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LOT 0054
Large Etruscan Terracotta Caeretan Cylinder-Stamped Brazier
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
17 1/2 in. (9.4 kg, 44.5 cm wide).
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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
Cf. Pieraccini, L., Around the hearth, Caeretan Cylinder-stamped braziers, Roma, 2003, pp.39ff., especially A6; cf. two braziers of the same typology in MET (accession nos.19.192.53 and 96.18.96) in De Puma. R.D., Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, New York, 2013, figs.4.10a and 4.10b, p.119.
FootnotesAs 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.
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LOT 0054
Large Etruscan Terracotta Caeretan Cylinder-Stamped Brazier
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
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Greek Bronze Bow Brooch
4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
'Sanguisuga' (leech) fibula with hollow bow; integral coiled spring and ellipsoid catchplate. 5.13 grams, 27 mm
From the estate of a West Sussex, UK, archaeology collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Attic Terracotta Black-Figure Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
Circa 490 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Nearly cylindrical body with a slightly sloping shoulder with five palmettes and eight dots in between; main image showing a Dionysian procession with two advancing nude satyrs facing a young male playing a double pipe, each of the satyrs leaning on a walking stick and having a long garment draped over their shoulders and wearing a fillet and a large wreath on their heads. 649 grams, 29.2 cm
Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 24 April 1989. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q44 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.12641-236375.
The Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialised 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. -
Daunian Terracotta Twin-Handled Cup
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Comprising a bell-shaped thin-walled body with two strap handles and an everted rim, dark lip with a thin circumferential band below; each handle with a lentoid motif; narrow foot with two circumferential bands above. 206 grams, 16 cm wide
From the estate of a Swiss gentleman, Ticino, before 1970. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
Daunian pottery is characterised by unique shapes and decorative motifs, which include geometric patterns, plant and animal motifs, and human figures. The pottery is typically made from a coarse clay, and it is decorated with black or dark brown slip, a type of liquid clay that is applied to the surface of the pottery before firing.
