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LOT 0088
Greek Terracotta Standing Figure
ARCHAIC, 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (277 grams total, 17 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round figure standing with arms raised, head tilted upward with shoulder-length hair and horned cap, collar to the throat with large disc closure, pectoral pendant on a stylised braided thong; mounted on a custom-made stand; possibly Cypriot workmanship. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Ernest Ohly collection.
Acquired from Woolley & Wallis, Wiltshire, UK, 20 May 2010, no.1010 (part).
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Proto-Corinthian Painted Terracotta Aryballos
7th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
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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. -
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Modelled in the round, horse in advancing pose with one foreleg raised, flange base; old collector's number '170439' to base; old label '170[...]' and '102' to lower body; neck repaired. 1.15 kg, 19.4 cm
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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.
