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LOT 0827
Greek Red-Figure Fragment Collection
5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 - 3 1/4 in. (83 grams total, 30-83 mm).
Comprising irregular mainly curved fragments of rim and sidewall with reserved and applied geometric and other ornament; each with old collector's label. [5]
ProvenanceIris Cornelia Love (1933-2020) collection, New York, formed primarily in the 1950s-1970s; on long-term loan to Dietrich von Bothmer, New York, late 1960s/early 1970s to late 1990s.
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LOT 0827
Greek Red-Figure Fragment Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Kiliya Idol Head Collection
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
Group comprising: (a) horizontal oval face with long, straight nose and small ears; back of head flat, very slender neck; (b) pointed top of head, long straight nose, ears positioned low on the head, nose and top of head slightly worn; (c) head with pointed top curving backwards; slender neck and long straight nose, small ears; mounted on custom-made display stand. 79.7 grams total, 76-87 mm including stand
with Gorny & Mosch Auction, Munich, 11 July 2006, nos.612.1, 613.1 & 613.2. -
Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 510-500 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Cylindrical with stepped foot, five palmettes above the shoulder, dynamic frieze of two men visiting two hetairai, each of the figures dressed in long pleated garments, at the centre of the scene, a hetaira on the right reaching towards the bearded male and gently touching his chin with her open hand, a tall draped table behind her with an amphora underneath and a standing bird on the top. 459 grams, 26.4 cm
H.A.C. (Herbert A. Cahn), 19 October 1979. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q45 by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12644-236376.
The Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialised in lekythoi and refers to Athena as the main subject in his works. Together with the Theseus Painter, they continued the tradition of painting large lekythoi. His black figures are of high quality, and in addition to lekythoi, he decorated other potteries such as oenochoai. Some archaeologists say that he may have been the same person as the Bowdoin Painter of red-figure pottery, although they may have just worked in the same workshop. -
Graeco-Roman Agate Gemstone with Leaping Gryphon
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex type with intaglio profile leaping gryphon with head raised; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.63 grams, 12 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
