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Lot 12
Magna Graecia, South Italy, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A ceramic volute krater of classic form: handles with molded Medusa mask termini on both sides, decorated overall in white slip, embellished with pink, white, red, and blue details, a female (likely Minerva) head flanked by scrolling flowering foliage on the neck, a register of flowers above and ovalo beneath, the body with opposed mythological warriors on hippocamps, both donning purple cloaks, blue kekryphalos with white pearls, one holding a large shield, all raised on a hollow foot. Size: 16.125" H (41 cm)This remarkably well-preserved vase is a superb example of the Hellenistic polychrome tradition associated with the Canosa. During the 4th century BCE, Canosa was actually a major center of red-figure vase creation; however, by the 3rd century, this tradition was replaced by vessels painted in lively pastel hues on a white ground, like this example. While certain vase shapes, such as the volute-krater, askos, pyxis, and oinochoe, continued to be popular, they became embellished with even more elaborate decoration and figural iconography as we also see here.A similar example sold at Christies New York - 9 December 2010, lot 129 - for $60,000 (http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-canosan-polychrome-pottery-volute-krater-apulia-circa-5385434-details.aspx) Provenance: Ex-private collection of James Farmer, Maryland Condition: Incredibly well-preserved save a few minute nicks here and there and expected encrustation. Overall the pigments and iconography are quite vivid on primary side. The other side may never have been painted. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #120495
Lot 283
Attributed to James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American 1834-1903) Fishing Village No. 14 (landscape with ruin) Inscribed with a device Pastel 11 x 18cm; 4¼ x 7in Provenance: Nordness Madison Gallery, New York General condition report Stain to right side and further mottled staining, faded, join or crease to paper lower margin
Lot 288
Mint Plate block of four with HPFs #59i broken upper right scroll and #60 broken lower right scroll, the stamps unmounted, selvedge reinforced at base. The frame colour a delicate pastel shade. 'Foxley' recorded only one other surviving Plate block, and notes that Ludington did not possess such a block. SG 116b, bd, be (£4700)/CW 17, A, B
Lot 319
Lewis Vaslet (1742-1808)PORTRAIT OF ROBERT EDWARD PETRE, HALF LENGTH IN A BLUE COATSigned and dated 'L Vaslet fecit Bath 1793', pastel, oval45 x 35cm, in the original giltwood frameRobert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre (1742-1801) was a member of the English Roman Catholic nobility, a philanthropist who employed James Paine to design the new Thorndon Hall in 1764. (The family seat is now Ingatestone Hall)
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