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LOT 0117
Etruscan Impasto Terracotta Spiral Decorated Amphora
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
8 5/8 in. (816 grams, 22 cm).
Comprising a squat bulbous body with lateral strap handles from rim to shoulder; incised decoration on both sides of spirals framed by bands of vertical and horizontal lines; a zigzag delineating shoulder and neck; reassembled from fragments with some areas of filling.
ProvenanceAcquired from Galerie Koller, Zurich, Auction 32, November 1974, no.3699.
Ex Prof. Kurt Alder, Riehen, Switzerland; thence by descent.
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LOT 0117
Etruscan Impasto Terracotta Spiral Decorated Amphora
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£650 (EUR 754; USD 878) ‡+BP*
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Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 510-500 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Cylindrical with stepped foot, five palmettes above the shoulder, dynamic frieze of two men visiting two hetairai, each of the figures dressed in long pleated garments, at the centre of the scene, a hetaira on the right reaching towards the bearded male and gently touching his chin with her open hand, a tall draped table behind her with an amphora underneath and a standing bird on the top. 459 grams, 26.4 cm
H.A.C. (Herbert A. Cahn), 19 October 1979. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q45 by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12644-236376.
The Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialised in lekythoi and refers to Athena as the main subject in his works. Together with the Theseus Painter, they continued the tradition of painting large lekythoi. His black figures are of high quality, and in addition to lekythoi, he decorated other potteries such as oenochoai. Some archaeologists say that he may have been the same person as the Bowdoin Painter of red-figure pottery, although they may have just worked in the same workshop. -
Graeco-Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Seated Sculptor and Herm
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Discoid in plan with intaglio scene of a seated sculptor in profile working on a herm; chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.16 grams, 15 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Bronze Ring with Horse Protomes
Hellenistic, 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £75
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