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THBLarge Mycenaean Bi-Chrome Pottery Jug w/ TL
Lot 15b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world - Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern; Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India; Fine Art from the 17th century to present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIC, ca. 1200 to 1100 BCE. An enormous wheel-thrown pottery storage jug with a narrow circular base, a rotund spherical body with a rounded shoulder, a corseted cylindrical neck with a flat rim, and two pairs of applied handles, one along the shoulder and the other around the midsection. The pale orange-slipped vessel is elegantly decorated with a thick panel of orange-red paint along the lower body which gradually separates into individual rings atop the lower shoulder, forms stripes along the handles, and illustrates concentric arches on the upper shoulder. The neck is adorned with solid orange-red swaths along the exterior and top half of the interior similar to those on the lower body, and the underside of the foot is unadorned. Size: 15.125" W x 14.25" H (38.4 cm x 36.2 cm)
This period is so named for the palace at Mycenae, famed in Homeric legend as the opulent seat of King Agamemnon. Excavations at the palace at Mycenae revealed an elite and long-lasting society with a great deal of wealth. This extended to the workshops of artisans who produced pottery like this vessel both for use in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean world; shiploads of similar jars went out as far as the Levant and Spain, carrying oil, wine, and other commodities.
A stylistically-similar example hammered for $11,250 at Christie's, New York Antiquities auction (sale 2565, June 8, 2012, lot 56): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ancient-art-antiquities/a-mycenaean-pottery-jar-late-helladic-circa-5567196-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5567196&sid=a30f32ad-d52c-461f-a31d-f2fe3a5a566d
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Morris Pinto collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1980s
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#146160Repair to one large and one small handle, with light restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to foot, body, handles, and rim, with fading to original pigmentation, some small excisions, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Light earthen deposits and manganese blooms throughout. Two TL drill holes: beneath base, and inside of one handle.Condition
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