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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 Red-Figure Lekythos
5th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Of ovoid form with trumpet-shaped spout and strap handle, reserved image of a lady wearing a large himation, on a baseline with scrolled foliage. 106 grams, 11 cm
Ex German collection, 1970. with Galerie Chenel, Paris, 22 July 2008.
The word lekythos had a wide meaning in ancient Greece, probably generally meaning all oil jugs, including the athletes' oil bottle (now called aryballos) as well as the types now given this name by archaeologists. Certain lekythoi resemble certain oenochoe superficially, at a first glance. Oenochoes, however, were wine-pitchers and in most cases were larger than the lekythoi, which were small jugs for oil, perfumes, etc. -
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Greek Bronze Patrix Die
5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Mummiform in plan with deep concave sidewall and ellipsoidal base, the upper face engraved with a standing female figure wearing a full-length garment with textured pleats and head covering. 238 grams, 71 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information card.
The woman is apparently cupping her right breast with her right hand. The gesture and the stylised facial features of the woman refer to a Greek-oriental environment, almost a Phoenician production in a Hellenizing style. The object was likely for repoussé work. -
Cypriot Red Polished Ware Zoomorphic Jug Group
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Each with burnished surface, globular body with conical underside, tall spout with open rear face, loop handle; one with lateral lugs to the spout forming 'eyes'. 780 grams total, 19.5-27 cm
with Christie's, London, 11 December 1974. Formerly from the collection of Lord Dayton of Corran, formed between 1960-2000. Acquired from Bonham's, New Bond Street, 27 April 2006, lot 313 (part). The smaller vessel is 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. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
The plain red polished ware was dominant in Cyprus in the early Bronze Age. It included jugs with nipple base, cutaway sprout, and paired, blunt projections near handle attachment points.
