ASTA 106 - ANTIQUITIES

Anonymous: Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani.
2 voll., edited probably in Rome, undated (ca. 1636-1637).

cm 52 x 36 each; slight defects, one final plate missing, cover of a volume detached.

With the Wilfred Lanson bookplate.

Hector d'Espouy: Fragments d'Architecture Antique d'après les relevés & restaurations des anciens pensionnaires de l'Académie de France à Rome.
Volumes I and II, edited by Carles Massin, Paris, 1905.

cm 46 x 33 each; unbound as issued in original cloth backed portfolio

From Christie’s, London 8 December 1993, lot 40.

EGYPTIAN GLAZED NILE PERCH-SHAPED FLASK
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1549 - 1292 BC
length cm 11,5

Polychrome glazed vessel in the form of a fish, a Nile perch. The body is decorated with simple festoons in two groups of white and blue lines followed by yellow lines. The tail, the dorsal fin and the front fins decorations are in blue and yellow. A yellow thread outlines the mouth. The eyes are white with the pupils represented by blue spirals. Similar comparison in glass in the British Museum (EA55193).
The fish is intact, not assembled from several fragments, but extremely fragile with a limestone untouched patina.

Provenance. English private collection; in the collection of O. Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the collection of M. Hess, Basel - Hotel Jura.

EGYPTIAN GLAZED BIRD-SHAPED FLASK
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1549 - 1292 BC
length cm 8

Polychrome glazed vessel in the form of a bird, maybe an Egyptian goose or a turtle dove. The body is decorated with an alternation of festoons (feathers) and spirals (tail and neck) of white, yellow and azure lines. The beak is yellow and the eyes are white with the pupils represented by an azure dots.
Beak chipped, otherwise intact; extremely fragile.

Provenance. English private collection; in the collection of O. Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the collection of M. Hess, Basel - Hotel Jura.

EGYPTIAN GLAZED KOHL TUBE
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1549 - 1292 BC
length cm 10,5

Polychrome glazed kohl tube characterized by strong colors. The body is decorated with festoons of white, blue, yellow and azure lines.
Intact.

Provenance. English private collection; in the collection of O. Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the collection of M. Hess, Basel - Hotel Jura.

EGYPTIAN HORUS FALCON MOSAIC GLASS INLAY
Ptolemaic Period, ca. 300 - 30 BC
height cm 2; length cm 2,5; thick mm 5

A very detailed glass inlay: white body with blue facial and feather markings, opaque yellow eye with blue pupil and yellow detailed blue beak; wings with turquoise, red, yellow and detailed blue, on yellow and blue floral ground line.
Amazing crackle patina.

Provenance. English private collection; in the collection of O. Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the collection of M. Hess, Basel - Hotel Jura.

PHOENICIAN GLASS PASTE BEAD
4th - 3rd centuries BC
height cm 3

Rod-formed glass bead decorated with three opaque white and orange faces bordered above and below by two rows of blobs.
Brownish weathering-film, some pitting.

Provenance. English private collection; in the collection of O. Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the collection of M. Hess, Basel - Hotel Jura.

PHOENICIAN GLASS PASTE BEAD COMPOSED NECKLACE
4th - 3rd centuries BC
lenght cm 24

Composed of twenty-eight rod-formed glass beads. The biggest on center is globular and dark, decorated with blue eyes.

Provenance. English private collection; in the collection of O. Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the collection of M. Hess, Basel - Hotel Jura.

PHOENICIAN GLASS PASTE BEAD
4th - 3rd centuries BC
height cm 3,2

Rod-formed glass bead decorated with eyes each with translucent dark blue pupils and opaque white eyeballs with stripes in translucent brown round the inside.
Crackle, minor restorations and some pitting.

Provenance. English private collection; in the collection of O. Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the collection of M. Hess, Basel - Hotel Jura.

ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT
5th - 4th centuries BC
height cm 23

Molded votive head of a boy, with prominent facial details and pleasant expression. The head is depicted with full and slightly open lips, almond-shaped eyes characterized by prominent upper lids and arched eyebrows and short hairs, finely incised. Traces of the original color scheme are still preserved. A specimen from the same workshop - head of a woman - was in Sotheby's on 12 June 2001, lot 81.

Provenance. English private collection; acquired in the 1980s in Paris, possibly from the La Reine Margot gallery.

COUPLE OF ROMAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE TORSOS
4th - 1st centuries BC
height cm 15 each

A couple of torsos, one male the other female, both dissected to show the viscera.

Provenance. Private collection, London; acquired at Grays Antique Market in the 1990s.

