Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
07-08 July 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/601
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    248A Onyx: Bust of a Bacchante, the head wreathed with grapes, white on brown; and a Grotesque Mask, a horned man’s head with eagle and lion-heads for ears, and two dolphins entwined for moustache and beard, white on brown 2 249 <A pair of Greek gold Earrings, spiral shanks terminating in lions’ heads . 2 Other Properties. 250 A GREEK GOLD FINGER RING, oval bezel, with intaglio cutting . of a Greek warrior with shield and spear, killing another on the ground, possibly Hector killing Patroclus, very fine work 1 Chibcha Indian gold Ornament representing one of the chiefs being carried on a litter, probably for burial, the outlines of the body, its features, the hands, ete., are in raised wire which, laid in the mould, have become attached in the casting, 22 in. long; from a grave in the Republic of Colombia 1 252 A Bottle, of dark amber glass, oval body with © mulberry ” knobs, and a projecting collar round the shoulders, 5 én. high , 1 253 A clear glass Jug, with trifoliated lip, globular body moulded with a relief design of scrolls and lattice, blue glass handle continued in a band under the lip, 53¢n. high 1 254 <A blue glass Vase, cylindrical body with sloping shoulders and base, one handle, the body moulded in relief with designs derived from foliage, and banded collars round neck and base, 4 in. high, very rare 1 255 A thick red glass Vase, bulbous body on a foot, funnel-shaped neck, two handles, the body ribbed with a horizontal looped design, the neck with fine spirals, 4¢ in. high ] 256 An iridescent Amphoraic Jug, pointed base, with handle, the body horizontally ribbed, 44 in. high l 257 <A blue glass Amphoraic Vase, drop-shaped, with trifoliated lip, the body wound with white spiral threads, 4$7n. high l
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