication to the god Ishnikarap, named on the right side of the inscription, missing on our exemplar.

PROVENANCE From a English private collection formed in 1970s; accompanyed by a dedicate study. £ 700 - 1.500

157 ANATOLIAN TERRACOTTA VIOLIN IDOL Possibly Lycian or Pisidian region, early 2nd millennium BC height cm 5,5

A violin-shaped idol covered with crossed bands along the head and the chest; chevrons motif below. Belonging to the Caykenar type diffused in Southern Anatolia and Cyprus, and characterized by a dome-shaped head, with crossing bands decoration.

PROVENANCE Ex Pandolfini, Florence 27 October 2009, lot 225; formerly in an Italian collection formed in the 1970s; with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy. £ 800 - 2.500

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158 EGYPTIAN USHABTI OF THE PRINCE KHAEMWESET XIX Dynasty, 1295 – 1185 BC height cm 16

A real valuable personalized burial offering, carefully molded in blue faience, in mummy shape and with magical formula painted on the front, usually get from the Book of the Dead. Destined to the prince Khaemwaset, known as builder of Serapeum, high priest and magician, he was the most prominent son of the powerful Ramesses II (1279 – 1213 BC).

PROVENANCE English private collection; with Hixenbaugh Ancient Art (New York); formerly in the collection of Leopoldo Benguerel y Godo, Barcelona (acquired in London in the 1960s); accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence test certificate. £ 2.500 - 4.500

159 EGYPTIAN BRONZE IBIS STATUETTE Late Period, ca. 664 - 300 BC height cm 9,5; length (with wooden stand) cm 17

On wood plinth, a bronze Ibis depicted seated, with a sinuous neck and long curving bill and incised plumage details on the body. Restored legs.

PROVENANCE From the collection of George John Gregory (Valletta 1865 Cairo 1931); thence by descent. £ 2.200 - 4.000

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160 EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT HEAD OF BASTET Late Period, ca. 664 - 300 BC height cm 5,5; with stand cm 9,8

With a nice stand of glass and brass from 1940s.

PROVENANCE From an English private collection since 1940s. £ 200 - 1.000

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161 EGYPTIAN APIS BULL MOSAIC GLASS INLAY Ptolemaic period, ca. 300 - 30 BC height cm 1,5; length cm 1,2; wide cm 0,5

Bull represented in profile with black and white body, yellow horns and red solar disc; all in a turquoise matrix.

PROVENANCE From the collection of George John Gregory (Valletta 1865 - Cairo 1931); thence by descent.

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£ 1.500 - 3.500

162 NUBIAN TEXILE WITH GEOMETRIC PATTERN 6th - 8th century AD length cm 82 x 12; frame cm 90 x 20

PROVENANCE European old private collection. £ 300 - 800

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163 PRE-COLUMBIAN WARRIOR FIGURE Colombia, Tairona Culture, 11th - 15th century height cm 5; gr 13,27

Warrior figure made in tumbaga (gold and copper alloy) and used as pendant. Depicted naked with legs spread apart, and a long object like a sceptre grasp in the hands; wears earrings and an half-round flat headgear decorated with interweaving lines in relief. The face shows applied-like eyes and piercings with rings on the cheeks.

PROVENANCE European private collection; accompanied by a letter from Sotheby’s dated 15 June 1994. £ 1.500 - 3.500

164 PRE-COLUMBIAN WARRIOR FIGURE Colombia, Tairona Culture, 11th - 15th century height cm 4; gr 7,14

Warrior figure made in tumbaga (gold and copper alloy) and used as pendant. Depicted naked with legs spread apart, and a long object like a sceptre grasp in the hands; wears earrings, bracelets and an half-round flat headgear decorated with openwork pattern and interweaving lines in relief. The face shows applied-like eyes and piercings with rings on the cheeks.

PROVENANCE European private collection; accompanied by a letter from Sotheby’s dated 15 June 1994. £ 1.200 - 3.000

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165 PRE-COLUMBIAN TEXTILE WITH GEOMETRIC PATTERN Peru, Chancay Culture, 13th - 14th century cm 12,2 x 10,8

PROVENANCE European old private collection. £ 200 - 400

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166 FRAGMENTS D’ARCHITECTURE ANTIQUE cm 46 x 33 (each)

H. d’Espouy, Fragments d’Architecture Antique d’après les relevés & restaurations des anciens pensionnaires de l’Académie de France à Rome, Volumes I and II (100 plates in each volume), edited by Carles Massin, Paris, 1905. Unbound as issued in original cloth backed portfolio.

