Antiquities

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The following thirty-four lots (112-145) are from the estate of the late
Christopher Sheppard, London.
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AN ANCIENT PALE GREEN STONE SHALLOW DISH
Possibly Egypt or Mesopotamia
Round and shallow, with thick walls, 9cm diam
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London,
acquired pre-1988.
£500-£700
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THREE HELLENISTIC GLASS BOWLS
Circa 2nd Century B.C.
One in amber glass, of hemispherical shape with slightly indented base,
decorated with two wheel-cut grooves below the rim, 10.2cm diam; the
other in olive green glass, of hemispherical shape with two wheel-cut
grooves below the rim, 12.5cm diam; and another in pale yellow glass,
hemispherical, with old collection label on the base ‘99’, 14cm diam (3)
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A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORA
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Of dark green glass, decorated with opaque pale blue spiral trail around
the neck and the shoulder, combed into festoons alternating with
opaque red glass over the body, then resuming into a spiral to tip, the
added base knop and the handles in transparent yellow glass, repaired
from fragments, 16.5cm high
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
£300-£400
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London.
The yellow and olive green glass bowls, Bonhams, 1 April 2014, lot 153.
English private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
£400-£600
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