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LOT 0069
Parthian Blue-Glazed Water Vessel
2ND CENTURY B.C.
5 1/2 in. (278 grams, 14.1 cm).
Discoid in plan and biconvex in section with trumpet-shaped spout and loop to each shoulder; radiating fronds to tondo on each face.
ProvenanceEx London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Monumental Early Etruscan Impasto Kyathos
7th century B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
Fluted body tapering to a narrow foot, the shoulders decorated with tiered bosses, short neck with flared mouth; wide handle perforated with a triangle. 1.18 kg, 25 cm wide
Estate of Mr Bruno Fellinger (1926-2016), Küsnacht, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12648-236390.
Buccheroid impasto is the name attributed by modern archaeologists to wheel thrown pottery. The clay in these specimens is less refined, and the firing techniques less precise than in the later bucchero ware. -
Greek and Byzantine Ceramic Oil Lamp Collection
5th century B.C.-6th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Comprising: a squat oil lamp with wreath surrounding the large filler hole, radiating sun motif on the base; the two larger terracotta lamps with open reservoirs with a central cone open beneath, short nozzle. 473 grams total, 9.2-17.8 cm
Ex R.C. collection. Acquired by Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, from the above in 2010. -
Boeotian Black-Glazed Terracotta Kantharos
Circa 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
The high-handled drinking cup with carinated lower body and a tall offset foot with a collar. 310 grams, 19 cm wide
Ex Galleria Serodine, Arte Antichità, Fritz Huchelmann-Tieche, Ascona 13 November 1987. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.
