Lot Essay
See illustration for item one on page 102.
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CIRCA LATE 3RD/EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN RED-WARE TAIL-SPOUTED ASKOS
CIRCA LATE 3RD/EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
On high foot, with ribbed strap handle and flaring spout, 6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) long; a Daunian pottery askos, the short vertical spout with wide horizontal rim, a ring handle rising from the back of the body, decorated overall with thick bands of brown and dark red, with striped 'metopes' and a diamond pattern around the spout's neck, a band of zigzag around the upper body and concentric circles above the base which is decorated with a large diamond motif, 550-475 B.C., 5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high; a South Italian black glazed pottery shallow bowl, the interior with thick band of rouletting surrounding a central stylized mask with four stamped palmettes, late 4th-3rd Century B.C., 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.; and an East Mediterranean orange ware pottery spouted vessel, 2nd/early 1st millennium B.C., 4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high (4)
CIRCA LATE 3RD/EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
On high foot, with ribbed strap handle and flaring spout, 6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) long; a Daunian pottery askos, the short vertical spout with wide horizontal rim, a ring handle rising from the back of the body, decorated overall with thick bands of brown and dark red, with striped 'metopes' and a diamond pattern around the spout's neck, a band of zigzag around the upper body and concentric circles above the base which is decorated with a large diamond motif, 550-475 B.C., 5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high; a South Italian black glazed pottery shallow bowl, the interior with thick band of rouletting surrounding a central stylized mask with four stamped palmettes, late 4th-3rd Century B.C., 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.; and an East Mediterranean orange ware pottery spouted vessel, 2nd/early 1st millennium B.C., 4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high (4)
Provenance
Collection of Dr. R. Schmidt (1900-1970), and thence by descent to the present owner (see lot 28 onwards).
Item one: acquired on the Swiss art market, 1949.
Item one: acquired on the Swiss art market, 1949.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.
Sale room notice
The two vessels on the far right of the illustration on page 54 of the printed catalogue should be labelled lot 75, not lot 74.