A GRECO-PERSIAN `WEATHERED` CARNELIAN SCARABOID

Лот 96
07.12.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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Лот 96 | A GRECO-PERSIAN 'WEATHERED' CARNELIAN SCARABOID
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£ 6 000 – 8 000
A GRECO-PERSIAN 'WEATHERED' CARNELIAN SCARABOID

ATTRIBUTED TO THE PHI GROUP, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (2.6 cm.) long





Provenance

Reputedly from Spezia.

James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk (1827-1905) collection, acquired in 1882.

Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.



Literature

A. Furtwängler, Antiken Gemmen, Leipzig and Berlin, 1900, Band II, p. 58, pl. 12.11.

Lady Helena Carnegie (ed.), Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, Ninth Earl of Southesk, K.T., London, 1908, pp 201-202, pl. 16, no. O10.

A. Maximova, 'Griechische-persische Kleinkunst in Kleinasien nach den Perserkriegen', in Archäologischer Anzeiger, Berlin, 1928, fig. 5.

J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, p. 317, fig. 297.

J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 70, no. 61.



Special notice


This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
The USA prohibits the purchase by US persons of Iranian-origin “works of conventional craftsmanship” such as carpets, textiles, decorative objects, and scientific instruments. The US sanctions apply to US persons regardless of the location of the transaction or the shipping intentions of the US person. For this reason, Christie’s will not accept bids by US persons on this lot. Non-US persons wishing to import this lot into the USA are advised that they will need to apply for an OFAC licence and that this can take many months to be granted.

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