Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II

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Property from a European Corporate Art Collection

An Attic or South Italian Amphoriskos, circa 4th Century B.C.

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December 8, 05:12 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 GBP

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Description

Property from a European Corporate Art Collection

An Attic or South Italian Amphoriskos

circa 4th Century B.C.


in the form of an almond, with twin handles and echinus mouth, the body decorated with a scale pattern.

Height 10.3 cm.

Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Paris (Maison de Ventes aux Enchères, Jacques-Philippe Ruellan, Vannes, De la Collection Bellon: Collection d’antiques du Dr. Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Vannes, April 4th, 2009, no. 67)
For a similar amphoriskos see Antiquities from the collection of Christos G. Bastis,, catalogue of the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, no. 170.