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LOT 0758
Large Greek Blackware Pottery Jug
ANATOLIAN TYPE, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
9 1/2 in. (1.57 kg, 24 cm).
With rounded underside, carination to the shoulder, flared and rounded mouth, strap handle; rim partly absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 0758
Large Greek Blackware Pottery Jug
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Each an openwork appliqué formed as the head and neck of an elk, incised eye with curled browline; above, three roundels with spiral detailing connected by lateral arms forming antlers; thick attachment loop to reverse. 64.5 grams total, 57 mm each
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK -
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Large Parthian Glazed Faience Figure of the God Astarte
Circa 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
The nude goddess modelled facing with her right hand resting on her left breast. 885 grams, 33.3 cm
Mayfair gallery, early 1990s. Ex North American gentleman collection. -
Greek Bronze Votive Plaque with Inscription for Artemis Lochia
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
A flat rectangular plaque with a punched dotted inscription 'ΘΕΚΡΙΤΑ ΑΡΤΕΜΙ… ΛΟΧΙΑΙ' to one face, pierced to the top for suspension; an inked inscription to the reverse 'Afort 3024'. 107 grams, 12.2 cm
Collection J.R., New York, 1981. with Artemis Gallery Auction, USA, 14 October 2015, no.55.
The inscription at the top of the plaque, ΘΕΚΡΙΤΑ ΑΡΤΕΜΙ… ΛΟΧΙΑΙ, identifies it as a votive pinax dedicated to the goddess Artemis Lochia, the protector of pregnant women and women giving birth. Sanctuaries of Artemis Lochia are attested in Brauron and Pergamon. The plaque was folded several times in Antiquity. On the reverse, a ledge at the edge, indicating that the plaque was soldered onto something in antiquity.
