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Sotheby and Co. (London); Torr, Cecil [Oth.]; Grüneisen, Wladimir de [Oth.]
Catalogue of antiquities, etc., comprising fine Greek vases, the collection formed by the late Mr. Cecil Torr (sold by order of the executors), including well-chosen and characteristic examples of many different glasses, also the important collection of objects relating to Christian art from early times to the Middle Ages, formed by Baron de Grüneisen, including gold pectoral crosses, ivory carvings, amulets, engraved gems, bronzes, coptic textiles, etc.: on Tuesday, the 2nd of July, 1929 — London: Sotheby and Co., 1929

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59 A red-figured Bell-Krater, 15 in. high, mended; on the obverse is
Aphodite mounted on a swan, accompanied by Eros, Hermes
and woman; on the reverse, three youths. Attic work of the
fourth century B.C.
60 A red-figured Kotyle, 6^ in. high, mended : on each side a maenad
between two silens. Attic work of the late fifth century B.C.
61 A red-figured Oinochoe, 11 in. high, the lip slightly chipped, other-
wise unbroken. A woman, two men, and a youth, at an altar,
one of the men with a torch in his hand. Attic work of the
fourth century B.C.

BRONZES, Etc.
62 A bronze Simpulum; a Vase Handle terminating in a mask of
Silenus; and part of a Candelabrum 3
63 A Candelabrum, the stem surmounted by four branches ending in
leaves, in the centre is the figure of an owl, below this is an
inverted saucer-shaped bowl, the base terminates in three claw
feet with palmettes between, 40^ in. high, 4th Cent. B.C. 2
64 A Candelabrum, the stem surmounted by four branches ending in
leaves, surmounted by the figure of an athlete; 4th Cent. B.C.
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65 A bronze Figure of an Athlete, nude, 7 in. high (both hands miss-
ing); circa 200 B.C.
66 The Head of a Pin, gold, decorated with the mask of a man in
relief, wearing a palmate head-dress; Greek, circa 300 B.C.
 
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