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LOT 0079
Villanovan Impasto Handled Amphora
CIRCA 750-700 B.C.
8 3/4 in. (1.29 kg, 22.1 cm).
Comprising a wide foot beneath a squat stem with a bulbous body, a sloped shoulder beneath a columnar neck, a flared rim, and a pair of applied strap handles arching between rim and shoulder; body decorated with eight slender, vertical ribs surrounded by pecked stippling; two lateral bosses beneath a parabolic arch; surface burnished throughout; foot restored.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Eleanor Hilowitz (1913-2007), an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor, New York, USA; acquired between 1956 and 1975.
Acquired by Randall Hixenbaugh of Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, New York, USA, in 2007.
with Artemis Gallery, 26 September 2019, lot 54 (US$2,000-3,000).
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.03.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
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LOT 0079
Villanovan Impasto Handled Amphora
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Greek and Other Pottery Fragment Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Including fragments of bowls, amphorae, pots, jugs and other items. 5.49 kg total, 3.8-22.5 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. -
Cypriot Terracotta Archaic Male Head
Circa 7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Statue or frieze fragment, male head with flat-topped cap, long face with beard, remains of pigment. 96 grams, 63 mm
Ex Jacques Schotte collection (1928-2007) Belgium, 1950s onwards. with Bonhams, London, 29th April 2009, lot 147 (part). Property of a North London collector. Accompanied by a letter from Pierre Verite of Galerie Carrefour, Paris, dated 25 March 1963, relating to a Greek terracotta head from Cyprus, circa 7th-6th century B.C., and copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. -
Greek and Other Pottery Fragment Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including squat and biconical bowls, amphora sherds and other types. 3.34 kg total, 4-19 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.
