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LOT 0032
Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron
13TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
3 5/8 in. (190 grams, 93 mm wide).
Drum-shaped with a sloping shoulder, short neck, trumpet-style neck and mouth and a gently rounded base; three loop handles at regular intervals around the shoulder; reddish-brown painted geometric bands and cross-hatching against a cream slip.
ProvenanceEx private collection, Holland.
Acquired from Royal Athena Gallery, 2003.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11852-206835.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1886,0415.14, for similar type; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.772, for a similar dated to the Late Bronze Age, 1600-1050 B.C.
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LOT 0032
Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Greek Terracotta Kylix
6th century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With trumpet-shaped foot, broad bowl with carinated profile, flared rim, two lateral D-shaped handles; horizontal painted bands; repaired. 249 grams, 21 cm wide
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent. -
Greek Canosan Terracotta Oinochoe with Face
Circa 4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
The body formed as a female bust with elaborately styled hair; discoid foot, tall stem with pinched rim giving a broad pouring lip, strap handle to the rear; some pigment remaining. 446 grams, 22.2 cm high
Old French private collection. Swiss private collection, Basel-Landschaft. Private collection of M. Tritten, Binningen, Switzerland. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Hellenistic Gold Mount Pair
2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Comprising discoid cells each with shallow sidewall and flange rim, granule collar with radiating clusters. 1.62 grams total, 19 mm each
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
