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LOT 0057
Etrusco-Corinthian Terracotta Piriform Aryballos
CIRCA 600-550 B.C.
4 in. (4 1/8 in.) (96 grams total, 10 cm high (10.5 cm high including stand)).
With piriform body, narrow neck and broad rim to the mouth, broad strap handle; painted with radiating strokes to the mouth and shoulder, band or pellets and tongue pattern to the foot; old collector's label 'C Vecchia', probably Civita Vecchia, a seaport serving Rome.
ProvenancePrivate collection Hertfordshire, England.
with Ancient Resource Auctions, 2 December 2013, no.124A (US$ 2,500-4,000).
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 14.04.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and image.
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Cypriot Red Polished Ware Bowl Group
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Cypriot Ceramic Drinking Bowl
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Of reserved slip ware, comprising a shallow bowl with indented base, single loop handle; black glaze inside, red-brown colour outside; some restoration. 173 grams, 14.9 cm wide
Some restoration.
Ex Peter Negus collection (1920-2012). Acquired from Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007, no.354 (part). From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by the original Bonhams lot tag and a much older tag with description and collection number DAA41.
The vessel belongs to a rare form of polished ware which originally was intended to achieve a two-tone effect. In the reserved slip ware, parts of the red slip was wiped away while it was still wet, revealing patches of the pale under surface. After this the whole surface was polished and the final result was a 'trick' decoration in which the negative patches appear to be positive pattern on the dark red surface.
