Sale 2007
New York
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4 June 2008
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER CIRCA 570-550 B.C. One side with a panther confronting a boar; the other side with confronting sirens, with rosettes in the field; rays above the foot, zigzag on the rim and rosettes on the handle-plates 9½ in. (24.1 cm) high
Provenance
with T. Fujita, 1970s. Property from a Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 12 December 2002, lot 82.
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Pre-Lot Text
Malcolm Cossons looks at the resurgence of cross-collecting, canvassing the opinions of leading art world figures ahead of this month's Masterpiece London
International Head of Antiquities G. Max Bernheimer surveys some magnificent examples, while Laetitia Delaloye offers an expert introduction
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Alastair Smart profiles the life and work of the Pre-Raphaelite artist described by Burne-Jones as ‘the best of us all’ — illustrated with works offered in July