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LOT 0066
Greek Double-Handled Blackware Wine Cup
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (96 grams, 12.8 cm wide).
High-glazed, the body with an inverted bell shape, foot with channelled sidewall, two loop handles with carinated upper faces.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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Graeco-Persian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Striding Boar
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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 and Roman Pottery Sherd Group
4th century B.C.-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including shards of bowl and other vessels, marble block and other items. 868 grams total, 2-11.2 cm
Acquired from Brigantia Antiques, York, circa 2003. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Greek Red-Figure Lekythos
5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Of ovoid form with trumpet-shaped spout and strap handle, reserved image of a lady wearing a large himation, on a baseline with scrolled foliage. 106 grams, 11 cm
Ex German collection, 1970. with Galerie Chenel, Paris, 22 July 2008. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The word lekythos had a wide meaning in ancient Greece, probably generally meaning all oil jugs, including the athletes' oil bottle (now called aryballos) as well as the types now given this name by archaeologists. Certain lekythoi resemble certain oenochoe superficially, at a first glance. Oenochoes, however, were wine-pitchers and in most cases were larger than the lekythoi, which were small jugs for oil, perfumes, etc.