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Revere Auctions
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Mid-Century Design, Fine Art, & Asian Art

Wed, Jun 9, 2021 11:00AM EDT
Lot 79

Grp: 5 Ancient Greek Pottery Vessels

Estimate: $200 - $400

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$300 $50
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$3,000 $200
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$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$500,000 $25,000
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Group of five ancient Greek pottery vessels including one Attic black-glazed lekythos with a beautiful multi-colored iridescent patina, ca. 5th century B.C.E.; one Indus Valley redware terracotta cup with a geometric design in dark brown pigment and a slightly flared rim, ca. 3300-3000 B.C.E.; one Greek Gnathian pottery net bottle, ca. 320 B.C.E.; one Greek Apulian pelike with a beautiful female bust, ca. 3rd quarter of the 4th century B.C.E.; and one lekythos with a pictorial scene in black against the red terracotta clay.

Provenance:
(Black Lekythos) Apolonia Ancient Art, Denver, Colorado; Private collection, Minnesota.
(Redware Cup) Private collection, California; Artemis Gallery, Colorado; Private collection, Minnesota.
(Net Bottle) Art Ancient, United Kingdom; Private collection, Minnesota.
(Pelike) Private collection, England; Apolonia Ancient Art, Denver, Colorado; Private collection, Minnesota.
(Pictorial Lekythos) Private collection, Minnesota.

Height ranges from 2 7/8 in to 8 1/8 in; diameter ranges from 1 3/8 in to 4 1/8 in.

Condition

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