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LOT 0067
Greek Attic-Geometric Ceramic Neck Amphora
LATE 8TH CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (989 grams, 28 cm).
With piriform body and trumpet-shaped mouth, two lateral strap handles; red linear hatching to the body, panels to the shoulder with recumbent dogs, above them profile horses with erect manes; stripes to the mouth and handles.
ProvenancePrivate collection Leontine Goldschmidt, née Leontine Porges Edle von Portheim, 17 February 1863 Prag-25 August 1942, Heidelberg, thence Prof. Dr. Hampe.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00019378, dated 31 October 2008.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N123n67 from Oxford Authentication.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Kunst der Antike catalogue pages where it is published.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11951-210764.
Galerie Günter Puhze catalogue Kunst der Antike 20, Freiburg, 2006, no.92.
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LOT 0067
Greek Attic-Geometric Ceramic Neck Amphora
Estimate £12,000 - 17,000€13,920 - 19,720 (for guidance only)$16,200 - 22,950 (for guidance only)
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Greek Red-Figure Hydria with Combat Scene Between Amazons and Greek or Trojan Heroes
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The vessel with integral round-section upward-facing handles, a third, round-section handle placed vertically between shoulder and upper neck to rear; laurel sprigs to the neck with traces of gilding; combat scene with Amazons (and Trojans?) below, armed with short swords and crescent shields, most wearing an exomis leaving the shoulder and one breast uncovered; volute palmettes below both side-handles, a panel of tiered and swirling volutes to the rear, all on a band of egg-moulding, repeated around the rim; possibly Apulian or Campanian; restored. 3 kg, 46 cm high
Ex collection Woodyat, Rome, Italy, 1912. with Vente Genève, 24 & 25 June 1960. Private European collection. 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.11581-199028.
The mythological topic of this hydria is fascinating, representing a fight between Amazons and Greek or Trojan heroes (suggested by the central cavalryman wearing a Phrygian cap). During this period, Amazons were no longer represented as Persian or Scythian warriors, as in Attic red-figure ceramics, but depicted as athletic parthenoi and wearing chitons. Rather than oriental costume and armour, the Amazons wear a short exomis with a bare shoulder and breast (Patten, 2013, PI.VI, I, VI,2, 2 and 3).
