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LOT 0619
Greek and Other Pottery Sherd Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 - 4 7/8 in. (1.06 kg total, 3.4-12.4 cm).
Mixed group including amphora, lekythos, bowl and other fragments. [18, 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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Cypriot Buff Pottery Neck Amphora
Late Bronze Age, circa 850-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Squat unglazed vessel with conical body, narrow shoulder, broad tubular neck and everted rim, two strap handles; painted with radiating segments to rim, ring-and-dot motifs to neck and shoulder, horizontal bands. 341 grams, 14 cm wide
Private American collection. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.341 (part). From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and original lot tag. -
Hellenistic Gold Amphora-Shaped Pendant
3rd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Piriform carnelian centre with gold fittings, filigree loop handles. 3.64 grams, 30 mm
Acquired from the collection of Mrs L.G., an Italian noble woman. European private collection. -
Greek Attic Black Figure Ware Kylix with Chariot Scene
Circa 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
With broad flat foot, short stem, broad bowl with carination at the shoulder, two square strap handles; frieze of black-painted decoration including two scenes of a quadriga chariot with a man stepping in to the chariot and a musician with a kithara, between palmettes; some restoration. 520 grams, 24.5 cm wide
Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s-2000s. Ex property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N124a8 from Oxford Authentication.
These Attic kylikes were usually presented with a stemmed base, a deep bowl and two upturned loop handles, on a concave base. The exterior walls were decorated with black-figure technique on red background, here in a style remarkably similar to that of the Haimon Painter.
