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LOT 0080
Villanovan Impasto Amphora with Anthropomorphic Decoration
EARLY 7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (948 grams, 17 cm high).
Burnished impasto amphora with lateral strap handles, everted rim, impressed dimples and other decoration to the broad shoulder; with some repairs.
ProvenanceEx Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg, Germany.
From the collection of Dr Werner Cordes, Hagen, Germany, 1988.
with Hammer Auktionen, Basel, Switzerland, sale 54, lot 121.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 21.25.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
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LOT 0080
Villanovan Impasto Amphora with Anthropomorphic Decoration
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Greek Black-Figure Oinochoe
6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
With pinched three-lobe mouth and strap handle; threads and details highlighted in purple; decorated scene in square metope comprising two dancing figures, one male and the other female, probably symposiasts; the male naked, holding a stick in his right hand and with the other arm carrying his coat; the female, a hetaera, dancing and running to the right, wearing a long chiton and a coat. 423 grams, 20.3 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12089-218152. -
Cypriot Painted White-Slip Ware Jug
Late Cypriot II, circa 1450-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
Comprising a bulbous body and slender tapering neck with strap handle to the rear, trumpet-shaped mouth; hatched bands and lozenges to the body and shoulder, multilinear rings to the neck; old collector's inked no. '15.78' to underside. 254 grams, 15.1 cm
Red-ink inscription '15.78' to the base suggesting it may have been deaccessioned from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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. -
Greek Painted Terracotta Dish
Circa 6th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With discoid base, central recess and broad flared rim, concentric painted bands and roundels to the upper face. 129 grams, 13.5 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.
