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LOT 0590
South Italian Blackware Kantharos with Ivy Branch
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
9 1/8 in. (472 grams, 23.3 cm high).
The high-handled drinking cup with carinated lower body, discoid feet and vines painted to the equator.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 1994.
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1993.197, for a similar 5th century Boeotian example.
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LOT 0590
South Italian Blackware Kantharos with Ivy Branch
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Hellenistic Painted Terracotta Figure of Aphrodite
Mid 4th-mid 3rd century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Bearing the weight of her body on her left leg, wearing a himation draped over her left and right arms, the right arm bent to grasp a part of the himation that falls behind her, leaving her shoulders uncovered and revealing her naked body; the head turned slightly to the left; the hair arranged in the typical flattering melon coiffure, parted into six large sections and gathered into a low bun; oval face with a small, fleshy mouth and a fine nose; wearing large circular earrings; her right hand resting on top of a small pillar, covered by the cloak; the lower part of the himation embroidered with volutes; the back flat with a square hole for attachment; red-brown pigment on the hair, white coating, traces of pink on the himation and red on the edges of the feet. 493 grams, 22.5 cm high
Collected in the 1950s-1990s. Ex R. Liechti collection (1934-2010), acquired in Geneva. Accompanied by an academic report by Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11999-211931.
In particular in South Italy, two types of female statuettes leaning on small pillars were widespread, derived from Tanagra prototypes: the first type dressed in a high-belted chiton with crowned head, the second consisting of partially draped or nude female figures identified as Aphrodite, like our specimen. The Tanagra production ended in about 200 B.C., but the models created by the Boeotian workshops would continue to be produced until the end of the 1st century B.C. The statuette shows extensive traces of the original polychromy, characterised by strongly contrasting hues in keeping with the local style. The Tanagrine elements are mainly identifiable in the ‘melon coiffure’, the intense red colour of the hair and the pose characterised by the turned hip. -
Parthian Glazed Ceramic Jug
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Speckled glaze; deep shoulder with chamfered rim and strap handle. 776 grams, 16.5 cm high
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Italic Black Ware Vessel Group
6th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising: biconical cup with carinated profile, flared rim and strap handle; similar with rounded underside and lugs to the equator; jar with trumpet-shaped mouth and lateral loops. 534 grams total, 9.4-11.2 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
