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LOT 0563
Greek Terracotta Attic Black Figure Vessel Fragment Group
6TH CENTURY B.C.
2 7/8 - 5 1/8 in. (106 grams total, 7.4-13 cm).
Comprising: carinated rim fragment from a bowl with reserved siren, panther, rosette and other ornament; bowl base with reserved advancing nude male or satyr on a red field, sgraffito detailing; skyphos rim fragment with part of the handle, reserved egg-and-dart band. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
By descent the property of a UK lady.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Accompanied by a previous handwritten note including provenance.
Cf. Snyder Schaeffer, J., Ramage, H.N., Greenewalt, C.H. Jr., The Corinthian, Attic and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis, London, 1997, fragments ATT 36 and ATT 73, for similar.
FootnotesThe body of the panther resembles the style of the school of Sophilos, an Attic painter active circa 580-560 B.C. The naked image (a dancing satyr?) recalls the Attic black figure depictions of ithyphallic satyrs, with torso, arms, legs and incision for internal details in white paint, made around 500 B.C.
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LOT 0563
Greek Terracotta Attic Black Figure Vessel Fragment Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Villanovan Impasto Oinochoe with Graffiti
Circa 8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Three-lobed mouth with elongated beak, truncated-conical neck, shoulder with a convex profile, biconical body, low and flat foot, double rod handle set on the mouth and shoulder; small hole below equator. 592 grams, 21 cm high
Showplace Auction Centre, auction 308, lot 174. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 23.09. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
There is a similar vessel in Collection CA p18 n17 without decoration. The form is the same (height 25cm). Different varieties of it are known depending on the high or short neck, the flattened or globular or ovoid body, the flat or ring-shaped or splayed foot, the ribbon-like handle or the single or multiple rod. The known specimens come from different localities: Narce, Faleri, Bisenzio, Vetulonia, Tarquinia, Volsiniese countryside, upper Fiora valley. For parallel with ribs, see Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig, p. 19, E 9, Schnabelkanne aus Impasto, first half seventh century, height 22.6cm. The shape of this handmade pot is particularly bold and simple. The few attached ribs, the bar handles brought together at the top, the high neck and the steep, cloverleaf-shaped mouth form ascending lines, but at the same time contribute to the balance of the shape due to their curve. These pots have primarily been found in Bisenzio, where they were probably made. -
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With black-glazed pale tan body and original matching lid decorated with two heads of ladies of fashion, palmettes between, radial lines on the knob handle and a waveband around the rim. 182 grams total, 9.3-14.2 cm wide
Old Belgian private collection, thence André Munter Archéologie, Brussels, Belgium. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman. -
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With rounded bottom, broad body and neck, slightly flared rim, strap handle to the rear, spout with flared end, bands of incised lines and zigzags. 347 grams, 13.1 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
