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LOT 0052
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.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q45 by 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.12644-236376.
Cf. Haspels, C.H.E., Attic black-figured lekythoi, Paris 1936, pp. 41–165, 254–262.
FootnotesThe Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialized in lekythoi and refers to Athena as his main subject in his works. Together with the Theseus Painter, they continued the tradition of painting large lekythoi. His black figures are of high quality, and in addition to lekythoi, he decorated other potteries such as oenochoai. Some archaeologists say that he may have been the same person as the Bowdoin Painter of red-figure pottery, although they may have just worked in the same workshop.
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LOT 0052
Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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Greek Corinthian Terracotta Jug
6th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Globular in profile with low foot, everted rim, applied strap handle; bilinear impressed band above equator. 150 grams, 96 mm
From an old German collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Large Etruscan Terracotta Caeretan Cylinder-Stamped Brazier
7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Comprising a wide and shallow body with everted rim; the internal wall and the upper face of the rim decorated with a procession of nude men in knielauf position, some holding a lituus in their left hand with their right hand raised up towards the sky, the other figures with both of their hands raised up, the figures alternating with figures of lions and antelopes; rosette to the centre. 9.4 kg, 44.5 cm wide
Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. 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.12776-237862.
As can be discerned from the identifying marks under the vessels, Caeretan craftsmen used the potting wheel to produce the braziers, a technique introduced in Etruria in the 8th century B.C. They were usually decorated with one or more stamped friezes rolled onto the clay with a large cylindrical matrix before firing. The subjects of these friezes were adapted by the Etruscans from Near Eastern and Greek prototypes. Today, these braziers are found in chamber graves, but they were used in the daily life of Etruscans in domestic and sacred contexts, and employed as portable hearths. A famous example came from the Tomba Maroi III in the Banditaccia Necropolis at Cerveteri, now in the Museo of Villa Giulia, Rome (Pieraccini, 2003, fig.10). It was found perched on a stone seat, and within the burned brazier were burned remains, several eggs and three drinking cups. -
Thracian Decorated Silver Neck Torc
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Formed from a round-section twisted rod forming a loop at one end, the other end hammered to a flat-section bar with a hooked end and punched pointillé decoration. 43 grams, 18 cm wide
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
