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LOT 0069
Etruscan Terracotta Bucchero Oinochoe with Incised Animals
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
10 in. (740 grams, 25.5 cm).
With shoulder and belly encircled by two notched ribs, by two friezes with later carefully-incised, elongated animals (stag, snake, winged panther, horse, lion), restored.
ProvenanceLate W.H. collection.
With Kunst der Antike, Munich, Germany, 1977.
Ex Gorny & Mosch, 16 December 2008, lot 261.
with Artemission, London, UK.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 21.09.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Cf. no.229 in Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, p.183. Jucker notes that the vessel comes from a workshop probably located in Cerveteri (or Veii) from which several works are known; for the workshop, see Bonamici, M., I buccheri con figurazioni graffite, 1974, 131 pl.33, no.72; pls.40 f., no.80; CVA France 31, 63f. pl.22,1-4.
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LOT 0069
Etruscan Terracotta Bucchero Oinochoe with Incised Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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Greek Attic Black-Glazed Kylix
Circa 5th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Without handles, composed of a D-section bowl with attractive whorl pattern to the centre, everted rim, spool-shaped stem and discoid foot; old label with '37' to the outside of the bowl; restored. 230 grams, 15.6 cm wide
Very fine condition.
Ex Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819?-1899), France. Private collection, acquired on the French art market in 2009.
This Attic pottery type, developed towards the late 6th century B.C., made from a fine light tan clay with a semi-lustrous black gloss, except for the edge and underside of discoid foot. Usually this kind of handleless kylix evidences a shallow, segmental form body with the lip curving inward and being slightly offset on the exterior. A wide circle in black is usually visible on the underside of the foot. -
Greek Terracotta Head Fragment
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Hollow-formed with neatly dressed hair confined by a cap or fillet; traces of pigment to the eyes. 1.1 kg, 27 cm high
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11607-198986. -
Greek Red-Figure Hydria with Combat Scene Between Amazons and Greek or Trojan Heroes
4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
The vessel with integral round-section upward-facing handles, a third, round-section handle placed vertically between shoulder and upper neck to rear; laurel sprigs to the neck with traces of gilding; combat scene with Amazons (and Trojans?) below, armed with short swords and crescent shields, most wearing an exomis leaving the shoulder and one breast uncovered; volute palmettes below both side-handles, a panel of tiered and swirling volutes to the rear, all on a band of egg-moulding, repeated around the rim; possibly Apulian or Campanian; restored. 3 kg, 46 cm high
Ex collection Woodyat, Rome, Italy, 1912. with Vente Genève, 24 & 25 June 1960. Private European collection. 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 search certificate number no.11581-199028.
The mythological topic of this hydria is fascinating, representing a fight between Amazons and Greek or Trojan heroes (suggested by the central cavalryman wearing a Phrygian cap). During this period, Amazons were no longer represented as Persian or Scythian warriors, as in Attic red-figure ceramics, but depicted as athletic parthenoi and wearing chitons. Rather than oriental costume and armour, the Amazons wear a short exomis with a bare shoulder and breast (Patten, 2013, PI.VI, I, VI,2, 2 and 3).
