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Click here to subscribeGreek Macedonia - Alexander III - Herakles Tetradrachm320-315 BC, Amphipolis mint. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre and L over and torch in left field, kantharos beneath throne. 17.14 grams. Cf. Sear 6713ff; Price 468; SNG Copenhagen 697; Muller 60. Good very fine.Starting Price: £250
Greek Red-Figure Lady of Fashion KantharosApulian, 4th century BC A ceramic kantharos with ochre and white slip detailing, showing on each side the head of a lady of fashion; each with her hair dressed in a decorated sakkos, wearing drop earrings, curls of hair falling around the face; each flanked by palmettes; a wave pattern to the lower border; the vessel with tall strap handles and everted rim, set on a tall stemmed base with central ridge and stepped foot. 364 grams, 21 cm. (8 1/4"). Private Dutch collection, acquired in Amsterdam in the 1990`s. Fine condition, very minor loss to rim.Starting Price: £1000
Cycladic Islands, Naxos, stater, c. 520/515-490 BC, kantharos with ivy-leaf above and bunch of grapes suspended from each handle, rev., quadripartite incuse square, 11.58g, some corrosion but otherwise extremely fine and in high relief, rareThis coin published: Sheedy 13a; H. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos (Cyclades) archaïque: monnaie et histoire, QT 26, 1997, 14a; R.R. Holloway, The Crown of Naxos, ANS MN 10, 1962, 24; H. Dressel, Altgriechischer Münzfund aus Ägypten, ZfN 22, 1900, 237; de Nanteuil 997; Weber 4680. Other references: BMC 4, same obverse die. Provenance: Münzen und Medaillen 76, Basel, 19 September 1991, lot 755; Hess-Leu 36, Lucerne, 17 April 1968, lot 237; H. de Nanteuil collection; Sir Hermann Weber collection; from the Sakha hoard, 1897 (IGCH 1639).
Metapontum, Stater, c. 290-280, diademed head of Herakles left, lion-skin tied around neck, club over shoulder, rev. barley-ear of eleven grains, leaf to right; kantharos above leaf, BI below, 7.66g/6h (Johnson D 4.1, this coin; HN Italy 1621). Very fine and toned, very rare Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction O (Zurich), 2000, lot 1137
A George III Warwick vase tureen and cover, Benjamin Smith II & Benjamin Smith Jnr III, London 1817-18. the twin-handled vase of shallow kantharos form on a short circular stem onto a spreading square base, the body chased with a calyx of acanthus banding to the lower half and with typical masks, lion pelts, clubs and spears, the handles formed as intertwined vine leaves, the domed cover with engraved armorial, oak leaf and acorn border, rising platform with a well cast figure of a lion (finial part marked for Benjamin Smith), Overall height 42cm, combined weight 242oz, Heraldry: Engraved with the shield of the Lancashire family of PEEL, baronets and textile manufacturing pioneers. The cast finial of the cover takes the form of the family crest: a demi-lion holding a shuttle. The statesman Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) was undoubtedly the most distinguished member of this family. Entering parliament in 1809, Peel twice served as Prime Minister and among other revolutionary measures restricted the employment of women and children in factories and mines.
A George III Warwick vase and stand, Paul Storr, London 1815-16. the twin-handled vase of shallow kantharos form on a short circular stem onto a spreading square base, the body chased with a calyx of acanthus banding to the blower half and with typical masks, lion pelts, clubs and spears, the handles formed as intertwined vine leaves, raised on simple square foot, the stand of canted square section with shamrock leaf border above an acanthus leaf frieze, the sides with four plain panels with matching borders, raised on four claw and pad feet with acanthus caps, Overall height 51cm high, width 41cm (across handles), combined weight 352oz, Note: For a similar vase and stand see Christie’s London, 4th November 1998, lot 52. For a similar vase and stand see Christie's London, 4th November 1998, lot 52
Mende, Tetradrachm, c. 460-423, inebriated Dionysos holding kantharos, reclining left on back of an ass standing right, rev. vine of four grape clusters in linear square within shallow incuse, 17.06g/12h (Noe, Mende, 85; Wealth of the Roman World 74; SNG ANS 347). Obverse extremely fine, reverse very fine, most attractively toned
A Pair of Wedgwood Caneware Krater Kantharos Pastille Vases, first half 19th century, each of square-footed compressed bell form with upright grooved handles, applied with black vine and anthemion borders and medallions, impressed Wedgwood, {width across handles 26.5cm} (lacking inner and upper pierced covers)