Lot Essay
Item three: accompanied by an old ink inscribed label (now in three parts) reading "Small lamp filler or feeder" and "Found at St Marys in the Marsh ..."
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KOTYLE OR BANDED CUP
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Both sides with a satyr pursuing a maenad who holds a wreath and thyrsos, flanked by two palmettes, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diam.; an Attic lekythos with black glazed body and a frieze of meander pattern above and below, 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) high; a black glazed feeder flask with spout and side handle, with running spirals around the mouth, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, 5th Century B.C.; a red-figure squat lekythos with a draped woman stooping down carrying a casket; another similar, smaller, with the profile head of a woman, both late 5th Century B.C., 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high max.; a Corinthian skyphos with red and purple banded decoration, a zigzag frieze below the rim, 6th Century B.C., 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) diam.; and a Roman black glazed beaker with seven vertical indentations, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, 3rd-4th Century A.D., all with repairs or some loss (7)
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Both sides with a satyr pursuing a maenad who holds a wreath and thyrsos, flanked by two palmettes, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diam.; an Attic lekythos with black glazed body and a frieze of meander pattern above and below, 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) high; a black glazed feeder flask with spout and side handle, with running spirals around the mouth, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, 5th Century B.C.; a red-figure squat lekythos with a draped woman stooping down carrying a casket; another similar, smaller, with the profile head of a woman, both late 5th Century B.C., 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high max.; a Corinthian skyphos with red and purple banded decoration, a zigzag frieze below the rim, 6th Century B.C., 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) diam.; and a Roman black glazed beaker with seven vertical indentations, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, 3rd-4th Century A.D., all with repairs or some loss (7)
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