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LOT 0566
Greek Terracotta Votive Head
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (36 grams, 44 mm).
Modelled in the round, female head with hair drawn back in a chignon, tilted angle to the neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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Greek Bronze Bow Brooch
7th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a deep bow with integral coil and pin, trapezoidal catchplate with folded lower edge, scooped upper edge and spur to forward end. 9.6 grams, 61 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Corinthian Black-Figure Oinochoe
6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Decorated with two superimposed friezes of animals including panthers, bulls and grazing ibexes; flowers and rosettes in the field; restored. 675 grams, 26.5 cm
Private collection, Old City of Jaffa, Israel. with Archeological Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N124d54 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12383-226986. -
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Greek Terracotta Attic Black Figure Vessel Fragment Group
6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Comprising: carinated rim fragment from a bowl with reserved siren, panther, rosette and other ornament; bowl base with reserved advancing nude male or satyr on a red field, sgraffito detailing; skyphos rim fragment with part of the handle, reserved egg-and-dart band. 106 grams total, 7.4-13 cm
From an early 20th century collection. By descent the property of a UK lady. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a previous handwritten note including provenance.
The body of the panther resembles the style of the school of Sophilos, an Attic painter active circa 580-560 B.C. The naked image (a dancing satyr?) recalls the Attic black figure depictions of ithyphallic satyrs, with torso, arms, legs and incision for internal details in white paint, made around 500 B.C.
