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LOT 0518
South Italian Terracotta Painted Jug
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
5 3/8 in. (227 grams, 13.5 cm high).
Piriform with convex rim, lentoid-section handle and discoid foot; polychrome painted bands and lines decorating the equator and inner mouth, dash to handle.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 1994.
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LOT 0518
South Italian Terracotta Painted Jug
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Corinthian Black-Figure Aryballos with a Lion
Circa 600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
The squat oil flask with slender neck and broad everted rim, painted with rosette petals around the mouth and base, spots encircling the rim, horizontal stipes to the strap handle, vegetal motifs and the forequarters of a roaring lion to one face of the body. 41.7 grams, 55 mm
Acquired from Dr. Jean Lauffenburger, circa 1980. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11850-206480. -
Greek Black-Glazed Plate
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Shallow-bodied with broad foot; incised fluting around the exterior body and rim. 216 grams, 12 cm wide
Acquired in the 1960s-1970s. Ex European private collection. -
Eastern Greek Gold Horse Earrings with Pendants
Circa 4th century B.C. and laterEstimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Each composed of a pair of bifacial addorsed horse-heads with filigree and granule detailing, filigree loop to each mouth, coil to each forehead, six loops to the underside each with a chain and sheet gold fruit pendant; to each face an inset glass cabochon; one with twisted wire ear hook above; both earrings with ancient chain dangles, one with a replicant horse. 18.08 grams total, 58-64 mm
Previously acquired on the UK art market between 1978-1980. Ex property of a North West London gentleman.
