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LOT 0542
Archaic Greek Bronze Figure
CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (68 grams, 78 mm including stand).
Standing nude with arms held straight at the sides, hair braided; probably a kouros monumental fitting; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Villanovan Impasto Two-Handled Kyathos
Circa 750-650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With a scalloped profile to the body, scooped shoulder, lateral symmetrical handles rising from the shoulder to the flared rim; chipped. 302 grams, 15 cm wide
Private collection, Cannes, France. Ex Setdart Fine Art, Spain. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 23.12. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Compared to certain types of khantaroi (such as some found in the tomb of the Duce of Vetulonia) the shape of this cup seems more developed in height than in width. These typologies of khiatoi presupposed ceramic rather than metallic models. -
Greek Lucanian Red-Figure Bell-Krater
Circa 380-370 B.C.Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5,000
Decorated with a meander with saltire squares below the figural scenes, and a laurel below the rim; Side A: a nude gesticulating satyr with short curly hair and long beard, running to the right with his left leg raised and his arms outstretched, characteristic pointed ears and pug nose, towards a maenad moving right and looking back at him, her hair short and curly, her body draped in a chiton, with another maenad standing behind him, facing left, draped in a himation over a chiton; Side B: three youths in draped cloaks with hoods thrown back; professionally restored. 2.1 kg, 29 cm wide
Fine condition, professionally restored.
Belgian private collection, 1950s. with Christie's, New York, 4 June 2008, no.190. Private central European collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12067-218141.
The style allows us to attribute this vase to an unknown artist of Lucanian origin: it is in ancient Lucania (a region which is located between present-day Calabria and Basilicata, in Southern Italy and between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, with Metaponto as a well-known city) that the first Italic style of red-figure painting developed. -
Greek Garnet and Gold Bird Pendant
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising a carved garnet model bird with applied old wings decorated with beaded wire and granules, gold loop above and stud beneath. 2.77 grams, 15 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
