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LOT 0564
Greek Terracotta Bellied Askos with Handle
4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (167 grams, 10 cm).
Unglazed ring above the foot, biconvex profile with carinated shoulder, loop handle and domed mouth, Western Greek type.
Provenancewith Beaussant Lefèvre, Paris, 3 March 2006, no.89.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00035644.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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With burnished deep brown surfaces, the body tapering to a flat foot, the shoulders decorated with vertical ribbing, short neck with flared mouth; wide openwork handle perforated with small triangles and rectangles, hatched bands along the edges of the handle and the perforations. 1.1 kg, 24 cm
Acquired from Mr Eugene Berman circa 1960. From the private collection of Mr Ulfert Wilke. In the collection of Dr Howard Sirak, Columbus, Ohio, USA; acquired from the above in 1969. Ancient Resource Auctions, California, USA, May 2020. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.02. Accompanied by a detailed collector's catalogue page including description and photograph. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The de Puma catalogue cites this piece as no. 5.5 from the Sirak Collection (original sticker is on base; note De Puma’s appraisal does not provide a concordance with Wilke). The catalogue was for the exhibition at the University of Iowa Museum of Art from 17 March to 30 April 1971. Richard De Puma appraised Sirak’s collection of ancient pottery on 18 September 1979; Inv. 20.02 was noted as appraisal item 15 and valued at USD 650. Old collection sticker '188' on base; overlain is sticker from Sirak collection, 'LR 3V'. Sticker 147B refers to the lot number for the first time it was offered at auction by Ancient Resource Auctions in 2015.
