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LOT 0047
Greek Fragmentary Terracotta Red-Figure Hydria
PAESTAN OR APULIAN, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
12 1/4 in. (18 3/4 in.) (1.95 kg, 31 cm (2.6 kg total, 47.5 cm high including stand)).
Comprising the upper two thirds of the vessel; on the shoulder a facing woman's head with diadem and half-veiled face; rosettes to left and right, with suspended ribbons and dots; vine motif around the body with floral ornaments; to the reverse, palmettes and vines; band of laurel with rosettes around the neck and wavy band at the mouth; reassembled from various fragments with three large areas of restoration, only the beginnings of the handles preserved; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12475-228738.
For veiled figures see Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, item MH 1913.1.B.SII; The Pushkin Museum, item number II.1.б 510.
FootnotesThe face-veiling gesture is a known marriage rite; the diadem may suggest that she is intended to represent Persephone. Alternatively, the veiled woman might be a dancer as many terracotta figurines of dancing women are shown with face-coverings. However, the floral ornaments could indicate a funeral or sepulchral context.
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LOT 0047
Greek Fragmentary Terracotta Red-Figure Hydria
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£2,200 (EUR 2,552; USD 2,970) ‡+BP*
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Scythian Bronze Animal Mount Group
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Comprising three mounts in the shape of an eagle with hooked beak, a wolf, and a leopard; each with D-shaped loop to the reverse. 7.1 grams total, 15-21 mm
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1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
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Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Opening Bid: £175
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