PROVENANCE Ex Christie’s, London 8 December 1993, lot 40. £ 450 - 850

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The Amedeo Guillet Collection of Antiquities & Coins Amedeo Guillet (February 7, 1909 – June 16, 2010) was an officer of the Italian Army. Dying at the age of 101, he was one of the last men to have commanded cavalry in war. He was nicknamed Devil Commander and was famous during the Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia in 1941-1943 because of his courage.

Descended from a noble family from Piedmont and Capua. His parents were Franca Gandolfo and Baron Alfredo Guillet, a colonel in the Royal Carabinieri. In the buildup to World War II, the Duke of Aosta gave Guillet command of the 2.500 strong Gruppo Bande Amhara, made up of recruits from throughout Italian East Africa. The core was cavalry, but the force also included camel corps and mainly Yemeni infantry. Amedeo Guillet succeeded in recruiting thousands of Eritreans. His Band, already named in the history books as Gruppo Bande Guillet, was distinguished for its absolute fair play with the local populations. Amedeo could boast at never being betrayed, and 5.000 Eritreans knew perfectly well who he was and where he lived. It was during this time in the horn of Africa that the legend of a group of Eritreans with excellent fighting qualities, commanded by a notorious Devil Commander, was born.

Guillet’s most important battle happened towards the end of January 1941 at Cherù when he decided to attack enemy armoured units: horse charges with unsheathed sword, guns, incendiary and hand bombs against the armoured troops. The battles and skirmishes in which this young lieutenant was a protagonist are boldly written in the British bulletins of war. There was a wanted poster on him, with a “dead or alive” bounty of 1.000 £; he went so far as to present himself, in disguise, to the enemy command to provide information about Guillet himself, with the twofold intention of diverting suspicion and pocketing the price on his head.

As indeed did. The devilries that he created from day to day, almost seen as a game, explains why the British called him not only Knight from other

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times but also the Italian Lawrence of Arabia.

Later, in early 1942, for security reasons he changed his name in Ahmed Abdallah Al Redai, studied the Koran and looked like an authentic Arab: so when British soldiers came to capture him, he fooled them with his new identity and escaped in two occasions.

After numerous adventures, including working as a water seller, Guillet was finally able to reach Yemen, where for about one year he trained soldiers and cavalrymen for the Imam’s army, whose son Ahmed became a close friend. Despite the opposition of the Yemenite royal house, he succeeded in embarking incognito on a Red Cross ship repatriating sick and injured Italians and finally returned to Italy a few days before the armistice in September 1943.

As soon as Guillet reached Italy he asked for Gold sovereigns, men and weapons to aid Eritrean forces. But with Italy’s surrender, then later joining the Allies, times had changed. Guilet was promoted to Major for his war accomplishments and worked with Major Max Harari of the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars who was the commander of the British special unit services that tried to capture Guillet in Italian East Africa.

At the end of the war, and with the abolition of the monarchy, Guillet expressed a deep desire to leave Italy; following entered the Italian diplomatic service where he represented Italy in Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Morocco, and finally as ambassador to India until 1975. Since 1974 Guillet had been living in retirement in Kentstown, County Meath, Ireland.

Bibliography: S. O’Kelly, Amedeo: the true story of an Italian’s war in Abyssinia, 2002; V. Dan Segre, La guerra privata del tenente Guillet, 1993; B. M. Scianna, Forging an Italian hero? The late commemoration of Amedeo Guillet (1909-2010), in “European Review of History”, 26:3 (2019), pp. 369-385.

