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A CARNELIAN-INSET GOLD 'GRAPEVINE' WREATH, HELLENISTIC PERIOD
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天2小时
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Western Asia, circa 4th century BC to 3rd century AD. Superbly worked in repoussé with grape bunches and leaves, composed of finely chased gold sheet and gold wire, centered by a large carnelian cabochon set on a circular medallion with granulated beadwork, all neatly attached to two semi-circular gold rods.Provenance: A private collection in Toronto, Canada. Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, Italy, acquired from the above. Leonardo Vigorelli, a retired Italian art dealer and renowned collector, once specialized in African and ancient Hindu-Buddhist art. With a background in anthropology and decades of travel and field research across India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and Africa, he founded the prestigious Dalton Somaré art gallery in Milan, now managed by his two sons.Condition: Very good condition overall, commensurate with age. Expected wear, manufacturing irregularities, small losses, light warping and minor dents, old repairs, surface scratches.Weight: 59.7 g (excl. stand), 648.6 g (incl. stand) Dimensions: Length 16.3 cm (excl. stand), Height 15.2 cm (incl. stand)With a fitted museum stand. (2)Hellenistic gold wreaths were placed in graves as funerary offerings for the honored dead or dedicated to the gods in sanctuaries. Delicate and finely worked, they were far too fragile to have been worn in life as crowns or diadems. They are best known from the royal tombs of Macedon: a celebrated gold myrtle wreath, believed to have belonged to Meda, the fifth wife of Philip II of Macedon, was discovered at Vergina. Yet such wreaths were not confined to the Macedonian court. Examples have been found across the Hellenistic world—from southern Italy and the Dardanelles to the Levant and further east into Western Asia, where the present lot is said to have originated.Beyond their funerary role, wreaths also carried potent religious symbolism, particularly in the cult of Dionysus. In Dionysian ritual, devotees crowned themselves with vegetal garlands—most commonly ivy, vine, or myrtle—plants sacred to the god and emblematic of vitality, rebirth, and ecstatic transformation. Such wreaths signified participation in mystery rites that promised renewal and a blessed afterlife.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related gold laurel wreath, dated to the Roman period, in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey. Compare a closely related golden bracelet with an orange agate medallion set in the front, part of “The Golden Jewelry of Dush” discovered in 1989 near the Kharga Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, dated to the 2nd century AD, at National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo. Compare a closely related Hellenistic gold wreath from the Dardanelles, dated 350-300 BC, in the British Museum, registration number 1908,0414.1. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Giquello Paris, 11 June 2024, lot 5 Mid-estimate: EUR 70,000 or approx. EUR 70,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A rare gold wreath, Hellenistic art, 2nd century BC to 3rd century AD Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and decoration. Note the size (18 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 28 October 2019, lot 437Price: USD 325,000 or approx. EUR 349,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A Greek gold oak wreath, late Classical to early Hellenistic period, circa 4th-3rd century BCExpert remark: Compare the related modeling and decoration. Note the size (44.4 cm).

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