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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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Attic Red-Figure Fragment Attributed to the Thaliarchos Painter
5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Comprising the bottom part of a cup-skyphos or pyxis, decorated with concentric circles in red and black, the internal part painted with the image of a young athlete, wrapped in a short chlamys and leaning upon his staff, the ground represented as a concave space. 95 grams, 12.5 cm
Acquired in Europe before 1990. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11810-206516.
The everyday life of ancient Greeks is well represented on the Attic red figure paintings. The short cloak (chlamys) is the favourite garment for the men and the hair of the younger men is more often shown cropped than in the black Attic figure paintings. The nakedness of youths exercising at the palaistra could well have been an important source of inspiration for the Greek artists who were becoming increasingly aware of the possibilities to represent the physiology of subtle movement in paintings. The Thaliarchos painter is generally recognised as the artist of the tops of some powder-box pyxides, although it is not excluded that he was actively painting various types of vessels. The type of ground and the way in which the foot of the man is worked can support the thesis that the fragment is from his workshop. -
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Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Lapis and Mother of Pearl
4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £19,500
Comprising a shallow disc with central flower motif inlaid with carnelian and lapis lazuli, surrounded by a beaded border, the outer pearled border inlaid with mostly replicant lapis lazuli, and mother of pearl inserts; three pendants to the lower edge, two with chain and carnelian bead, the central pendant formed as a miniature amphora with filigree, repaired; housed in a custom-made display box. 10.23 grams total, 57-61 mm
Acquired by Tuyet Nguyet in the 1970s-1980s. From the jewellery collection of Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter. Important North West London collection. 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.11777-204568. -
Archaic Greek Terracotta Figure of Mounted Warrior with Shield
7th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Modelled in the round, the stylised horse standing on stub legs, with a long neck and detailing to its eyes; the warrior holding a shield in his left hand, right hand and arm raised to eye level, wearing a crested helmet; restored and mounted on a custom-made display stand. 303 grams total, 17 cm high including stand
Acquired before 1990. From an old German collection.
