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LOT 0550
Greek Attic Black-Glazed Terracotta Squat Askos
CIRCA 350 B.C.
4 in. (192 grams, 99 mm wide).
With carination and off-set ring at shoulder, loop handle with triple-band profile; slender neck and flaring lip.
ProvenanceEx Mr Guy Talbot, acquired between 1963-1982, Brussels.
Large parts of his collection were acquired from Mr d'Allemagne, curator of the Château de Laarne, Belgium.
with Bailly-Pommery & Voutier Associes, Paris, 17 March 2006.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00075547.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. example of the type in the British Museum under accession no.1856,1226.140.
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Graeco-Persian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Striding Boar
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Plano-convex seal with incuse boar image; Bivar notes in his description: 'Boar, charging to the left. The convexity of the bezel surface is rather untypical. The stone may have been resurfaced. Probably 5th to 4th century B.C.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 7.09 grams, 25.3 mm
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note typed and signed by A.D.H. (David) Bivar. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12520-230315. 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. -
Greek Double-Handled Blackware Wine Cup
5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
High-glazed, the body with an inverted bell shape, foot with channelled sidewall, two loop handles with carinated upper faces. 96 grams, 12.8 cm wide
Acquired in Europe before 2001. European collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Corinthian Piriform Aryballos
Circa 625-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With short strap handle below mouth, piriform body, painted radiating and horizontal bands and pellets; mouth with painted bands to rim and base. 39.1 grams, 79 mm
Private collection, London, acquired in the 1960s, by descent. English art market, prior 2022. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
