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LOT 0076
Large Corinthian Mortarium with Frieze of Swans and Lions
ARCHAIC, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
13 1/4 in. (3.3 kg, 33.5 cm wide).
Broad dished bowl with carinated profile, flat rim with slashed detailing, band of reserved advancing lions and swans; central panel roughened for grinding. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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 thermoluminescence analysis report no.N124d55 from Oxford Authentication.
Cf. fragment of a similar vessel in the British Museum under accession no.1888,0601.762.
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LOT 0076
Large Corinthian Mortarium with Frieze of Swans and Lions
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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Greek and Other Pottery Fragment Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including amphora, bowl, cup and other vessel fragments, some painted. 5 kg total, 2-22.5 cm
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. -
Etruscan Terracotta Hand with Offerings
Circa 6th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Left hand modelled in the round with a ring to the third finger formed with a broad discoid bezel, the palm supporting a small broad bowl with six applied pellets for the offering; surface deposits and traces of pigment. 384 grams, 14.5 cm
From the private collection of C.H., Niedersachsen, acquired between the 1960s and 1987. Acquired from Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2018, lot 94 (part). Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 18.11. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph. Accompanied by a copy of the Gorny & Mosch invoice. -
Greek Terracotta Attic Black Figure Vessel Fragment Group
6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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.
