Sold - 14-2-7 Hellenistic pottery grotesque head

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #624944
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A very fine quality red glazed pottery head in the form of a male with grotesque and exaggerated features wearing a foliate wreath or garland. During the late Hellenistic era craftsmen in Alexandria in Egypt became fascinated with realism and began to produce art reflecting the day-to-day life around them. Pottery figurines of old men and women, young children, the ill and the mal-formed were produced in large numbers. Figures and heads with exaggerated features such as this are usually refer... Click for details

sold - Sept 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #574249
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A moulded pottery head from a figure of a young child. The features are indicative of a young male with rounded cheeks and hair which falls into curls around the ears. Possibly a representation of the infant god Harpocrates, but I believe the features are a little bit too naturalistic. Greek, early Hellenistic period, 4th or 3rd Century BC Intact as shown. Size: 3.5 x 3 cms. 6.1 cms including stand. Provenance Ex: private collection, UK. Mounted on a small limestone display stand.

sold - Sept 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #565388
sold - Sep

A buff pottery drinking cup of pleasing shape which stands on a stemmed pedestal foot and is mounted on the body with two raised handles. The vessel is decorated with broad dark grey painted bands encircling the foot, waist and rim. The inside centre of the bowl is painted with a single circle in imitation of an eye. Cypriot Early Iron Age (Geometric Period) 1050 - 650BC Small section of rim restored (triangular section with yellowish tone in photos), minor cracks, foot chipped. Size: 7.5 x ... Click for details

sold - aug 08

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #557772
sold - aug

A black glazed pottery trefoil lipped oinochoe shaped jug, used for pouring wine. The front of the body is painted in white, yellow and red pigments with a row of vines and grape clusters below dot and ovolo borders separated by incised horizontal lines. The sack-shaped body is mounted to the back with a single strap handle which extends to the rear of the rim, the rim is pinched into a three-way (trefoil) spout which allows the contents to be poured in multiple directions with minimal spillag... Click for details

Greek pottery votive protome

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #551340
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A black glazed pottery spindle-shaped flask with an incised and painted body. The shoulder is decorated with three doves painted in white, separated by three red-painted stalks or leaves. The neck is painted in red with a series of vertical rays. The horizontal lines separating the shoulder and neck are incised. This form of vessel combined with painted decoration is uncommon. Greek, Gnathian colonies in Italy, 4th Century BC Intact except for a few minor chips on the rim and a little surfac... Click for details

SOLD - July 06

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #551331
SOLD - Jul

A large slender wheel-turned and burnished pottery spindle-shaped flask. This simple and elegant yet complicated shape is undecorated except for the attachment of a loop handle and a moulded relief collar around the neck. The surface is subtly marked with long vertical burnish marks. Flasks of this shape are not common on the market. Cyprus, Late Bronze Age, 1600-1050 BC Base and part of lower body restored (darker red in photos), repaired from several large pieces. Size: 29.7 x 6.5 cms. P... Click for details

sold - aug 08

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #551323
sold - aug

A hollow moulded terracotta figure depicting a couple in an intimate pose. Both figures are seated on a rocky outcrop (in a manner imitating Tanagra figures), the female figure appears to be seated on the left knee of the male. Both figures are draped and the female appears to have drawn her Himation over her head. Whether this is a representation of intimate daily life or a reference to a play or myth is unclear. Neither figure appears to be significantly distinguished as a satyr or maenad. ... Click for details

sold - june 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #545149
sold - jun

An Attic Black Figure squat stemmed cup with a pedestal foot, two raised handles and a band of painted decoration to either side of the body. The decorated body is divided into two panels, each framed by a pair of palmettes. Both panels are decorated with figures of phantoms or ghosts, one side depicts two figures, the other three. The phantoms are shown with outstretched arms and elongated feet, they wear loose-fitting linen shrouds which were conventionally given to the deceased during funer... Click for details

sold - june 2006

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #545148
sold - jun

An elegant black glazed pottery lekythos with a squat body, slender neck and wide spout. The body is decorated with moulded vertical lines forming a continuous frieze around the outer edge of the vessel. Vessels designed with this type of spout were specifically used for pouring oils. The rim was designed in a way to avoid dripping and wastage. Greek, South Italian Colonies, 4th Century BC Repaired from several pieces, area of infill (pale patch below handle), surface glaze worn. Size: 13.1... Click for details

Sold - Aug 08

Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek Pre AD 1000: item #545146
Sold - Aug

A large pottery vessel with extensive incised and painted decoration. The body is divided into three horizontal registers, the upper and lower registers are decorated with continuous lines of rays and lappets, the central frieze is decorated with a procession of various animals. To the front of the main panel (below the trefoil spout) is a quatrefoil lotus flower, either side of the flower are two birds with outstretched wings facing each other. Behind the birds are two leopards which are depi... Click for details