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LOT 0553
Greek Geometric Terracotta Jar
9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/2 in. (490 grams, 14 cm high).
Globular in form with trumpet-shaped mouth, painted band to neck.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 0553
Greek Geometric Terracotta Jar
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Greek and Other Terracotta Pottery Group
1st millennium B.C. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £208
Fragments including carinated bowl with painted frieze to the shoulder, squat jar, cup with everted rim and other types. 2.1 kg total, 9-14 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Greek Archaic Painted Terracotta Skyphos
7th-early 6th century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Conical in form with rounded shoulder, everted rim and two round-section handles; painted with concentric bands around the interior and exterior. 243 grams, 15.5 cm wide
Acquired in Europe before 1992. European collection.
The skyphos was already well known in Greece since the age of the Achaeans. In Homer, Eumaeus, the swineherd, prepares for his guest Ulysses a cyssibium filled with wine which the hero drinks during the meal and, when he is full, Eumaeus makes him drink from the cup in which he himself was using, a skyphos. Ulysses also offers Polyphemus a drink in a skyphos. -
Greek Gold Funerary Diadem
Circa 323-31 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Hammered from a thin gold leaf, a repoussé border of small pellets to the outer edge; mounted in custom-made perspex case with fabric backing. 72 grams total, 12.3 cm wide (18.2 cm wide including perspex mount)
Ex European collection, 1960s. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
