Lot 1063
Seven prehistoric and protohistoric pottery pieces from various periods, 3rd millennium B.C. – 2nd century A.D.
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
1) Pot with lenticular body and obliquely outward-set border. Middle Bronze Age of the northeastern Fertile Crescent. Rounded base without foot. Several horizontal zones with painting. Upper half with net-like hatching, lower area with wave bands. Intact. Diameter 14 cm. Height 9 cm. 2) Three-legged offering vessel of light-ground clay, Eastern Mediterranean, first half of the 1st millennium B.C. Trough-shaped container with one round and one straight end, on three vertical feet with outward-set tips. Intact. Length 12.5 cm. Height 4.5 cm. 3) Small pot with flat, lenticular body. Rounded base without foot. Pronounced, sharp carination between slightly convex belly and slightly convex shoulder. Vertical, short border with two round-sectioned lug handles. The shoulder painted with two broad Red stripes running from the carination on one side across the lug handles to the opposite carination. Between them faded black linear model. Iron age of the northeastern Fertile Crescent. First half of the 1st millennium B.C. Intact. Diameter 11 cm. Height 5.5 cm. 4) head of a wife with polos. fragment of a clay figure. Greek Classical period. 4th century B.C. Preserved height 8 cm. 5) Hellenistic clay figure of a dove. Intact. Length 9 cm. 6) Roman factory lamp with stamp “STROBOLI” on the base. Second half of the 1st century A.D. Intact. Length 10 cm. 7) Roman oil lamp of the 2nd century A.D. On the mirror depiction of a Triton. Surrounding it two rows of small bosses. Intact. Length 10.5 cm. 8) Provincial Roman globular small pot with obliquely outward-set border and strap handle. Light-ground with dark brown painting. 3rd century A.D. Intact. Diameter 9.5 cm. Height 8.5 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!Provenance: Private collection in Munich (estate). Acquired by the mother’s late partner in the South German art market from the 1980s until the beginning of this millennium. Some of the objects were purchased from Galerie Puhze (Lot 2 on November 6, 2014, previously in the H.W. Berlin collection, acquired between 1978 and 1992; Lot 8 on October 24, 2013)
Condition: II + Questions about the lot?