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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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Cypriot White-Slip Ware Tankard
Circa 1600-1450 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £676
Comprising a biconvex body and flared foot, tapering shoulder, carinated mouth; strap handle to rear with tall notched thumb-pad; painted scheme of panels with hatched bands and reserved lozenges, eye motifs and other detailing. 650 grams, 23.5 cm
The property of an English collector. with Bonhams, London, 20 October 2005, no.408. Property of a North London collector. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. -
Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Round-Bottomed Flask Group
Bronze Age, 2300-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Each with an unglazed spherical body and tall tubular neck, one with pouring lip and strap handle, one with D-shaped loop handle, one with rosettes to the shoulder, two loop handles and scooped spout. 1 kg total, 14.8-17 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. -
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Monumental Greek Apulian Red-Figure Calyx-Krater
Late 4th century B.C.Estimate: £18,000 - 24,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
With elegant fluted body, drum foot and elaborate up-swung handles, displaying polychrome panels on both sides, between a laurel wreath below the rim and a band of Greek meander motif; Side A: the hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus, wearing a Thessalian hat (petasos), depicted nude except for a cloak fastened at the centre of the neck by a round clasp, the hero towering above the other two mythological characters beneath him: Princess Filinoe, on the left, crowned and dressed in a long chiton, and King Iobates of Lycia, dressed in Persian fashion with a long sleeved red tunic worn under a long dress, the field with a representation of an altar, two palm branches over a volute krater, a shield, a javelin, a lotus flower, and above the hero a hanging shield and two clamydes; Side B: figure of a young beardless man, wrapped in a large cloak and holding a staff, with windows and floral scrolls on the background. 7.6 kg, 56 cm high
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. 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 a search certificate number no.12068-218200.
The decoration is very different on the two sides: on the main one, the painter has created a large mythological scene as if it was a summary. The scene comprising the famous hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus, the winged horse, flying above Iobates and his daughter (who will become the hero's wife). The king sent Bellerophon to perform impossible mission, among which the best known is the fight against the Chimera (monster with the body of a lion and a goat, with a snake's tail and two heads, one of a lion and the other of a goat).
