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LOT 0053
Large Etruscan Statue of a Priest with Patera
2ND CENTURY B.C.
11 1/4 in. (1.23 kg, 28.4 cm high).
Modelled in the round standing figure with palla draped over the left shoulder and from the hips, extending to calf-length; the head with aquiline nose and dimpled chin modelled with a wreath of large leaves around the brow forming a corona; exaggerated eyes left blank to accept silver inserts; left arm bent, hand holding an incense-holder with cruciform design; right arm extended at shoulder-height with phiale mesomphalos offering dish; socket beneath left foot and screw-threaded post beneath right, repairs to both lower legs.
ProvenanceSotheby's, New York, 17 December 1996, no.79.
Private collection, New York, USA.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Sotheby's catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13355-255463.
Cf. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, under accession no.54.1088, for similar; see Haynes, S., Etruscan Bronzes, London, 1985, for discussion.
FootnotesThe figure is probably a devotee or priest of Diana preparing to make ritual observances with the offering plate and incense burner.
A group of similar figures was recovered from the shallows of Lake Nemi south of Rome, close to the site of the Temple of Diana.
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LOT 0053
Large Etruscan Statue of a Priest with Patera
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000€20,880 - 27,840 (for guidance only)$24,300 - 32,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£9,000 (EUR 10,440; USD 12,150) +BP*
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Large Greek Terracotta Oinochoe with Swastikas
Geometric, 8th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £1,200
With flared mouth, wide neck, bulbous body and ring foot, painted in brown and red matte glaze; geometric pattern spread over several registers separated by bundles of encircling stripes, triangles with hatching inside them, neck with metopes containing swastikas, rosettes and rhombuses with a band of rhombuses beneath; the shoulder with five line friezes arranged one above the other; the body decorated with meander and a band of rhombuses and triangles with hatching below, a broad black stripe (in places reddish as a result of misfiring) to the lower part; transition to the ring foot and ring foot painted black; wide strap handle attached to the shoulder and painted on the outside with a wavy line framed by dots, edge stripes and three small stars, the connecting bar patterned with stripes; museum-quality restoration. 2.04 kg, 35.5 cm
Ex Madame P., Paris. 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.12460-228686.
Vessels of the Geometric period (900-700 BCE) are easily recognisable by their abstract decorative designs, which had their origin in woven textiles and baskets. While early period pottery typically has sparse geometric motifs on a black background, the amount of decoration increased progressively to the point that objects from the late Geometric period are often entirely covered - in this example, even the strap handle. -
Greek Terracotta Oil Lamp
Circa late 5th century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £5
Shallow, round body with inturned rim to the central vent, square-ended nozzle and low foot; lateral lugs forming attachment points for a handle (absent); old collector's labels to underside and '1801' to nozzle; typed data panel. 56 grams, 90 mm
From the collection of the late Bernard C. Pickard, Hampshire, UK, the owner of Bernard C. Pickard Antiquities, which closed in 1987, he had been collecting since the mid 1950s. Accompanied by a typed information display card.
Bernard Pickard was a close friend of Richard Hattatt, the renowned author of several books on ancient brooches. Hattatt acknowledges in his first book, Ancient & Romano-British Brooches, published in 1982, that Mr Pickard first aroused his interest in brooches and inspired him in writing his books during his retirement. Mr Pickard also wrote the foreword to the section on Roman animal brooches, op.cit. p.158-160. -
Greek Terracotta Oil Lamp with Annulets
Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Low profile and a long nozzle, the body with annulets on the shoulder and two projecting lugs on each side of the nozzle. 49.3 grams, 81 mm
From an important collection of lamps, Germany, 1970s.
