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LOT 0064
Mycenaean Terracotta Vessel Collection
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/4 - 5 in. (693 grams total, 8.3-12.6 cm).
Comprising: a stirrup jar; trefoil jug; a jar; juglet and handled dish or cup; all decoratively painted with geometric designs; some repairs. [5]
Provenancewith Sotheby's, 13 December 1990, lot 217.
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Greek Amethyst and Gold Bead Necklace
Circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Graduated designer necklace formed with mainly biconical amethyst beads, spherical gold beads with granule detailing, granulated gold elements, irregular quartz beads and other types; central Phoenician mounted scaraboid in a beaded gold frame; restrung with modern clasp. 45.9 grams, 42.5 cm long
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Greek Corinthian Ceramic Alabastron with Geometric Design
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
The piriform bottle with broad everted rim and strap handle, polychrome painted dashes and concentric bands to the upper body and rim; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 36 grams total, 77 mm high including stand
Acquired 1980s-1990s. From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
The alabastron takes its name from the material (alabaster) from which it was originally produced by the people who inhabited Mediterranean Africa from where it spread in the classical world. From an archaeological point of view, our specimen belongs to the first type of alabastrons, a conventional form of Corinthian origin, widespread throughout Greece from the second half of the 7th century BC. to the mid-6th century B.C., characterised by an elongated body with a maximum diameter towards the base, and continuous profile. It seems to be an Etrusco-Corinthian variant.
