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Nike crowns a victorious gladiator. She stands on a sphere and holds a palm frond in her left hand.
The secutor she crowns waves the sword. His opponent sways with his head bowed and a deep wound on the side. His hand drops the sword. He is fatally injured.
Ex Daniel Fouquet (1850-1914) collection, published as item no. 445, p. 157, pl. 90 in: Paul Pedrizet. Les terres cuites grecques d’Égypte de la collection Fouquet. Paris 1921. (copy of the publication record joined)
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Rare terracotta group with a rat and two mice seen side by side gnawing on the bait of a mousetrap.
According to Pedrizet perhaps an ex-voto offered by a person whose house or granary was infested with mice and rats.
Published as item no. 417, p. 151, pl. 120 (center right) in: Paul Perdrizet. Les terres cuites grecques d’Égypte de la collection Fouquet. Paris 1921. (copy of the publication record joined)
For a rat trap, cf. Petrie Archive UC16773.
Terracotta
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Daunian krater with globular shaped body and funnel-shaped lip. The vertical loop handles on the shoulder area alternate with two red colored plates.
Brown-red and bluish geometric decoration around the body, wavy lines with ivy leaves at the handle area, hanging semicircles inside the funnel opening.
The geometric decoration is cold-applied and slightly rubbed in places.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Database, vase no. 1009620.
Ceramic
Daunian, Subgeomet...

Daunian krater with globular body and short funneled mouth. The vertical loop handles on the shoulder area alternate with two red colored stumps.
Brown-red linear decoration around the body, wavy lines at the handle area, hanging semicircles inside the funnel opening.
One handled reattached with bone glue, a medium that was in use until the 1950s.
For a related example, cf. inv. no. 1912,1220.9 in the British Museum database.
Ceramic
Daunian, Subgeometric III...

Daunian krater with bulbous body, short funnel-shaped mouth and slightly upturned handles.
The shoulder area with bluish-black bands and raised triangles, metope-like spaces within thin vertical lines. Hanging semicircles inside the funnel opening.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Database vase no. 1005779.
Ceramic Daunian, Subgeometric II, 550-400 BC
H. 18.5 cm (7.3 in) W. over handles 30 cm (11.8 in)
Lower part assembled from fragments. Minor losses at th...

Apulian black-glazed guttus of globular body with gently sloped shoulder, upright narrow neck and flared spout. The flared rim decorated with impressed rings.
The loop handle is attached on the shoulder, which is embellished with horizontal grooves. Red wash around and underneath the foot.
For a related vessel, cf. vase no. 5452a 1, pl. 17a, p. 365 (vol. 1) in: Jean-Paul Morel. Céramique Campanienne: Les Formes. Rome 1981.
Ceramic
Greek Apulian, 350-300 BC
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Large bulbous vessel topped by cylindrical spouts and a twofold handle between them. One spout with a red strainer on the top, the other with red wash inside and a strainer on the base.
Decorated with blue-black lines, wave scrolls, an undulating line with ivy leaves and a chain design. Ornaments below the handle, floral motifs near the base.
For another larger than usual example with comparable decoration, cf. Beazley Database, vase no. 9002188.
The so-called listata styl...

Couple of Daunian drinking cups of shallow bowl and single loop handle. One decorated with faint bands of brownish slip inside and out.
Ceramic
Daunian, 4th Century BC
D. 9.5 cm (3.7 in) and 10.2 cm (4 in)
W. over handle 12.4 cm (4.9 in) for both
The undecorated cup intact and thin-walled with slight chipping inside and out. The decorated cup with minor surface wear and reattached handle.
Swiss private collection, plain cup acquired June 2008 (invoice co...

Black-glazed kylix of Ionian shape with a steep bowl and offset rim. The slightly tilted handles attached on the shoulder. The widening foot with flat resting surface.
The outside of the rim and the handle zone are reserved, as well as the small band inside the lip.
The type originates from Eastern Greece and was widely exported and soon enough copied in Athens and Greek South Italy.
For a similar cup, cf. item no. 4, pp. 6-7 in: John W. Hayes. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss ...

