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LOT 0574
Greek Black-Glazed Guttus with Infant Hercules
APULIAN, 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (165 grams, 11.5 cm).
With basal ring, trumpet-shaped spout and ring handle, disc decorated with low-relief image of infant Hercules battling a snake, shoulder with palmettes; crack across the body.
ProvenanceFrom the stock of a former UK antiquarian, acquired at trade fairs and from private collection formed in the 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Europe.
Angered by his infidelity, Zeus' wife Hera attempted to kill the infant Herakles by sending two snakes to his cradle, where he slept. As the snakes coiled around the baby Herakles woke and strangled them, thus displaying his superhuman strength at an early age.
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'The Guttmann' Large Greek Bronze Funerary Situla
7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Formed with a single-piece bottom and two-piece body riveted together; the underside recessed, sidewall flared with a carination at the shoulder and rolled rim; attachment point for handles at the seams below the shoulder and to the inner face of the rim; small repair panel to the inner face. 1.56 kg, 26.2 cm
Ex Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Germany [1944-2001], AG 490. Private collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant pages where this situla is published. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13059-248969.
The situla (type A of the Giuliani-Pomes classification) comes from a funerary complex that may have also included a geometric helmet with a horse protome. A very similar example comes from the Bernardini Tomb in Palestrina, now in the Archaeological Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome. -
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Circa 3rd-2ndcentury B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Square in section with crosshatching to each face, hatched bulb with domed cap and loop with granulated edges. 4.79 grams, 50mm
From the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Greek Terracotta Handled Lekythos
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bulbous body and conical mouth with flat inverted rim, strap handle with ribbing, low discoid foot. 32.7 grams, 51 mm
From a Scottish gentleman’s collection, Glasgow, formed from the early 2000s.
