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LOT 0661
Greek Terracotta Juglet
5TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/4 in. (66 grams, 69 mm).
Biconvex in profile with tapering shoulder, flared rim, loop handle; hatched triangles to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old European collection formed mainly in the 1980s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Greek Terracotta Seated Shepherd
Circa 400 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Hollow-formed statue showing a young shepherd wearing a short tunic and hooded cloak, holding an object in his right hand; rectangular slot on the reverse. 205 grams, 15.8 cm
Private collection Mr T.B., Zürich, Switzerland, before 1970. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
Greek Terracotta Figure Group
3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Each moulded with plain reverse, some facial and body detailing to obverse with flared foot. 200 grams total, 10.4-11.1 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidian Painter
Circa 420-400 B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Comprising a bulbous body with narrow neck and handle to the rear; radiating petals on the neck with a band of volute scrolls below, the body showing a female in a dynamic pose, dressed in an elaborate long dress and holding a plate of fruit with her left hand, a seated female before her; attributed to the Meidian Painter; some restoration. 95 grams, 10.9 cm
Ex Prof. Dr Hans (1918-1984) and Dr Ines (1922-2013) Jucker, classical archaeologists, Bern, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12645-236462.
Dancing women are a characteristic of the Meidian Painter. They are depicted as young women, wearing Doric costumes, earrings, pearls surmounting diadems, and golden bracelets, holding a patera and (probably originally here too) a thimiaterion.
