Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a New York Private Collection
A CAMPANIAN BRONZE DINOS WITH COVER AND STAND, CIRCA 500-450 B.C.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Private Collection
A CAMPANIAN BRONZE DINOS WITH COVER AND STAND, CIRCA 500-450 B.C.
the dinos of broad rounded form with separately cast rim decorated with beading and egg-and-dart, and surmounted by a shallow domed cover, finial missing, the tripod stand with lion-paw feet and vertical ribbing on the perimeter of the ring.
Diameter 34.3 cm.; height with stand and cover 36.2 cm.
dinos and cover:
The Contents of Le Bois Muralt, Christie’s, London, January 18th, 2000, no. 555, illus.(photographed without cover)
tripod stand:
Franco Chiesa, Ticino, acquired in the 1970s/1980s, probably from Herbert Cahn, Münzen und Medaillen, Basel (Jean-David Cahn, Basel, June 26th, 2000, lot 215, illus.)
dinos, cover, and stand:
Sotheby’s, New York, December 7th, 2001, no. 112, illus.
acquired by the current owner at the above sale
Compare R. D. De Puma, Etruscan Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2013, 4.39, pp. 76 and 77, and D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold. Jewelry of the Classical World, 1994, p. 58, fig. 41.