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167 COUPLE OF RARE PHOENICIAN CLAY MASKS 9th - 8th century BC height max cm 7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 70 - 200

168 COUPLE OF RARE PHOENICIAN CLAY MASKS 9th - 8th century BC height max cm 6,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 70 - 200

169 COUPLE OF RARE PHOENICIAN CLAY MASKS 9th - 8th century BC height max cm 7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 70 - 200

170 CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA HORSE 8th - 6th century BC height cm 12; length cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 180 - 350

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GREEK TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A BRIDLED HORSE 5th - 4th century BC height cm 8,4

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 150

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HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF A KOUROTROPHOS 2nd - 1st century BC height cm 16,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 220 - 500 173

173 EGYPTIAN HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF DIONYSUS 3rd - 1st century BC height cm 16,5 174

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 180 - 450

174 EGYPTIAN HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF VENUS ANADYOMENE 1st century BC height cm 27,7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 350 - 650

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EGYPTIAN HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF VENUS

EGYPTIAN HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF APOLLO CITHAROEDUS

1st century AD height cm 36,2

1st century AD height cm 23

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 350 - 650

£ 260 - 550

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EGYPTIAN HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF VENUS

EGYPTIAN HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF VENUS

1st century AD height cm 16

1st century AD height cm 17,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 260 - 550

£ 220 - 500

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA LARARIUM STATUETTE OF A MAN

ROMAN TERRACOTTA LARARIUM STATUETTE OF A VEILED WOMAN

1st - 3rd century AD height cm 16,8

1st - 3rd century AD height cm 15

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 180 - 450

£ 90 - 250

181 AMAZING NEOLITHIC TWO-HANDLED JAR Near East, 5th - 4th millennium BC height cm 19,5; diam cm 10 With alternating incised dots around the neck.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 180 - 500

182 CANAANITE PAINTED JAR 3rd - 2nd millennium BC height cm 6,8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

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183 CANAANITE PAINTED AMPHORA 2nd millennium BC height cm 15,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 70 - 120

184 BLACK-WARE JUGLET Near East, 12th - 10th century BC height cm 11

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

185 BLACK-WARE JUGLET Near East, 12th - 10th century BC height cm 9

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

186 BLACK-WARE PIRIFORM JUGLET Near East, 12th - 10th century BC height cm 12

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

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187 TERRACOTTA STRAINER Near East, 12th - 10th century BC height cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

188 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 14

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

189 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 11

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 35 - 50

190 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 35 - 50

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191 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 35 - 50

192 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 35 - 50

193 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 35 - 50

194 TERRACOTTA PIRIFORM HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 12

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 30 - 50

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195 TERRACOTTA PIRIFORM HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 9

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 35 - 50

196 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 12,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 30 - 50

197 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 9,4

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

198 TERRACOTTA HANDLED JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 8,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

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199 TERRACOTTA JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 13,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 60

200 TERRACOTTA JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

201 TERRACOTTA JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 20 - 50

202 TERRACOTTA JUGLET Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 9,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

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203 TERRACOTTA BOWL Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 4,5; diam cm 12,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 60

204 TERRACOTTA BOWL Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 5; diam cm 8,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

205 TERRACOTTA BOWL Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 4; diam cm 8,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

206 TERRACOTTA BOWL Near East, 10th - 8th century BC height cm 9,5; diam cm 4

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

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207 GREEK MINIATURE LEKYTHOS WITH PALMETTE 4th - 3rd century BC height cm 9

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

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HELLENISTIC MEGARIAN BOWL

ROMAN TERRACOTTA UNGUENTARIUM

3rd - 1st century BC height cm 10; diam cm 14

2nd - 1st century BC height cm 12

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 180 - 250

£ 25 - 40

210 AFRICAN RED SLIP GLOBULAR POT 4th - 6th century AD height cm 10; diam cm 7,3 With applied decoration consisting of two plant shoots, a circular element and a running hare.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 300 - 500

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211 AFRICAN RED SLIP BOWL 4th - 6th century AD height cm 4,4; diam cm 18,2 With moulded decorative patterns in the inner surface, depicting a marine theme consists of: a fish and a dolphin, some of the characters who pull up the fishing net on the boat and a male figure holding a swan.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 300 - 500

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BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA PITCHER

BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA PITCHER

7th - 8th century AD height cm 20,6

7th - 8th century AD height cm 12

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 45 - 60

£ 35 - 50

214 WHITE-GLAZED DISH WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION Central Asia, 12th - 15th century AD height cm 2,5; diam cm 11,7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 90 - 150

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215 GREEK BLACK-GLAZED OIL LAMP 3rd - 2nd century BC length cm 10

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 35 - 50

216 ROMAN OIL LAMP WITH CALYDONIAN HUNT SCENE 1st - 2nd century AD length cm 11,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 130 - 350

