FINE ANCIENT GREEK PAINTED POTTERY FRAGMENT MALE FIGURE 500BC FOUND FRANCE
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:147072 | ISBN: Does not apply |
** THIS WEEK I AM SELLING THE LAST PIECES FROM A COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK PAINTED POTTERY FRAGMENTS, DATING TO CIRCA 500 BC, AND THEREFORE APPROX 2, 500 YEARS OLD OR MORE. THESE ALL CAME FROM A SINGLE COLLECTION WHICH I PURCHASED OVER 10 YEARS AGO FROM A LADY WHOSE FATHER WORKED ON VARIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGS PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, IN THE 1950s AND 60s. THE COLLECTION CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS ROMAN SAMIAN WARE FRAGMENTS ALL FROM CENTRAL GAUL, AND A SMALLER NUMBER OF OLDE...R ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY FRAGMENTS FROM GREEK COLONIES IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. **
THIS SUPERB FRAGMENT BEARS A PAINTED PARTIAL FIGURE OF A MAN, FACING RIGHT, IN FRONT IS A RED-COLOURED DESIGN (EDGE OF A SHIELD?), WITH REPEATED DECORATIONS ABOVE IN ALTERNATING BLACK AND RED. THE REVERSE OF THE FRAGMENT STILL BEARS THE ARCHAEOLOGIST'S OLD REFERENCE NUMBER IN PENCIL.
THESE ANCIENT POTTERY FRAGMENTS MAKE A SUPERB DISPLAY, EITHER ON A SHELF, OR, YOU COULD FRAME SEVERAL PIECES TOGETHER AND HANG ON A WALL.
PLEASE BID ACCORDINGLY AND AVOID BEING DISAPPOINTED AT THE END OF THE AUCTION! FOR CONDITION PLEASE SUPERSIZE ALL OUR DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS LISTED ABOVE, PRIOR TO BIDDING.
GUARANTEED GENUINE, FROM THE PERIOD AND FIND LOCATION STATED, AND OFFERED AT A £1 OPENING BID WITH
NO RESERVE!!