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THBRoman Pottery Twin Handled Sea Salvage Amphora
Lot 35e
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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
Jun 4, 2020
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2020-06-04 10:00:00
2020-06-04 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
Roman Empire, 1st to 3rd century CE. Quintessential terracotta transport amphora with piriform body tapering to a pointed base. Twin handles from shoulders to the thick rim, surface now covered with extensive barnacles - evidence this was salvaged from the sea. Vessels such as this were transported all throughout the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas starting around 600 BCE and through the Byzantine Empire. They carried water, wine, olive oil, and grains and were designed to sit in a layer of sand at the lower deck of a merchant ship. Literally thousands of these examples have been found in ship wrecks throughout this region, but this is an exceptionally fine and attractive example. Size: 30" H (76.2 cm); 30.5" H (77.5 cm) on included custom stand.
See several similar examples in the British Museum. London. Compare to a near identical example in "Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade," no. 38 by the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, where it states that this type of amphora was the first known to have carried wine from Italy to Greece.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California
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#156052Vessel intact and quite excellent. Small area of one side of rim eroded and now covered with barnacles. One handle with ancient separation from body, but barnacles have since grown over this area to completely stabilize. Extensive barnacles throughout.Condition
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