Lot Essay
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CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C./4TH CENTURY A.D.
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A GROUP OF GREEK AND ROMAN POTTERY VESSELS
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C./4TH CENTURY A.D.
Including an Attic black glazed lekythos with a freize of double dots below the shoulder, the shoulder with trail of palmettes and a band of rays above, neck repaired, circa mid-5th Century B.C., 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high; an Apulian Gnathia ware epichysis, with reel-shaped body, lion head masks at join of handle to spout, the shoulder painted with band of laurel wreath, ovolo frieze on the shoulder flange, rays at base of neck, a dotted wreath and foliate branches on the body, second half of 4th Century B.C., 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high; a South Italian red-figure squat lekythos, with a female profile head, a spotted fillet in her hair, 4th Century B.C., 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high; an Attic black-figure lekythos, the body with a warrior's departure scene, the shoulder with a cockerel, late 6th Century B.C., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; an Attic white ground black-figure lekythos, the body with friezes of meander, lattice and a central berried ivy trail, rim missing, 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high; three other lekythoi, the bodies black glazed, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high max., all 5th Century B.C.; a large Roman redware jug, circa 2nd Century A.D., 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high; a large pottery lamp with moulded linear and dotted motifs, 6in. (15.2 cm.) long; another two similar, both 4th-7th Century A.D.; and two terracotta open lamps with central funnel and single nozzle, 6th Century B.C., 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long max., some with repair (25)
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C./4TH CENTURY A.D.
Including an Attic black glazed lekythos with a freize of double dots below the shoulder, the shoulder with trail of palmettes and a band of rays above, neck repaired, circa mid-5th Century B.C., 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high; an Apulian Gnathia ware epichysis, with reel-shaped body, lion head masks at join of handle to spout, the shoulder painted with band of laurel wreath, ovolo frieze on the shoulder flange, rays at base of neck, a dotted wreath and foliate branches on the body, second half of 4th Century B.C., 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high; a South Italian red-figure squat lekythos, with a female profile head, a spotted fillet in her hair, 4th Century B.C., 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high; an Attic black-figure lekythos, the body with a warrior's departure scene, the shoulder with a cockerel, late 6th Century B.C., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; an Attic white ground black-figure lekythos, the body with friezes of meander, lattice and a central berried ivy trail, rim missing, 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high; three other lekythoi, the bodies black glazed, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high max., all 5th Century B.C.; a large Roman redware jug, circa 2nd Century A.D., 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high; a large pottery lamp with moulded linear and dotted motifs, 6in. (15.2 cm.) long; another two similar, both 4th-7th Century A.D.; and two terracotta open lamps with central funnel and single nozzle, 6th Century B.C., 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long max., some with repair (25)
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