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Wohl böotisch, 8./7.Jh. v.C. Terrakotta mit dunkelbrauner Bemalung. Grosser Skyphos mit Palmetten und Vögeln. Obere Hälfte mit Bordüren aus Bändern und Wellen. H 14, D 18,5 cm (ohne Henkel). - Rand stark restauriert.

5th-4th century BC. A silver two-handled drinking cup with a flared foot, plain body with everted rim; two applied loop handles with scallop shell finials; on one handle a punched inscription, probably representing the maker’s mark. See Strong, D.E., Greek and Roman Gold and Silver Plate, Glasgow, 1966; Davis-Kimball, J., Bashilov, V.A., Yablonsky, L.T., Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes in the Early Iron Age, Berkeley, 1995; Gavriljuk, N.A., Social and Economic Stratification of the Scythians from the Steppe Region Based on black-glazed pottery from burials, 2009; Meyer, C., Greco-Scythian art & the birth of Eurasia, from classical Antiquity to Russian Modernity, Oxford, 2013.203 grams, 16cm wide (6 1/4"). Ex private collection of Mr M. B., Mainz, Germany, since the 1980s; accompanied by an archaeological expertise by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10387-169244. The kantharos, a type of drinking cup with high handles, was the attribute of the god Dionysus (Bacchus for the Romans) and its form recalls the kantharoi of 5th-4th century BC (Walters Art Gallery, inv.57.934, see Strong, 1966, plate 9b"). This double-shelled cup was assembled from separate parts, including the foot and the two sections of the handles. It is a masterwork of Graeco-Scythian art, or better so of Greek art often found in the Scythian graves. Since the 6th century BC, kantharoi could be found in graves of wealthy barbarian princes living at the fringes of the Greek world, like the chieftains of the Dassaretioi (Illyrians) buried in the grave of Trebenishte, where the three silver kantharoi found were imported from Greece. In the Black Sea cemeteries situated in the vicinities of Greek towns of Pontus, both Scythian male and female graves of the 4th century BC, often contained some Greek amphorae and black burnished drinking vessels, kantharoi, or a kylix, or Scythian pottery located next to the sacrificial meat. In the tumulus of Karagodeuashkh, in the region of lower Kuban, in an ashlar built tomb, a silver cup was found, and inside the male grave of the second chamber several silver kylixes and a skyphos were found (Meyer, 2013, pp. 363ff.), other two-handled or plain silver cups were also found in various graves (Meyer, 2013, pp.326, 331, 348"). [A video of this lot is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition.

WITHDRAWN. Großer attischer Skyphos (Heron-Klasse) der CHC-Gruppe. 490 - 480 v. Chr. H 17,1cm, B mit Henkeln 29,6cm, ø Mündung 22,3cm, ø Fuß 13,8cm. Schwarzfigurig, Details in Rot und Weiß. Auf beiden Seiten zwischen zwei Sphingen je ein Reigen von vier Mädchen, die zu der Musik einer Aulosbläserin zur Rechten tanzen. Mit Kopie aus dem Auktionskatalog! Aus Fragmenten zusammengesetzt, kleine Fehlstellen an den Bruchkanten sind retuschiert. CHC steht für Chariot Courting Group. Zu dieser Malergruppe s. J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters = ABV (²1978) S. 617 ff. Vgl. zum Beispiel den Skyphos Musée Auguste Rodin, Paris 644 (ABV 620,74; Beazley Archive Pottery Database 306286). Zum Typus s. E. Manakidou, Frauentänze für Dionysos (2017) 26ff. Large Attic black-figure skyphos (Heron Class) of the CHC Group. 490 - 480 B.C. On both sides between Sphinges a choreia of four girls dancing to the music of a female flute-player on the right side. Reassembled from fragments, missing parts at the cracks are retouched. With copy of the Auction catalogue page from 1982! Provenienz: Ex Wichert`s Kunstauktionen, Bonn Auktion XXV, 10. Dezember 1982, Los 117.

Tonlampe mit Ganymed und Adler. Römisch, 2. Jh. n.Chr. Loeschcke Typ Ib, Schulter Typ IVa. L 12cm, H 3cm. Aus beigem Ton mit rotem Überzug. Runder Corpus mit eckiger Volutenschnauze mit rundem Brennloch. Auf dem von konzentrischen Kreisen gerahmten, leicht vertieften Spiegel sitzt links Ganymedes unter einer Weinranke und hat eine Hand nach dem Adler ausgestreckt. In der anderen Hand hält er einen Skyphos, aus dem der Adler trinkt. Ganz rechts hockt ein kleiner Eros. Darunter die Inschrift GANYΔEDES (sic!). Im Spiegel ein Brenn- und ein Lüftungsloch. Auf der Unterseite die Werkstattmarke I. Mit Beschreibung von Gordian Weber! Oberfläche berieben, Fragment der Wandung fehlt. Terracotta lamp of beige clay with red slip depicting Ganymede sitting under a vine tendril and stretching out his hand to the eagle, in his other hand holding a skyphos with wine, from which the eagle drinks, on the far right squats a small Eros, below it the inscription GANYΔEDES (sic!), at the bottom the workshop mark I. Roman, 2nd century A.D. Surface worn, fragment of the corpus missing. With description by Gordian Weber! Provenienz: Ex Slg. R.M., Rheinland, 1960er Jahre bis 2010; erworben bei Gordian Weber, Köln, ex Sammlung Studienrat Ohrtmann, Kiel, 1950er - 70er Jahre.