217 ROMAN OIL LAMP WITH KANTHAROS 1st - 2nd century AD length cm 15

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 130 - 350

218 ROMAN MINIATURE OIL LAMP 1st - 2nd century AD length cm 7,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 60

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219 ROMAN OIL LAMP 2nd - 3rd century AD length cm 8,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 40

220 ROMAN OIL LAMP 2nd - 3rd century AD length cm 8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 40

221 EARLY ISLAMIC OIL LAMP 7th - 8th century AD length cm 11

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 70 - 150

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GLAZED OIL LAMP

YEMENITE BLACK STONE OIL LAMP

Near East, 12th - 14th century length cm 9,5

8th - 10th century length cm 15

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 25 - 40

£ 35 - 50

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ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE COSMETIC TUBE 1st - 4th century AD height cm 13,7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 130 - 350

225 ROMAN GLASS OINOCHOE 1st - 4th century AD height cm 11

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 180 - 250

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ROMAN GLASS SQUARE-BOTTLE 1st - 4th century AD height cm 12

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 180 - 250

227 ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM 1st - 4th century AD height cm 19

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 130 - 200

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ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM 1st - 4th century AD height cm 7,2

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

229 ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM 1st - 4th century AD height cm 11,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 60 - 100

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ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM 1st - 4th century AD height cm 11

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 60 - 100

231 ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM 1st - 4th century AD height cm 8,7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

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ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM 1st - 4th century AD height cm 12,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 60 - 100

233 ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM 1st - 4th century AD height cm 13 Missing lip.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 35 - 80

234 ROMAN GLASS JAR 1st - 4th century AD height cm 11 Holed.

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PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 180 - 250

235 ROMAN GLASS JAR 1st - 4th century AD height cm 6

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

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236 ROMAN GLASS JAR 1st - 4th century AD height cm 6

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

237 ROMAN GLASS JAR 1st - 4th century AD height cm 3,6

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

238 ROMAN GLASS JAR 1st - 4th century AD height cm 4,8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

239 ROMAN GLASS JAR 1st - 4th century AD height cm 4,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

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240 ROMAN GLASS JAR 1st - 4th century AD height cm 5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

241 ROMAN GLASS JAR 1st - 4th century AD height cm 4

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

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OTTOMAN GLASS ROSE WATER SPRINKLER Beykoz manufacturing, late 18th - early 19th century height cm 25,3

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

243 OTTOMAN GLASS ROSE WATER SPRINKLER Beykoz manufacturing, late 18th - early 19th century height cm 27,8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

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OTTOMAN GLASS ROSE WATER SPRINKLER Beykoz manufacturing, late 18th - early 19th century height cm 26

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

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245 OTTOMAN GLASS ROSE WATER SPRINKLER Beykoz manufacturing, late 18th - early 19th century height cm 25,8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

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OTTOMAN OPALINE GLASS HOOKAH

Beykoz manufacturing, late 18th - early 19th century height cm 21,3

Beykoz manufacturing, late 18th - early 19th century height cm 17,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 45 - 100

£ 45 - 100

248 OTTOMAN GLASS ROSE WATER EWER Beykoz manufacturing, late 18th - early 19th century height cm 15,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

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249 SOUTH ARABIAN MARBLE STATUETTE OF A RAM 1st century BC length cm 17

On the basis of its style, this ram can be assigned to the Sabaean Culture which flourished in the Arabian Peninsula contemporary with the civilization of the Roman Empire. The Sabaeans had a predilection for animal sculpture but their repertoire generally consists of depictions of both the ibex and bull. Free-standing representations of other animals, such as our ram, are exceeding rare and exceptional; there were no rams of this type featured in the recent touring exhibition of the ancient art of Yemen. Be that as it may, the Sabaean culture has long been associated with the legendary Queen of Sheba whose encounter with King Solomon of the Bible (I Kings 10:1-13 and 2 Chronicles 9:1-12) is well-known. This ram serves as an artful reminder of that famed Biblical episode.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection; accompanied by an original 1960s photograph. ÂŁ 100 - 1.000

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250 YEMENITE LIMESTONE HEAD OF A BULL 3rd century BC length cm 11 Originally, ending portion of the drain channel of an offering table.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 45 - 150

251 PERSIAN ALABASTER ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION 9th - 10th century height cm 10,5; length cm 36 x 30 With an elegant engraved decoration consists of vine shoots, grapes and the representation of a floating fish tail, probably the depiction of the Simurgh.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 280 - 650

