Auction 16 Part 1
FINE ANCIENT ART, ANTIQUITIES & JEWELLERY
By Apollo Art Auctions
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Saturday, Mar 29, 13:00
63-64 Margaret St. London, W1W 8SW
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Apollo Art Auctions is proud to announce the Fine Ancient Art, Antiquities & Jewellery auction. Commencing on the 29th of March at 1 p.m. GMT. The auction showcases an excellent array of excellent marbles, jewellery, seals and antiquities from the Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Viking, Medieval and Western Asiatic cultures. The sale will be held live at our Central London showroom, 63 - 64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform at 1 p.m. GMT. All lots will be available for preview at our central London showroom by appointment only from the 24th ? 28th March 2025, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Our white-gloved team professionally handles all items preparing them for in-house shipping.
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LOT 442:
BACTRIAN COSMETIC STONE PALETTE
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200
Estimated price :
£300 - £600
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BACTRIAN COSMETIC STONE PALETTE
Ca. 3000 - 2000 BC. A stone cosmetic palette with a square form and four deep compartments. Each side of the exterior is divided into two rows, each with three squares, featuring alternating patterns of triangles and cross hatched designs arranged in a grid-like layout. The interior compartments provide defined spaces for holding different cosmetic substances. For similar see: Sandro Salvatori's Early Bactrian Objects in Private Collection (1988), n. 85. Size: 80mm x 50mm; Weight: 390g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
