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LOT 0538
Greek Net-Painted Black-Figure Lekythos
APULIAN, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 5/8 in. (72 grams, 91 mm).
The ovoid body decorated with cross-hatching, solid band to the shoulder and vertical bands to the slender neck, trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle and discoid foot; repaired.
ProvenanceEx Mister X. (1931-2017) private collection.
Sold in the benefit of the 'Croix-Rouge of Monaco'.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 76.12.4, for similar.
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LOT 0538
Greek Net-Painted Black-Figure Lekythos
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Greek Terracotta Chalice with Linear Decoration
Circa 4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
The hemispherical bowl with broad rim displaying concentric bands, slender stem terminating in a discoid foot; repaired. 103 grams, 91 mm wide
Private UK collection formed 1990s-2000s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £30,000 - 40,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £11,111
Modelled in the round with a muscular nude body, his club lifted in his right hand behind his head, his hair dressed in rows of tight, close-set curls underneath a Nemean lionskin hood with cloak billowing over his left arm, the paws tied across his chest; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 290 grams total, 14.5 cm high (19.5 cm high including stand)
Fine condition, excellent uniform patina.
with Sotheby's, New York, 21 November 1985, lot 60. Ex private New York 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.11794-206497.
The statuette assumes the position of the 'attacking Hercules', which characterises numerous Etruscan statues of the hero of the classical era, however, with a less aggressive stance. The type was probably an Etruscan creation of the 5th century B.C., based on Greek models, which lasted until the end of the Hellenistic period, when Etruria was by then incorporated into the Roman world. This statuette, despite certain anatomical stylisation and an impersonal characterisation of the face, is the result of a good artistic and technical quality. The comparison of the artwork with the group identified as ‘Trieste’ from Colonna shows that this specimen is more recent and should be dated to the end of the Hellenistic Age. These small statuettes were probably offered ex-voto by the Romano-Etruscan aristocracy of the period. -
Proto-Corinthian Painted Pottery Cup
7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Broadly conical in form, with rounded shoulder, inverted rim, two slender D-shaped handles and gently splayed foot; polychrome painted concentric bands to the inner and outer faces and geometric sunburst pattern around the foot; restored. 74 grams, 16 cm wide
Acquired in the 1960s-1970s. Ex European private collection.
