LOTS 40 AND 41,
Property from the Collection of the Late Francis Witton,
Sold by direction of the Family
An Italic/Cypriot bichrome ware pyxis
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An Italic/Cypriot bichrome ware pyxis
the squat cylindrical body with three double loop handles and knopped lid, decorated with scrolling foliate motifs on the lid, the body with black and red geometric designs on the exterior, and the interior with similar encircling bands and concentric circles -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, mid-1st millennium B.C.; an Attic black-figure pottery lekythos, showing Athena in combat with a warrior, repaired -- 6 3/8in. (16.1cm.) high, circa 500 B.C.; a large Cypriot pottery lamp with pierced vestigial side handle and long nozzle -- 4¾in. (12.1cm.) long, 3rd Century B.C.; an Egyptian lamp in the form of a stylized frog -- 3¼in. ( 8.3cm.) long, 4th Century A.D.; two other Roman lamps -- 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) long max., 1st Century B.C./A.D.; and a large group of Cypriot and other later mainly pottery vessels(a lot)
the squat cylindrical body with three double loop handles and knopped lid, decorated with scrolling foliate motifs on the lid, the body with black and red geometric designs on the exterior, and the interior with similar encircling bands and concentric circles -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, mid-1st millennium B.C.; an Attic black-figure pottery lekythos, showing Athena in combat with a warrior, repaired -- 6 3/8in. (16.1cm.) high, circa 500 B.C.; a large Cypriot pottery lamp with pierced vestigial side handle and long nozzle -- 4¾in. (12.1cm.) long, 3rd Century B.C.; an Egyptian lamp in the form of a stylized frog -- 3¼in. ( 8.3cm.) long, 4th Century A.D.; two other Roman lamps -- 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) long max., 1st Century B.C./A.D.; and a large group of Cypriot and other later mainly pottery vessels(a lot)