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LOT 0515
Cypro-Phoenician Terracotta Jug
IRON AGE, CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/2 in. (787 grams, 21.5 cm).
A globular flask with tubular neck and flared rim, loop handle to the shoulder and rib to the neck; concentric rings of red and black to the broad faces, radiating lines below the neck.
ProvenanceEx London art market 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Greek Terracotta Head of a Female
Tarentine, 3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Female head moulded with a segmented conical cap with earlobes visible beneath; the head slightly turned and tilted downwards on a long slender neck. 43 grams, 56 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Greek Terracotta Bellied Askos with Handle
4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Unglazed ring above the foot, biconvex profile with carinated shoulder, loop handle and domed mouth, Western Greek type. 167 grams, 10 cm
with Beaussant Lefèvre, Paris, 3 March 2006, no.89. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00035644. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Greek Melted Core-Formed Glass Alabastron
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
With fusiform body, slender neck and broad flange rim, decorated with white and blue marvered feathering and spiralling trails; deformed, remains of attachment point for handle. 46.9 grams, 10.5 cm
Mr F.D. collection, acquired on the European art market, 1975 to present. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The design of this vessel was applied in blue and white bands: it belongs to the Hellenistic vases that were core-formed, pre-blown. According to some scholars the feather pattern was not used before the 4th century B.C.
