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LOT 0050
Greek Apulian Red-Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (249 grams, 16.5 cm wide).
With black-glazed body and matching lid decorated with two heads of ladies of fashion, palmettes between, radial lines on the knob handle and a wave-band around the rim; square strap handles at the shoulder. [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 0050
Greek Apulian Red-Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Greek Period High Quality Bronze Arrowhead Collection
5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Mainly triangular-section and leaf-shaped types. 21 grams total, 20-36 mm
From an English collection formed before 2000. 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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Greek Terracotta Female Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof. 411 grams, 26 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12207-222349. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Hellenistic 'Spindle-Shaped' Unguentarium
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Ovoid body with slender tubular stem and neck, flat discoid base and everted rim; traces of black paint around the neck and rim. 37 grams, 10.6 cm
From the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
