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LOT 0057
Large Greek Red-Figure Amphora with Dionysian Scenery
APULIAN, 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
17 in. (1.88 kg, 43 cm).
The piriform body with broad, stepped rim and two lentoid-section handles; painted palemete beneath each handle and on the neck below the mouth; Side A: red-figure frieze depicting a standing woman wearing a himation and stephane, her hands raised supporting objects, a laurel frond before her and a seated nude male with thyrsus and other items; Side B: two opposed figures standing supported by staves, each wearing a loosely draped floor-length garment; objects in the field.
ProvenanceAcquired 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 a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N126a18 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13075-248951.
See Trendall, A.D., The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, second supplement, University of London, Institute of Classical Studies Bulletin no.31, 1973.
FootnotesThe subject is standard, often representing the draped youths completely enveloped in their himatia.
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LOT 0057
Large Greek Red-Figure Amphora with Dionysian Scenery
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
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Large Greek Red-Figure Skyphos with Owl
South Italian, 5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
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Swiss private collection, assembled in the 1960s-1970s. Private collection, acquired in 2013. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N126a14 from 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.12854-241751.
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3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
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Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
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Modelled with a conical body and two stub legs, carinated back and neck, pierced for suspension. 11.5 grams, 43 mm
Ex collection Mr K.H., Germany. Private collection, acquired in 2012.
