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Auction archive: Lot number 29

A Hellenistic terracotta model dove

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$275 - US$413
Price realised:
£170
ca. US$234
Auction archive: Lot number 29

A Hellenistic terracotta model dove

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$275 - US$413
Price realised:
£170
ca. US$234
Beschreibung:

A Hellenistic terracotta model dove, circa mid 3rd Century B.C., 10cm high; a terracotta ram-headed protome, pierced through the eye with a triple collar in relief, the back missing, circa mid 3rd Century B.C., 4cm and a Late Roman/Early Byzantine oil lamp, circa 4th-7th Century A.D., 8cm long (3) Provenance: Private collection, accompanied by a letter from the R.A. Higgins, British Museum dated 14th October 1954 which possibly references the ram-headed protome.

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
26 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Roseberys
70/76 Knights Hill
London, SE27 0JD
United Kingdom
clientservices@roseberys.co.uk
+44 (0)20 87612522
+44 (0)20 87612524
Beschreibung:

A Hellenistic terracotta model dove, circa mid 3rd Century B.C., 10cm high; a terracotta ram-headed protome, pierced through the eye with a triple collar in relief, the back missing, circa mid 3rd Century B.C., 4cm and a Late Roman/Early Byzantine oil lamp, circa 4th-7th Century A.D., 8cm long (3) Provenance: Private collection, accompanied by a letter from the R.A. Higgins, British Museum dated 14th October 1954 which possibly references the ram-headed protome.

Auction archive: Lot number 29
Auction:
Datum:
26 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Roseberys
70/76 Knights Hill
London, SE27 0JD
United Kingdom
clientservices@roseberys.co.uk
+44 (0)20 87612522
+44 (0)20 87612524
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