Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
Auction 85 - Antiquities sessione unica
Monday 14 December 2020 hours 14:00 (UTC +01:00)
GROUP OF CANOSINE AND APULIAN VESSELS AND FRAGMENTS 4th - 3rd century BC
GROUP OF CANOSINE AND APULIAN VESSELS AND FRAGMENTS
4th - 3rd century BC
This large lot is composed of a rich group of vessels, which are interesting examples of the Apulian polychrome pottery, from Canosine, Daunian and Gnathia manufactures. The lot includes fragments and partially preserved vessels, as: skyphos, cup-skyphos, jugs, oinochoai, olle, lebes and lekanis lids, cups; rare examples of thymiaterions, an altar, a standing winged goddess, doves and pome, typicals of the Canosine figurative vases. Provenance: Collection returned by the German Judicial Authority to Herakles Numismatik und Antiquitäten GmbH (München), who acquired it on the European art market since the 1970s; from 2000s the entire collection is located in the United Kingdom; some objects of this collection were bought subsequently by the Italian Government (e.g.: bari.repubblica.it - Archeologia, torna in Puglia la stele dauna di oltre 2.500 anni fa: presa all'asta con una colletta). Almost all objects need restoration, if well executed will be an excellent investment, also a good exercise for scientific or academic purposes. Lot sold as seen, no returns.