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LOT 0058
Corinthian Miniature Terracotta Skyphos Collection
6TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/2 - 4 in. (103 grams total, 6.5-10.1 cm).
Group of four graduated ceramic cups, each with two loop handles to the rim and painted detailing to the outer face. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, early 2000s.
European private collection.
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LOT 0058
Corinthian Miniature Terracotta Skyphos Collection
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Greek Tall Terracotta Vessel
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With tall tubular neck and flared rim, broad shoulder, conical body, narrow columnar foot; traces of pigment to shoulder. 323 grams, 20.5 cm
From 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. -
Cypriot Ceramic Horse and Rider Statuette
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Representing a warrior with conical helmet riding his mount, horse with long neck, short legs and traces of polychromy all along body, neck and ears. 251 grams, 17 cm high
From 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.
The most popular animals in Cypriot coroplasts of the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. were horses, with or without riders, with long necks and decorated along the whole body like contemporary ceramics. It is worth remembering that the horse in this period represented a status symbol for the military aristocracy and that bodies of sacrificed horses have been found in royal tombs. -
Greek Canosan Terracotta Oinochoe with Face
Circa 4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
The body formed as a female bust with elaborately styled hair; discoid foot, tall stem with pinched rim giving a broad pouring lip, strap handle to the rear; some pigment remaining. 446 grams, 22.2 cm high
Old French private collection. Swiss private collection, Basel-Landschaft. Private collection of M. Tritten, Binningen, Switzerland. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
The Canosan ceramic workshops produced several series of head vases, starting with a red-figure imitation of the Attic plastic oenochoe attributed by Beazley to Group N.21. The next product combined two ceramic techniques: a) the neck, mouth, and handle were executed in red-figure technique with superimposed white rays on the neck; b) the head was drawn from two moulds, mounted on a base rim, and decorated with white slip and polychrome after firing. It belongs to the initial phase of the polychrome ceramic production of Canosa, for which only this type of mould is known. It also illustrates the close collaboration which existed between potters and coroplasts. The same archetype was used in the next phase, producing entirely polychrome head vases, like this one, in which traces of polychrome are still visible on the mouth and near the left ear.
