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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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Greek Terracotta Model Fruit and Vegetable Group
4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Including pomegranates, apples and a gourd. 989 grams total, 4.5-18.7 cm
Estate of Mr Bruno Fellinger (1926-2016), Küsnacht, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
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. -
Parthian Terracotta Warrior Bust Fragment
3rd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Depicting a bearded Parthian horseman with integral hooded jacket, horse-head placed centrally on the chest. 29.5 grams, 65 mm
Fine condition.
From a private Netherlands collection; previously in an old collection since before 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.