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Lot 456
Chinese Archaic Bronze Tripod Covered Wine Pot. Eastern Zhou/Warring States Dynasties. The spherical body decorated with three bands of interlaced scrolls, the bird-form spout with incised overlapping feathers, and with a moveable upper beak, the loop handle terminating on both ends with a well-articulated ram’s head, set on three legs incorporating lion masks, the disc-form cover with a band of scrolls, and small ring lifting handle, containing a light malachite green patina with some reddish-brown oxidization and areas of encrusted sediment. Size: 10 x 7 7/8 x 11 in.
Lot 216
Ca. 400 BC A red figure ware Apulian Krater with pedestal foot, cylindrical stem, inverted bell-shaped body and two lug handles protruding from the sides. The painted scenes show (side A): a seated female, holding a fan and a wreath; (side B): a standing, winged figure of goddess Nike sacrificing over an altar, holding a patera and a branch. The scenes are framed by an upper and lower geometric border and flanked by vegetal motifs. Kraters such as this would have been used for mixing wine at drinking parties.This piece has been precisely dated having undergone Thermo Luminescence analysis by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. Its TL certificate with full report will also accompany this lot.Size: L:240mm / W:245mm ; 1.25kgProvenance: From the private collection of a Kent gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK /European art markets.
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