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LOT 0853
Geek Terracotta Black-Figure Vessel Fragment Collection
7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (182 grams total, 5.7-11.5 cm).
Mixed group including fragments from the rim and sidewall, most with painted detailing; each with an old collector's catalogue label. [7]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland.
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LOT 0853
Geek Terracotta Black-Figure Vessel Fragment Collection
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£455 (EUR 528; USD 614) ‡+BP*
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Greek Red-Figure Fragment Collection
5th century B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising irregular curved sidewall and rim fragments with reserved and applied ornament on a black field; each with old collector's label. 8 grams total, 16-37 mm
Iris Cornelia Love (1933-2020) collection, New York, formed primarily in the 1950s-1970s; on long-term loan to Dietrich von Bothmer, New York, late 1960s/early 1970s to late 1990s. -
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. -
Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike
Attic, circa 440-420 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rounded body with narrow neck and leaf-shaped mouth, strap handle to the rear, the body showing a flying goddess Nike holding a patera; restoration to the neck and the handle. 137 grams, 12.1 cm
Acquired Hastings, London Road, July 1958, for £2.00. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.46.
