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LOT 0083
Greek Terracotta Vessel Collection
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 - 4 3/4 in. (526 grams total, 98-120 mm).
Mixed group comprising: blackware footed jug with loop handle, high-relief mask of Apollo, old collector's label inside the foot 'Carnac 1846'; blackware amphora with strap handles (one absent), band of rosettes to the neck, old collector's labels 'Carnac 1846' to base and body; amphora with marine encrustation, old collector's label (illegible). [3]
ProvenanceCollected circa 1846.
From a 19th century collection.
Acquired by a previous vendor's father in the 1930s-1940s.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gallery.
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LOT 0083
Greek Terracotta Vessel Collection
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Greek and Other Pottery Sherd Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Including fragments of amphora, lekythos, kylix and other types. 1 kg total, 3.6-15.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Cypriot Limestone Seated Apollo Figure
Circa 4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Carved figure of Apollo squatting with wreath to the hair, holding a goose in his lap against his chest, right leg folded and left leg bent beneath him; applied discs to the eyes. 978 grams, 19.5 cm
with Bonham's, New Bond Street, 22 April, 1999, lot 80. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The swan or goose was the favoured bird of Apollo. -
Italo-Corinthian Terracotta Aryballos with Soldiers
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
Bulbous vessel with narrow neck, broad rim to the mouth and short strap handle to the rear; frieze of warriors with spears and large round shields to the equator, circumferential rings and pellets to the rim. 92 grams, 69 mm high
From an early French collection, pre 1960.
From the eighth to the seventh centuries B.C. Corinthian pottery was widely exported, especially to Greek colonies in South Italy and the coast of Asia Minor. They were used to hold perfumed oil and were an essential item for the wealthy and emerging middle classes of the time. In Italy, especially Etruria, local workshops produced imitations for a clientele of Greek settlers as well as local populations with a taste for Greek products and fashions.
