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LOT 0516
Parthian Green-Glazed Amphora
3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
11 3/4 in. (1.67 kg, 30 cm high).
With broad columnar neck and everted rim, angled strap handles, vertical ribbing to the shoulder and body, bands of applied scooped discs to the handle and equator, feathered panels. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceHani Farsi collection, London, UK.
Acquired Christie's, King Street, London, circa 1990.
Ex central London gallery.
Cf. similar item in the Yale University Art gallery under accession number 1938.4835, from the excavations at Dura-Europos.
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Greek Bronze Bow Fibula
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
The keeled bow with a central bulb, integral pin and large catch-plate. 29 grams, 89 mm
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
The function of the catch-plate fibulae was utilitarian and decorative, they were used for woollen clothing (Herodotus V, 87) and they have been found in houses, tombs and as votive offerings in sanctuaries. Our fibula is an early type, very often found in the graves of the Greek colonies of Southern Italy and widespread in the Magna Graecia. This typology was introduced there by the Greeks. Like all female fibulae, it functioned as a clothing fastener, usually worn as a pair on each shoulder. -
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Villanovan Impasto Biconical Urn
Circa 8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Black burnished ceramic urn with conical lower body, two flared loop handles, bell-shaped upper body and flat everted rim; band of incised chevrons to the equator, horizontal linear bands and ropework key patterns; one handle restored. 2 kg, 25 cm high
Ex private Orange Country collection. with Ancient Resources Auctions, Auction 34, 14 September 2014, lot 246. Accompanied by a detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Such urns were often deposited with the cremated remains inside, one handle broken off (perhaps part of the funerary rites) and in some case a bronze crested helmet placed over the top of the urn. -
South Italian Black-Glazed Miniature Hydria
4th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Decorated with ribbed fluting around the body and broad shoulder, slender neck with stepped and everted rim and mouth, two handles to the equator, a carry handle between neck and shoulder to the rear, discoid foot; repaired. 232 grams, 16.5 cm high
Private collection. Anonymous sale, Eve Auctions, Paris, December 11, 2013, lot 11.