Large single-handled cup covered with fine quality black gloss inside and out. The deep bowl with an almost flat, inward sloping rim. Discoloration on the floor with the imprint from the foot of another cup. Standing on a low ring foot with reserved underside.
For a similar cup close in size, cf. item no. 6211a 1 in: Morel 330-300 BC
Ceramic
Greek Campanian, 350-300 BC
D. 14 cm (5.5 in)
W. over handle 17.7 cm (7 in)
H. 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
Intact and ...

Very large black-glazed cup with single handle. Covered with fine quality black gloss inside and out. The deep bowl with an almost flat, inward sloping rim. Standing on a low ring foot. Underside reserved.
For a similar cup close in size, cf. item no. 6211a 1 in: Morel 330-300 BC
Ceramic
Greek Campanian, 350-300 BC
D. 15.5 cm (6.1 in)
W. over handle 19 cm (7.5 in)
H. 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
Intact and fine, superb black gloss.
Swiss private collec...

Fine quality bowl with five half open lotus flowers impressed on the inside floor.
Bowl of rounded profile curving up sharply to a slightly incurved rim. Standing on a low rounded foot with beveled molding.
For similar stamps, cf. Beazley Archive database, vase no. 9006433.

Ceramic
Greek Campanian, 3rd century BC
D. 17 cm (6.7 in)
H. 6.6 cm (2.6 in)
Intact apart from minor abrasion. Black lustrous gloss, partially turned red on the outside....

Stemmed dish with a shallow floor ending in an indistinct, slightly rounded lip. The flared foot hollow underneath.
Rare shape. For a similar example, cf. Pandolfini Aste Firenze, June 2013 sale, part of lot no. 248.
Ceramic, Impasto ware
Villanovan/Etruscan, 850-800 BC
H. 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
D. 14 cm (5.5 in)
Intact and fine. Several chips out of the base of the dish. Much use of the modeling tool.
Swiss private collection.

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Appealing Etruscan chalice with shallow rounded floor and slightly reentrant, straight wall. Standing on a low conical foot.
Similar, Pandolfini Aste Firenze, June 2013 sale, part of lot no. 246
Ceramic, buccheroid impasto
Etruscan, 600-550 BC
H. 8.1 cm (3.2 in)
D. 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
Intact, fine condition. Carefully burnished surface.
Swiss private collection.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.

Daunian krater with bulbous body, short funnel-shaped mouth and slightly upturned handles.
The shoulder area with bluish-black bands and hanging angles underneath.
Ceramic
Daunian, Subgeometric II, 550-400 BC
H. 16.3 cm (6.4 in)
W. over handles 29 cm (11.4 in)
Small shard out of the mouth restored, otherwise intact and fine. Excellent condition with well-preserved colors.
Swiss private collection, acquired March 2006

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Native Apulian single-handled jug of globular body, tapering neck and everted rim.
Remains of a brown glaze, standing on a flat base.
Ceramic
Apulian, 3rd century BC
12.5 cm (4.9 in)
Handle restored, glaze worn. Soil deposits in places.
Swiss private collection.

The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed.

Native Apulian jug of globular body, everted rim and strap handles.
Plain ceramic, standing on a flat disk base.
Ceramic
Apulian, 3rd century BC
H. 12.3 cm (4.8 in)
Intact and fine. Soil deposits in places.
Swiss private collection, acquired in September 2010.

The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed.

Native Apulian jug of globular body with everted rim and strap handle.
Red-brown glaze on the inside of the rim, several bands around the belly, short strokes on the outside of the handle. Standing on a flat disk base.
Ceramic
Apulian, Messapian, 450-400 BC
H. to rim 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
H. to handle 11.8 cm (4.6 in)
Intact and fine. Some surface wear, lime deposits in places.
Swiss private collection, acquired in June 2008.

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