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LOT 0521
Hellenistic Bronze Lidded Cosmetic Vessel
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
2 1/2 in. (54.4 grams, 66 mm).
Elegantly proportioned miniature ewer with trumpet-shaped base, swept loop handle with recurved finial, hinged lid.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an EU collection before 2020.
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Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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Greek Attic Black-Glazed Kylix
Circa 5th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Without handles, composed of a D-section bowl with attractive whorl pattern to the centre, everted rim, spool-shaped stem and discoid foot; old label with '37' to the outside of the bowl; restored. 230 grams, 15.6 cm wide
Very fine condition.
Ex Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819?-1899), France. Private collection, acquired on the French art market in 2009.
This Attic pottery type, developed towards the late 6th century B.C., made from a fine light tan clay with a semi-lustrous black gloss, except for the edge and underside of discoid foot. Usually this kind of handleless kylix evidences a shallow, segmental form body with the lip curving inward and being slightly offset on the exterior. A wide circle in black is usually visible on the underside of the foot.