252 ABBASID STUCCO FRAME 9th - 12th century AD length cm 19

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 70 - 150

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253 249 GREEK MARBLEMARBLE GRAVESTONE SOUTH ARABIAN STATUETTE OF A RAM 3rd - 4th century AD 1st millennium BC cm 33 xcm 1217 lenght

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE From From the the Amedeo Amedeo Guillet Guillet collection. collection. ££ 450 850 90 --350

254 KUFIC STONE INSCRIPTION 9th - 10th century cm 27 x 23,4; wide cm 16,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 280 - 450

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255 YEMENITE ALABASTER OIL LAMP 19th century diam cm 30

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 180 - 250

256 YEMENITE ALABASTER OIL LAMP 19th century diam cm 15,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 90 - 200

257 ISLAMIC SOAPSTONE ORNAMENTS CASTING MOLD 12th - 15th century cm 11,2 x 8,4 x 3,5 Traces of lead still remain in the draining groove.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 90 - 200

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258 SOUTH ARABIAN BRONZE HEAD OF A BULL Himyarite Kingdom, 1st century BC - 1st century ADKingdom, 1st century BC - 1st Himyarite century AD height cm 8,5; length cm 6,5 height cm 8,5; lenght cm 6,5

Amazing bull’s head, cast in bronze over a central core of clay, with muzzle PROVENANCE well characterized: open horns and From Amedeo Guillet collection. lateralthe eyes with multiple skin folds. £ 450 - 2000 PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection; accompanied by an original 1960s photograph. £ 450 - 2.000

259 ROMAN BRONZE HEAD OF VENUS 1st - 2nd century AD height cm 3,8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 90 - 150

260 CHRISTIAN SILVER CROSS ENKOLPION 17th century length cm 7,7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 300 - 600

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261 COPTIC ETHIOPIAN SILVERED PENDANT CROSS 19th century length cm 9,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 90 - 200

262 COPTIC ETHIOPIAN BRONZE PENDANT CROSS 19th century length cm 4,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 50 - 150

263 HORSE SHAPED BRONZE WEIGHT Africa and Near East, 19th century height cm 4,7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

264 GROUP OF THREE ANIMAL SHAPED BRONZE WEIGHT Africa and Near East, 19th century length cm 3,4 - 2,6

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

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265 PUTTO SHAPED BRONZE WEIGHT Africa and Near East, 19th century height cm 8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 25 - 50

266 VENETIAN GILDED COFFEE POT 18th century height cm 23,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 60 - 150

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ISLAMIC BULBOUS SHAPED ROSE WATER SPRINKLER

TURKISH JUDAIC SILVERED AND GILDED BRASS BESAMIM

Late 17th - early 18th century height cm 22,6

19th century height cm 15; length cm 17,8; wide cm 13,2

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 70 - 200

£ 130 - 350

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269 OTTOMAN SILVER MIRROR Late 19th - early 20th century diam cm 20

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 260 - 650

270 BEDOUIN TINNED COPPER AFTABA 19th century height cm 29,4; (with lid) cm 34

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 100 - 300

271 BEDOUIN SILVER-PLATED COPPER DALLAH COFFEE POT 19th century height cm 24,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 100 - 300

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BEDOUIN BRASS AND SILVER INLAID QALAMDAN

BEDOUIN BRASS POWDER FLASK

19th century length cm 26

19th century height cm 13,5

A traveling scribe’s box composed by a quill holder and a small attached inkwell. The pen holder is decorated with auspicious writings which run on the main sides; the inkwell has multifaceted shape. Qalamdans were used by scribes who traveled from town to town, and they would hang these on their belts.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 60

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 130 - 350

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19th century length cm 28,4

BEDOUIN INK ABSORBING POWDER 19th century height cm 6,4

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 130 - 200

£ 45 - 60

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276 BEDOUIN SILVER PRAYER BOX 19th century length cm 8,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 90 - 150

277 YEMENI JAMBIYA 19th century length cm 35

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 70 - 200

278 YEMENI BRASS LONG-NECKED ROSE WATER SPRINKLER 19th century height cm 18

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

279 YEMENI LAZEM NECKLACE 19th century length cm 32

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 60 - 120

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280 YEMENI AMULET HOLDER 19th century length (necklace) cm 76; length (pendant) cm 8,2 x 5,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 90 - 150

