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LOT 0588
Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion
SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 325-300 B.C.
4 5/8 in. (240 grams, 11.7 cm).
Squat and bulbous profile with broad body and domed lid with knop handle; black and red coloured bands and teardrops, profile bust of a lady of fashion with detailing picked out in cream and white; laurel leaf frond to the lower body; socle base; attributed to the Stoke-on-Trent Group: 'Pouting Lips' Sub-Group. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0588
Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Greek Terracotta Female Protome Group
Early 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Each tongue-shaped in plan and hollow to the reverse, female bust in high-relief with palla head-covering. 182 grams total, 7.1-10.7 cm
with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Greek Gold Pomegranate-Shaped Pendant
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Comprising a hollow-form body with detailed calyx below, the suspension formed as a hollow collared bead with a thin connecting loop. 0.29 grams, 18 mm
From the collection of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Fruit were generally considered to be a symbol of sensuality, temptation and fertility; the giving and accepting of fruit may be regarded as a symbolic sexual act, or at least a prelude to marriage. It follows naturally that the pomegranate, with its innumerable fleshy seeds symbolising life and fecundity, was an attribute of Aphrodite. -
Etruscan Bronze Cup
7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With rounded base and cylindrical body gently tapering towards the top. 137 grams, 94 mm wide
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Such small cylindrical cups were destined for everyday use, and some bronze specimens of the same typology, were often engraved on their outer surface with groups of animals. A large variety of drinking-cups were in use among the ancients; Athenaeus in the eleventh book of his Deipnosophists gives a long list of names of such cups, but his descriptions are not sufficient to identify them with any known shapes; moreover, a great many appear to be fanciful names that had come into favour at the time.
