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LOT 0057
Phoenician Bowl with Crimson and Black Decorations
4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (49.2 grams, 63 mm).
With a narrow basal ring, a flared rim, and painted circumferential bands.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Los Angeles, USA.
Acquired on the American art market.
European private collection.
Cf. identical Bowl without decoration in Moscati, S., I Fenici, Milano, 1988, p.125.
FootnotesSimilar pottery has been found in the Phoenician necropolis of Villaricos near Madrid (tomb 1082), although undecorated. The pottery seems to be of Iberian-Phoenician style, being bowls of similar type and decorated found also in the necropolis of Tutugi, Galera, Granada, Andalusia.
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LOT 0057
Phoenician Bowl with Crimson and Black Decorations
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£444 (EUR 516; USD 600) ‡+BP*
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Proto-Corinthian Painted Terracotta Aryballos
7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £1,000
Comprising a piriform body and a tubular neck with a wide rim, a strap handle to the rear, the rim with painted polychrome petals, the pattern repeating beneath the neck and on the base of the vessel; the body decorated with fishscale decoration. 79 grams, 10.5 cm
Swiss private collection, assembled in the 1960s and 1970s. Acquired by the present owner in 2004. 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.30017-246794.
The aryballoi were used to hold perfumed oil, an essential item for the wealthy middle classes of the time. Similar piriform vases are fairly common in Corinthian contexts. There is utmost precision in both the potting and the execution of the incised scale pattern of the present example. The fish-scale decoration was realised with the incision technique, by executing the scales neatly with their ends meeting. -
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Etruscan Bronze Handle Pair with Heads of Medusa
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5,000
Each formed as a D-shaped fluted bar with the finials formed as grotesque Medusa heads (gorgoneia) in Archaic Greek style with protruding tongue and a pair of bearded snakes framing her forehead; mounted on custom-made display stands. 683 grams total including stand, handle: 10.9-11 cm wide
Ex private collection of Athos Moretti, Bellinzona, Switzerland, in the 1960s. with Christie's, London, 14 June 1978, lot 344. with Sotheby's, New York, 29 May 1987, lot 154. 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.11773-204596. -
Etruscan Carnelian Scarab with Sphinx in Later Victorian Silver Mount
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Naturalistically carved scarab on an oval base engraved with a leaping sphinx, set in a later silver brooch mount. 5.12 grams, 36 mm
Acquired on the European art market.