281 YEMENI SILVER EARRINGS 19th century length cm 9,4

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 60 - 120

282 YEMENI JETONS BOX 19th century height cm 4; length cm 8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 90 - 200

283 INDIAN HEAVY CAST BRASS AFTABA Mughal period, mid 17th - early 18th century height cm 16

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 150

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284 INDIAN BRASS INCENSE BURNER Mughal period, 18th century height max cm 14,8; length max cm 23,3

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 50 - 150

285 INDIAN SILVER INLAID BIDRI-HOOKAH BASE 19th century height cm 14; diam cm 8

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 50 - 100

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INDIAN BRASS KOHL BOTTLE

INDIAN KOHL BOTTLE

19th century height cm 12,2

19th century height cm 11,5

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection.

£ 55 - 100

£ 45 - 100

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288 INDIAN MIHBARA INKWELL 19th century height cm 7

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 100

289 INDIAN DANCING PEACOCK 20th century height cm 13,2

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 130 - 250

290 INDIAN SILVER VESTA CASE 19th century length cm 4

PROVENANCE From the Amedeo Guillet collection. £ 45 - 80

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1. OUR ROLE In its role as Auctioneer of Lots, Bertolami Fine Arts LTD acts solely for and in the interests of the Seller. Our experts are available to prospective buyers to provide information about lots for sale.

The Seller has authorized Bertolami Fine Arts LTD to sell the Lot as its agent on its behalf and, save where we explicitly make it clear to the contrary, Bertolami Fine Arts LTD acts only as agent for the Seller. Any statement or representation we make in respect of a Lot is made on the Seller’s behalf.

Bertolami Fine Arts LTD does not owe or undertake or agree to any duty or responsibility to you in contract or tort (whether direct, collateral, express, implied or otherwise). If you successfully bid for a Lot and buy it, at that stage Bertolami Fine Arts LTD does enter into an agreement with the Buyer. The terms of that contract are set out in our Buyer’s Agreement, which you will find beneath.

2. LOTS Subject to the Contractual Description printed in bold letters in the Entry about the Lot in the Catalogue, Lots are sold to the Buyer on an “as is” basis, with all faults and imperfections. Illustrations and photographs contained in the Catalogue (other than photographs forming part of the Contractual Description) or elsewhere of any Lots are for identification purposes only. They may not reveal the true condition of the Lot. A photograph or illustration may not reflect an accurate reproduction of the color(s) of the Lot. Lots are available for inspection prior to the Sale and it is for you to satisfy yourself as to each and every aspect of a Lot, including its authorship, attribution, condition, provenance, history, background, authenticity, style, period, age, suitability, quality, roadworthiness (if relevant), origin, value and estimated selling price. It is your responsibility to examine any Lot in which you are interested. It should be remembered that the actual condition of a Lot may not be as good as that indicated by its outward appearance. We can assist in arranging facilities for you to carry out or have carried out more detailed inspections and tests.

Please ask our staff for details. Any person who damages a Lot will be held liable for the loss caused.

3. DESCRIPTIONS OF LOTS AND ESTIMATES Contractual Description of a Lot The Catalogue contains a description of our experts and an image about each Lot. Estimates The estimate is printed beside the description. Estimates are only the result of negotiations between Bertolami Fine Arts LTD and the Seller. They does not take into account any VAT or Buyer’s fees. The estimate of each lot is in pound.

Condition Reports Bertolami Fine Arts LTD can give to all customers the Condition Report on each lot. If so requested, this will be provided by Bertolami Fine Arts LTD on behalf of the Seller free of charge.

The Seller’s responsibility to you The seller undertakes to respect all contractual obligations listed here relating the sale of the items in the auction.

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Alterations Descriptions and Estimates may be amended at Bertolami Fine Arts LTD discretion from time to time by notice given orally or in writing before or during a Sale or by publication. Each lot is available for examine before the sale.

Authenticity The Auction House offers an unconditional and everlasting guarantee for the authenticity of objects. All identifications and descriptions of the items sold in this catalogue are statements of opinion and were made in good faith.

Reserve Price BFA may accept absentee bids which are below the reserve price.

If the bidding ends before the reserve is reached, Bertolami Fine Arts will submit the consignor the highest absentee bid below the reserve price received. The decision of the seller will be communicated to the bidder within fifteen days from the auction date.

