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THBRare Lydian Polychrome Wall Frieze
Lot 97a
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Feb 21, 2019
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2019-02-21 10:00:00
2019-02-21 10:00:00
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, western Anatolia (Turkey), Lydia, ca. 6th century BCE. A very rare polychrome pottery panel with repeating scrolls at the top in alternating red and black, and a lower section of repeating diamonds, also in red and black, each against a beige background. This is a panel from a frieze; geometric friezes have been found throughout Lydia and other parts of ancient Anatolia like Phrygia. Size: 1.25" L x 17.7" W x 8.5" H (3.2 cm x 45 cm x 21.6 cm); 10.75" H (27.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Lydian architectural terracottas are rightfully famous, used to decorate outer walls and form roof cladding on magnificent ancient buildings. Local stone was of poor quality, so builders turned to molded ceramics as a substitute in this region. Miletus was the largest production center for these terracottas, which were traded and transported long distances, often along rivers. A particular boom in the market for friezes like these seems to have occurred in the last quarter of the 6th century, when there was a spate of new construction and renewal of older buildings throughout the region, especially in Ionia and Caria, which acquired these tiles from Lydia.
See a similar example at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/26.164.1/
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private collection of William Dale, a career diplomat stationed in Turkey in the early 1960s, who acquired a vast collection of Greek, Roman and Near-Eastern treasures
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#142447Repaired and restored from seven pieces. This is very well done and almost impossible to see. Deposits on surface commensurate with age, especially in lower profile areas. Upper edge is slightly ragged with some losses along it. Nice preservation of color and form.Condition
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