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LOT 0659
Greek Terracotta Lidded Pyxis
APULIAN, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 7/8 in. (71 grams total, 73 mm wide).
Small hemispherical bowl with low foot, band of pigment to upper body; domed lid with flange rim and knop handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old London, UK, archaeological collection; acquired 1980s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Hellenistic Terracotta Spindle Flask
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Ex private Birmingham, UK, archaeological collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hellenistic Decorated Silver Bowl
3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
With carinated profile, rolled rim, raised circumferential bands to the inner face and centre. 437 grams, 20 cm wide
cracked
Private Swiss collection, acquired 1999. Ex Surena collection, London, UK. Private European collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11617-199030. -
Greek Attic Terracotta Black-Figure Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 490 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Nearly cylindrical body with a slightly sloping shoulder with five palmettes and eight dots in between; main image showing a Dionysian procession with two advancing nude satyrs facing a young male playing a double pipe, each of the satyrs leaning on a walking stick and having a long garment draped over their shoulders and wearing a fillet and a large wreath on their heads. 649 grams, 29.2 cm
Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 24 April 1989. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q44 by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12641-236375.
The Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialised in lekythoi and refers to Athena as his main subject in his works. Together with the Theseus Painter, they continued the tradition of painting large lekythoi. His black figures are of high quality, and in addition to lekythoi, he decorated other potteries such as oenochoai. Some archaeologists say that he may have been the same person as the Bowdoin Painter of red-figure pottery, although they may have just worked in the same workshop.
