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LOT 0054
Large Eastern Mediterranean Painted Terracotta Pitcher
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 7/8 in. (1.03 kg, 22.5 cm).
With a wide mouth, everted rim, and elongated, cylindrical neck, bulbous body with painted polychrome bands, a strap handle with painted linear decoration.
ProvenanceFrom a 1980s UK collection.
Acquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Brunton, G., Sedment II, London, 1924, pl. 276A, D, for a vessel of similar form bearing linear decoration, discovered in a late New Kingdom tomb at Sedment.
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LOT 0054
Large Eastern Mediterranean Painted Terracotta Pitcher
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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Acquired on the art market between the late 1990s and mid-2000s. Estate of the late Barry Paul Buxton (1944-2024), Oakham, Rutland. Acquired on the UK art market, 2025. 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 no.13070-249284.
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Hellenistic, late 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Greek Red-Figure Skyphos with Owl
Attic, 5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Mammiform body with flared pedestal base and two loop handles to the rim; each side with a facing image of an owl between laurel fronds; concentric circles to the base, Attic workmanship. 115 grams, 14.1 cm wide
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 20 1994, no.39. Private collection, Suffolk.
