Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 292
Seven miniature Greek pottery vessels and a Campanian terracotta gorgon mask 8
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,402.50 inc. premium
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Seven miniature Greek pottery vessels and a Campanian terracotta gorgon mask
Circa 8th-4th Century B.C.
Comprising a Corinthian skyphos with zigzag pattern and concentric bands in brown and red slip; a Geometric oinochoe decorated with a bird, waves and concentric bands; a Greek black-glazed lekythos with a band of dotted rays around the shoulder and a band in added red; a South Italian oinochoe decorated with a band of ivy in added white and yellow; a squat lekythos with net pattern with added white; a black-glazed kantharos; a red-figure skyphos with spiral decoration; and a small Campanian gorgon mask, mounted in a modern silver brooch, 3cm-12.3cm high (8)
Circa 8th-4th Century B.C.
Comprising a Corinthian skyphos with zigzag pattern and concentric bands in brown and red slip; a Geometric oinochoe decorated with a bird, waves and concentric bands; a Greek black-glazed lekythos with a band of dotted rays around the shoulder and a band in added red; a South Italian oinochoe decorated with a band of ivy in added white and yellow; a squat lekythos with net pattern with added white; a black-glazed kantharos; a red-figure skyphos with spiral decoration; and a small Campanian gorgon mask, mounted in a modern silver brooch, 3cm-12.3cm high (8)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Lekythoi: Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired prior to 1964.
Remaining five vessels: Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired prior to 1996.
Campanian mask: Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired in the 1970s.