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LOT 0040
Exceptionally Large Greek Gnathian Skyphos
APULIA, 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
13 1/2 in. (2.21 kg, 34.4 cm).
Mammiform body with pedestal base and two loop handles to the rim; Side A - band of white ovolo detailing to the neck, median red band with vine leaves and tendrils; Side B - bilinear band below neck with lateral pellets.
ProvenanceEx Orivate collection, formerly with Art Ancient, previously Derek Glover collection.
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LOT 0040
Exceptionally Large Greek Gnathian Skyphos
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Greek Terracotta Multi-Spouted Oil Lamp
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An annular oil lamp with three nozzles and a filler hole to the rear, an inked collector's note '423' on the underside. 513 grams, 16.6 cm
From an important collection of lamps, Germany, 1970s. -
Cypro-Phoenician Gold Bead of a Naked Young Man
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Sheet-gold bead modelled in the round as a young nude male with his hands held on top of his head. 2.08 grams, 38 mm
By repute with Christie's, New York, 1996 and an old European collection. Private collection, London, UK. -
Fragment of an Attic Red-Figure Cup Depicting a Satyr Copulating with a Maenad, Attributed to Epiktetos
Circa 520–490 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Dynamic scene featuring a nude, muscular satyr engaged in coitus with a young maenad; the satyr depicted with long curly hair and long dressed beard, a crown of ivy leaves resting on his head, holding the hand of the maenad with his right hand and her waist with the other; the maenad depicted in a half-kneeling position with her right hand grasping the beard of the satyr; partial Greek inscription above 'KTETO' referring to the artist Epiktetos. 31.2 grams, 11.7 cm
Oswald Burchard collection, Zurich, until 1983. M. Hess collection, Hotel Jura, Basel. Private collection, Germany. Private collection, London. One fragment, Antikenmuseum [ACR] Auctions, 17, 30 June 2015, no.14. Two fragments, Bertolami Fine Art, Auction 43, 19 April 2018, no.55. Comprising three fragments, subsequently joined. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13326-258216.
Epiktetos is considered a master of the circular image and painted mainly the interiors of cups—specifically "eye-cups," so named because of the two painted eyes on the exterior, which likely served an apotropaic function. His so-called "bilingual" vases feature black-figure painting on the interior, while the exterior of the bowl is decorated in the red-figure style. He painted few mythological scenes (Theseus confronting the Minotaur; a red-figure cup fragment attributed to him depicts Hermes, Apollo, and Artemis or large-scale compositions; instead, he mostly depicted scenes from daily life (an archer, a mounted warrior, figures at a banquet, a sculptor at work as well as erotic scenes featuring men or satyrs.
