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LOT 0550
Greek Terracotta Boar Statuette
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 3/8 in. (98 grams, 87 mm wide).
A terracotta figure or statuette modelled as a standing boar with stylised anatomical detailing including a portly stomach, stub legs, tail held along the ridge of the animal's back, cropped mane and elongated snout.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the property of a Suffolk, UK, lady.
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Campanian Red-Figure Bail Amphora from a Cumae Workshop
330-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
A ceramic red-figure bail amphora with round-section strap handle and pierced lug at the apex, tall waisted neck with vertical rib detailing, rounded shoulder with running wave pattern ornament, tapering body with figural designs of standing females wearing a himation and a stephane in red and white on black ground, one figure holding a thyrsus and the other an ear of corn, with accessories in the field; flared base; from a workshop in Cumae. 862 grams, 37 cm high
Ex collection H.& P. Payot, Clarens, by descent. 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.11577-199027. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.QED2223/SG0-0105 from QED Laboratoire.
The bail amphora, named for the tall handle arching over the mouth, was a shape made primarily in Campania, where red-figure vases were produced at both Capua and Cumae in the 4th century B.C. The decoration offered a remarkable range of subjects associated not only with mythological images, but with representations of the local life, costumes and customs. The simple, single figure compositions decorating each side of this vase are also characteristic of the style, which tended to avoid complex mythological scenes often found on much larger vessels like volute craters, favouring representation of the daily life of south Italic people. -
Greek Black Ware Kantharos
5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
A black-glazed terracotta kantharos with two integral ear-shaped handles with internal bridges and ledges to the exterior, collar to stem and discoid foot; possibly Boeotian. 565 grams, 23 cm wide
Acquired 1980s-1990s. H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, UK.
A kantharos is a drinking cup with two handles. -
Hellenistic Terracotta Figure of a Veiled Woman
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
A hollow-formed terracotta figure of Tanagra type depicting a standing female wearing a floor-length robe, veil and mantle; the right arm holding the mantle, one foot protruding; a circular opening to the reverse. 384 grams, 22 cm high
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998.
