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LOT 0638
Greek and Other Pottery Sherd Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 - 8 in. (1.5 kg total, 4-20.5 cm).
Including chalice, amphora and other fragments. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Greek Terracotta Vessel Collection
Circa 4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Mixed group comprising: blackware footed jug with loop handle, high-relief mask of Apollo, old collector's label inside the foot 'Carnac 1846'; blackware amphora with strap handles (one absent), band of rosettes to the neck, old collector's labels 'Carnac 1846' to base and body; amphora with marine encrustation, old collector's label (illegible). 526 grams total, 98-120 mm
Collected circa 1846. From a 19th century collection. Acquired by a previous vendor's father in the 1930s-1940s. Ex property of a North London, UK, gallery. -
South Italian Black-Glazed Miniature Hydria
4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Decorated with ribbed fluting around the body and broad shoulder, slender neck with stepped and everted rim and mouth, two handles to the equator, a carry handle between neck and shoulder to the rear, discoid foot; repaired. 232 grams, 16.5 cm high
Private collection. Anonymous sale, Eve Auctions, Paris, December 11, 2013, no.11. -
Greek Bronze Snake Biting a Cicada Mount Fragment
Circa 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
D-section insect body with lateral splayed wings, merging with the head of a serpent with scale detailing. 46.15 grams, 43 mm
From the collection of an London antiquarian, 1980s.
