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LOT 0585
Greek Terracotta Spindle Flask
HELLENISTIC, LATE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3 1/8 in. (3 5/8 in.) (24 grams total, 80 mm high, 93 mm including stand).
With a narrow neck and carinated mouth, developing to a biconical body and flared foot; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Scottish gentleman’s collection, Glasgow, formed from the early 2000s.
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Proto-Corinthian Painted Terracotta Aryballos
7th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Comprising a piriform body and a tubular neck with a wide rim, a strap handle to the rear, the rim with painted polychrome petals, the pattern repeating beneath the neck and on the base of the vessel; the body decorated with fishscale decoration. 79 grams, 10.5 cm
Swiss private collection, assembled in the 1960s and 1970s. Acquired by the present owner in 2004. 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.30017-246794.
The aryballoi were used to hold perfumed oil, an essential item for the wealthy middle classes of the time. Similar piriform vases are fairly common in Corinthian contexts. There is utmost precision in both the potting and the execution of the incised scale pattern of the present example. The fish-scale decoration was realised with the incision technique, by executing the scales neatly with their ends meeting. -
Greek Terracotta Kohl Vessel
Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Hollow-formed as a nude figure rising from a prone position on an ellipsoid base; rosettes to foot; flared tubular mouth pinched into a trefoil. 86 grams, 10.2 cm
Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Collection
Early 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Comprising four irregular fragments depicting an owl with a dotted body and large circular eyes, a youthful nude wearing a laurel wreath, a draped young female, male head with long hair wearing a wreath of vine leaves. 26 grams total, 36-70 mm
From the stock of a former UK antiquarian, acquired at trade fairs and from private collection formed in the 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Europe.
