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LOT 0060
Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
10 3/8 in. (459 grams, 26.4 cm).
Cylindrical with stepped foot, five palmettes above the shoulder, dynamic frieze of two men visiting two hetairai, each of the figures dressed in long pleated garments, at the centre of the scene, a hetaira on the right reaching towards the bearded male and gently touching his chin with her open hand, a tall draped table behind her with an amphora underneath and a standing bird on the top.
ProvenanceH.A.C. (Herbert A. Cahn), 19 October 1979.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12644-236376.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0060
Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)
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Etruscan Bronze Hydria Handle with Siren
4th century B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Sturdy round-section shank with image of a siren developing from a palmette finial; mounted on a custom-made stand. 376 grams, 14.5 cm (499 grams total, 17 cm high including stand)
From the USA art market. Ex Gorny & Mosch, 16 December 2008, no.24. Ex Keane collection, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12649-235138. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Greek Period High Quality Bronze Arrowhead Collection
5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Mostly triangular in section with leaf-shaped or barbed flanges. 21 grams total, 20-40 mm
From an English collection formed before 2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Greek Terracotta Oil Lamp with Silenus
4th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With circular body and raised rim, round central filling-hole with wave-pattern to the discus; long nozzle with lozengiform finial; mask of Silenus to the neck. 31.8 grams, 99 mm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003 to present. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