COUPLE OF CYPRIOT RED POLISHED WARE POTTERY
Early Bronze Age, 2150–1750 BC
height cm 29 (jug); length cm 15,5 (pixis)

A pixis without lid and a jug, both abundantly decorated with incised geometric decor, filled with white chalk, typical of the Red Polished III phase.
Minor restorations.

Provenance. Italian private collection formed in the 1970s; then in Pandolfini, Florence 27 October 2009, lot 223; sold with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy.

VILLANOVAN IMPASTO CUP
9th - 8th centuries BC
height cm 11

A rare example of Villanovan cup characterized by a bridged and mullioned handle with zoomorphic horned protome facing outwards; the body finely decorated with applied metal (tin) lamellas that make up geometric motifs of triangles and squares with labyrinthine patterns.

Provenance. Private collection, London; acquired on the art market prior to 1990.

ITALO-GEOMETRIC HANDLED SITULA
ca. 7th century BC
height cm 25; diam. cm 16,5

The body on pedestal foot, with vertical rim and double-looped handle; decorated in brown with wavy lines around the rim and the shoulder, divided by groups of vertical lines; and encircling lines around the flaring foot.
Some chipping on rim, lip and foot, otherwise intact.

Provenance. English private collection, acquired on the art market between 1980s and 1990s.

ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN AMPHORA
Near the Bearded Sphinx Painter, ca. 600 BC
height cm 35

With two sphinxes facing each other between a plant.
Restored.

Provenance. English private collection; acquired in Germany in 1990s; with TL analysis Oxford Authentication N117a76.

ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN KYLIX
Attributable to the Group of the Phoenician Palmettes, ca. 580 - 560 BC
diam. cm 13; height cm 7

Decorated with palmette chain around the body.

Provenance. English private collection; acquired at Grays Antique Market in the 1980s.

CORINTHIAN GLOBULAR ARYBALLOS
ca. 580 - 560 BC
height cm 12,5

On the body is a procession of Hoplites proceeding rightwards wearing large round shields and spears. The field around the warriors is completely covered with black and brown painted dots.

Provenance. English private collection, purchased in some unidentified auction or Art Gallery during 1970s - 1980s.

COUPLE OF ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO OINOCHOAI
ca. 550 BC
height cm 30 and 31

Molded in bucchero "pesante", these two oinochoai have ovoid body, trefoil mouth, two plastic rotelles on the rim, a disc-shaped foot and handle stretching from the rim to the shoulder; both decorated with a frieze of three lions in fascinating archaic style, alternating by tongues in relief. A specimen from the same workshop was in Christie's on 5 Jul 2017, lot 57.
Both Restored.

Provenance. Private collection, London; acquired on the art market prior to 1990.

ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO KYATHOS
ca. 550 - 500 BC
height cm 40

On high flaring foot, the stem ridged, high flanged strap handle with incised geometric decoration, knops on either side of handle base on rim.
Repaired.

Provenance. Private collection, London; acquired on the art market prior to 1990.

ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA
After the Micali Painter, ca. 500 BC
height cm 37

Showing on both sides the psychopomp Turms - Hermes, winged, draped and wearing petasos and winged sandals, striding moving to the left on a ground line, between plant patterns.
Clearly restored, with some lack.

Provenance. English private collection; already in a private Bavarese collection since 1990s.

ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURE OLPE
Attributable to the Monaco 883 Group, ca. 500-480 BC
height cm 25,5; diam. cm 11

The image area shows in a suggestive way - like shadows - the silhouette of two men facing each other; a young, naked, and an older man wearing a long chiton and holding a walking stick.
Encrustations; minor cracks and lacks of paint on the body.

Provenance. English private collection, acquired on the art market between 1980s and 1990s.

ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE BAND-CUP
ca. 540 - 525 BC
diam. cm 20; height cm 13

With swan between cows, on both sides.

Provenance. English private collection; acquired on the art market around 1980s.

ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE BAND-CUP
ca. 540 - 525 BC
diam. cm 22; height cm 13

With exercising athletes.
Foot completely restored.

Provenance. English private collection; acquired on the art market around 1980s.

ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA
Attributable to the Leagros Group, ca. 525 – 500 BC
height cm 45

On one side are three Satyrs playing with Hermes; behind him, a panther. On the other side, the departure of two warriors: an hoplite and an archer with a dog, both standing between a veiled woman and an elder.
Restored.

Provenance. English private collection; acquired in the 1980s in Paris, possibly from the La Reine Margot gallery.