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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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Large Greek Apulian Red-Figured Knob-Handled Patera with Eros
Circa 350-320 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,425
With raised rim and stepped foot, two strap handles to the rim each flanked by two domed studs; rim with reserved wave pattern band, studs with starburst motif; painted central scene with outer foliate bands and reserved wave pattern framing the tondo displaying Eros in flight with wings spread, holding a red cloth over an inverted shield; some repainting. 2.76 kg, 41 cm wide
Fine condition.
French collection, 1990s-early 2000s. Formerly in Patrick Declerck Auction, Douai, France, 2014, lot 72. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N122j42 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11616-196567. -
Greek Faience Vessel with Frieze of Hellenistic Busts
Circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A piriform jar with applied decoration presenting a scene with a chariot and a procession of animals, portico above. 1.79 kg, 28.5 cm high
Collected from 1979-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron
14th-13th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Formed with a squat globular body, everted rim and three lug handles to the shoulder; painted reddish-brown over a cream slip with concentric bands and rings to the mouth, neck, shoulder and base, larger solid undulating forms covering the lower body. 70 grams, 69 mm
Acquired from Royal Athena Gallery, 2003. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11851-206833.
Late Helladic IIIA period of Mycenaean culture.
