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This is the rating and price for Mediterranean / Near East Pottery & Bronze Vessels (4)



Description : Magna Graecia, Southern Italic, Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE, Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2nd Millennium BCE, Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st century CE, Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A fine collection of ancient vessels made from alabaster, terracotta, and bronze. The Daunian ceramic is a lovely kyathos or dipper, with a characteristic horizontal looped handle attached to a shallow bowl with a subtly in-curved rim that is decorated with concentric circles on the interior walls and lip. The Bactrian bronze vessel is a kohl jar with a flared foot base, a tiered, conical body, and a small opening for a stick applicator. The other pottery piece is from the Holy Land region of the Roman empire with a squat form, flat base, a shallow interior cavity, and thick handles. The Egyptian alabaster jar has a dense, egg shaped body, with a thick lip, and a vertically drilled interior cavity. Size of alabaster jar: 2.3 Diameter x 3.125 H (5.8 cm x 7.9 cm), Daunian cup: 4.75 L x 3.75 Diameter x 1.75 H (12.1 cm x 9.5 cm x 4.4 cm) Provenance: private C.Q. collection, Lexington, Virginia, USA, acquired in 2016, ex-Ancient Resource, Montrose, California, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167070
Price: 554.63 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 600 USD-900 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 46C
Title : Mediterranean / Near East Pottery & Bronze Vessels (4)
Condition report : Loss to rim of Daunian vessel, fading to pigments and surface abrasions. Alabaster jar has abrasions and fissures to base and chips to lip, otherwise intact. Bronze jar has losses to rim and pin hole perforations to the body in several areas. Heavy green patina! Surface abrasions to Holy Land pottery jar, mineral and earthen deposits, and remains of red pigments.
Artemis Gallery, auctioneer, Louisville, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : VARIETY SALE | Ancient, Asian, Ethnographic
Sale date : 03 Feb 2022 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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