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LOT 0555
Greek Apulian Red-Figure Pottery Lekanis
APULIAN SOUTH ITALY, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 5/8 - 5 1/2 in. (182 grams total, 9.3-14.2 cm wide).
With black-glazed pale tan body and original matching lid decorated with two heads of ladies of fashion, palmettes between, radial lines on the knob handle and a waveband around the rim. [2]
ProvenanceOld Belgian private collection, thence André Munter Archéologie, Brussels, Belgium.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.
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Greek and Other Pottery Fragment Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including amphora, bowl, cup and other vessel fragments, some painted. 5 kg total, 2-22.5 cm
From 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. -
Cypriot Bichrome Ware Amphora
Cypro-Archaic I, 750-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With trumpet-shaped foot, piriform body, rounded shoulder, broad neck and flared rim, two lateral strap handles, circumferential painted bands. 374 grams, 14.5 cm high
From 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. -
Cypriot Terracotta Vessel with Bull's Head on Rim
Bronze Age, circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bell-shaped jar with pierced lug below the rim, applied bull-head opposite; repaired. 670 grams, 17.1 cm wide
From the private collection of Dick Meijer. From 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. Accompanied by an old handwritten tag with provenance.