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Our Sales are public auctions which persons may attend and you should take the opportunity to do so. We do reserve the right at our sole discretion to refuse admission to our premises or to any Sale without stating a reason. We have complete discretion as to whether the Sale proceeds, whether any Lot is included in the Sale, the manner in which the Sale is conducted and we may offer Lots for Sale in any order we choose notwithstanding the numbers given to Lots in the Catalogue.

You should therefore check the date and starting time of the Sale, whether there have been any withdrawals or late entries. Remember that withdrawals and late entries may affect the time at which a Lot you are interested in is put up for Sale. We have complete discretion to refuse any bid, to nominate any bidding increment we consider appropriate, to divide any Lot, to combine two or more Lots, to withdraw any Lot from a Sale and, before the Sale has been closed, to put up any Lot for auction again.

Some lots may carry a reserve. The auctioneer reserves the right not to sell an item below the confidential price, or will repurchase the item on behalf of the consignor or of BFA. If a reserve exists the auctioneer reserves the right to bid on any lot on behalf of the consignor up to the amount of the reserve against any floor or mail bidders. The auctioneer also reserves the right to bid on any lot on behalf of BFA. The Buyer will be the Bidder who makes the highest bid acceptable to the Auctioneer for any Lot (subject to any applicable Reserve) to whom the Lot is knocked down by the Auctioneer at the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer.

Any dispute as to the highest acceptable bid will be settled by the Auctioneer at his or her absolute discretion. All bids tendered will relate to the actual Lot number announced by the Auctioneer. An electronic currency converter may be used at the Sale. This equipment is provided as a general guide as to the equivalent amount in certain currencies of a given bid. All estimates are in POUNDS STERLING. We do not accept any responsibility for any errors which may occur in the use of the currency converter. We may use video cameras to record the Sale.

5. BIDDING We do not accept bids from any person who has not completed and delivered to us one of our Bidding Forms, either our Bidder Registration Form, Absentee Bidding Form or Telephone Bidding Form. You will be asked for proof of identity, residence and references, which, when asked for, you must supply if your bids are to be accepted by us. Please bring your passport, driving license (or similar photographic proof of identity) and proof of address. We may request a deposit from you before allowing you to bid. We may refuse entry to a Sale to any person even if that person has completed a Bidding Form.

Bidding in person You should come to our Bidder registration desk at the Sale venue and fill out a Bidder Registration Form on (or, if possible, before) the day of the Sale. The bidding number system is sometimes referred to as “paddle bidding”. You will be issued with a large card (a “paddle”) with a printed number on it. This will be attributed to you for the purposes of the Sale. Should you be a successful Bidder you will need to ensure that your number can be clearly seen by the Auctioneer and that it is your number which is identified as the Buyer’s. You should not let anyone else use your paddle as all Lots will be invoiced to the name and address given on your Bidder Registration Form. Once an invoice is issued it will not be changed. If there is any doubt as to the Hammer Price of, or whether you are the successful Bidder of, a particular Lot, you must draw this to the attention of the Auctioneer before the next Lot is offered for Sale. At the end of the Sale, or when you have finished bidding please return your paddle to the Bidder registration desk.

Bidding by telephone (only available on lots with a low estimate greater than £500) If you wish to bid at the Sale by telephone, please complete a Telephone Bidding Form, which is available from our offices or in the Catalogue. Please then return it to the office responsible for the Sale at least 24 hours in advance of the Sale. It is your responsibility to check with our Bids Office that your bid has been received. Telephone calls will be recorded. The telephone bidding facility is a discretionary service and may not be available in relation to all Lots. We will not be responsible for bidding on your behalf if you are unavailable at the time of the Sale or if the telephone connection is interrupted during bidding. Our staff will be available for phone calls in foreign languages as long as previously agreed upon.

Bidding by post or fax Absentee Bidding Forms can be found in the back of this Catalogue and should be completed and sent to the office responsible for the Sale. It is in your interest to return your form as soon as possible, as if two or more Bidders submit identical bids for a Lot, the first bid received takes preference. In any event, all bids should be received at least 24 hours before the start of the Sale. Please check your Absentee Bidding Form carefully before returning it to us, fully completed and signed by you.

It is your responsibility to check with our Bids Office that your bid has been received. This additional service is complimentary and confidential. Such bids are made at your own risk and we cannot accept liability for our failure to receive and/or place any such bids. All bids made on your behalf will be made at the lowest level possible subject to Reserves and other bids made for the Lot. Where appropriate your bids will be rounded down to the nearest amount consistent with the Auctioneer’s bidding increments. New Bidders must also provide proof of identity and address when submitting bids. Failure to do this will result in your bid not being placed.

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In order to harmonize tax procedures among EU countries, with effect from 1 January 2001 new rules were introduced with the extension to the Auction Houses of the margin scheme. Article. 45 of Law 342 of 21 November 2000 provides for the application of the scheme to sales concluded in execution of contracts of commission defined: • private clients;

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• clients to tax that the operation subject to the margin scheme; • Customers who have not been able to deduct the tax in accordance with Art. 19, 19 bis, and 19-bis2 the DPR. 633/72 (which have sold well in free ex-Art. 10, 27-d) • customers who benefit from the exemption arrangements provided for small businesses in the State of origin.

By virtue of special legislation, in cases mentioned above any VAT tax, or a sum in lieu of VAT, if applicable, it is charged by the Auction House. No symbol will be used for lots sold under the margin scheme.

8. PAYMENT The payment of the sold lots must be made immediately after the auction and can be made by bank transfer, cash, check, bank check bank account, credit card (Visa or Mastercard). Were exceptional exchange rate variations to occur due to imponderable situations, Bertolami Fine Arts LTD may, at its sole discretion, issue invoices in UK pounds (GBP), US dollars (USD), Euros (EUR).

If the invoices are in terms of Euros or US dollars, we will apply the exchange rate between UK pounds and Euros or UK pounds and US dollars prevailing at the time of the contract of sale (auction date).

Bertolami Fine Arts LTD will bill to the same person that is at the registration of the pallet unless previously agreed otherwise with the Administration.

As required by law, Bertolami Fine Arts LTD is obliged to call for their customers to show an identity document (identity card, driving license, passport) and confirmation of address.

Buyers wishing to pay by bank check must make arrangements with the Administration. It is not possible to deliver the goods before the payment by check or bank draft until encashment of the check, unless otherwise agreed prior to the auction.

You will find the bank details in the invoice.

Payment can be made by Visa or Mastercard only by the cardholder.

Bertolami Fine Arts LTD reserves the right to check the source of the payments received. Bertolami Fine Arts LTD reserves the right to refuse payments received from people different from the purchaser. However, in limited circumstances and in any case with the consent of the seller, Bertolami Fine Arts LTD has the ability to offer buyers it deems reliable the option of paying for goods purchased at cadences deferred. The mode of deferred payment will be set out before the sale. Before considering whether or not to grant deferred payments, Bertolami Fine Arts LTD may ask for references and documentation on the reliability and identity of the buyer. It will not allow anyone to withdraw the lot prior to the payment, unless credit has been granted before the auction.

9. COLLECTION It is Bertolami Fine Arts LTD policy to request proof of identity on collection of a lot. Lots will be released to you or your authorized representative when full and cleared payment has been received by Bertolami Fine Arts LTD. 10. STORAGE Storage and handling charges may apply.

For information concerning post sale storage and charges, please contact our Customer office.

11. LOSS OR DAMAGE Buyers are reminded that Bertolami Fine Arts LTD accepts liability for loss or damage to lots for a maximum period of ten (10) days after the date of the auction.

12. SHIPPING Bertolami Fine Arts LTD Shipping Department can advise buyers on exporting and shipping property. You can contact the Customer service on the number that you see in our website.

The entire shipment costs are to be paid for by the buyer. Additionally, a form to provide shipping instructions is attached to the buyer’s invoice. Your shipper will include a quote for transit insurance. All shipments should be unpacked and checked on delivery and any discrepancies notified to the transit insurer or shipper immediately.

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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La prego di acquistare per mio conto, i seguenti lotti ai limiti indicati, secondo le condizioni di vendita.

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Indirizzo/Address Città/City

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AUCTION ANCIENT AND MODERN GLYPTICS

London,

10172th

July 2019

AUCTION NUMISMATIC

London, 11th July 2019

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London, 10 TH July 2019 Auction 66

Life in Roman Britain

Auction 66, Part I

Antiquities The Amedeo Guillet Collection L o n d o n , 1 0 th J u l y 2 0 1 9