Kampanischer Skyphos des Parrish-Malers. Capua, um 340 v. Chr. H 15,2cm, B 25,6cm, ø 15,6cm. Rotfigurig. Auf Seite A ein sitzender Jüngling mit Lanze und Piloshelm, der zwei Stirnfedern aufweist. Auf Seite B ein laufender Jüngling. In den Henkelzonen Palmetten und Ranken. Bemalung an einigen Stellen verrieben bzw. abgeplatzt, sonst intakt. Zu den Piloshelmen aus Unteritalien s. zum Beispiel R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets (2019) S. 219 und S. 525 ff. Campanian red-figure skyphos of the Parrish Painter. Capua, about 340 B.C. On one side a sitting youth with spear and helmet (pilos type with two feathers). On the other side a running youth. Painting at few areas rubbed or flaked off, otherwise intact. Provenienz: Aus dem Nachlass A. M., Augsburg, erworben vor 1990. Bei Gorny & Mosch Auktion 272, 2020, Los 20. In Deutschland seit vor 1990.

Apulischer Eulenskyphos. 4. Jh. v. Chr. H 6,9cm, B 13,1cm, ø 8,2cm. Rotfigurig. Beidseitig Eule zwischen Olivenzweigen. Ein Henkel gebrochen und wieder angesetzt. Apulian red-figured owl-skyphos. 4th century B.C. One handle is broken and reattached. Provenienz: Ex Gorny & Mosch Auktion 272, 2020, Los 22; ehemals in der Sammlung von Gottfried Hertel, Köln, erworben in den 1950er bis 1960er Jahre.

Schöne Sammlung antiker Keramik. Frühitalischer Henkelbecher aus Impasto (H 5,6cm; intakt). Kleine attische schwarzfigurige Lekythos mit Palmetten (H 11,1cm; Fuß modern, kleine Retuschen). Attische weißgrundige Lekythos mit Efeuranke (H 15cm; Henkel gebrochen und wieder angesetzt). Etruskischer Genucilla-Teller mit Kreuzmuster (ø 14,5cm; intakt). Attischer Skyphos der Glanztonware (H 8,7cm; aus Fragmenten zusammengesetzt). Kleiner griechischer Teller auf Fuß der Glanztonware (H 5,2cm; am Rand und Fuß kleine Fehlstellen, Glanzton teilweise verrieben). Römischer Reliefbecher mit Blätterranke und Blüten (H 6,5cm; aus zwei Fragmenten zusammengesetzt, dabei kleine Fehlstelle). 7 Stück! Nice Collection of ancient ceramics. Incl. Early Italic one-handle impasto mug (intact), small Attic black-figure lekythos with palmettes (foot modern, little retouched areas), Attic white-grounded lekythos with ivy-tendril (handle broken and reattached), Etruscan Genucilla-plate (intact), Attic black-glazed skyphos (reassembled from fragments), small Greek stemmed dish of the black-glazed ware (at the rim and foot tiny fragments are missing, black glaze partially rubbed off), Roman two-handled mug with relief-decor in form of a tendril and flowers (reassembled from large fragments, tiny fragments are missing). 7 pieces!VERKAUFT WIE BESEHEN, KEINE RÜCKGABE! / SOLD AS VIEWED, NO RETURN! Provenienz: Ex Sammlung J.E., Bayern, erworben 1960er bis Anfang 2000er, in Deutschland seit vor 1990.

Drei Keramikgefäße, apulisch und römisch Großer apulischer Skyphos mit Schwarzfirnis-Überzug. Der Rand leicht berieben. Haarriss am Rand. Intakt. Höhe 13 cm. Hellgrundige Zweihenkelschale, am Rand fachmännisch geklebt. Sonst intakt. Höhe 6,5 cm. Und ein großer fußloser Becher mit Rillendekor. Intakt. Höhe 9 cm. Provenienz: Aus dem Nachlass eines niederrheinischen Sammlers, von diesem erworben in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren. Zustand: II - Three Greek and Roman ceramic vessels Large black-glazed Apulian skyphos. The edge slightly rubbed. Hairline crack at the edge. Intact. Height 13 cm. Two-handled bowl, expertly glued at the rim. Otherwise intact. Height 6.5 cm. And a large footless cup with grooved decoration. Intact. Height 9 cm. Provenance: From a private collection in the Lower Rhineland, acquired in the 1960s and 1970s. Condition: II -

A Roman aubergine glass skyphos Circa 4th Century A.D.The bowl with everted rim, a raised encircling band at the shoulder, the body decorated on both sides with a double band of loose linked chain pattern, the trail handles with upturned thumb rests, set on a discoid stem with flared circular foot, 9.5cm high, 11cm diam.Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, England. London art market, 1992.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Attic black-figure skyphos Circa 6th Century B.C.Decorated on both sides with a horn-playing satyr leading a procession of three dancing maenads holding snakes, the maenads wearing long chitons with added white flesh tones, garlands of ivy in the field, a band of ivy leaves on the rim, red and black tongue pattern above the foot with an added red band beneath, 16.5cm high, 30cm diam. incl. handlesFootnotes:Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13-14 July 1981, lot 260. Private collection, London, acquired from the above sale.Beazley Archive no. 7116.Maenads were often depicted as snake tamers, using the reptile as a companion and a protector against the advances of satyrs.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Attic black-figure 'eye' lekythos and an Attic black-figure skyphos Circa late 6th-mid 5th Century B.C.The lekythos with seated Dionysus holding a drinking horn, set between two large eyes, vines in the field, a thin groundline below, a band of tongues and linked lotus buds on the shoulder, details incised and in added white; the skyphos decorated on both sides with a satyr chasing a dancing maenad, flanked by palmettes, vines in the field, lekythos 23cm high; skyphos 19.5cm diam. inc. handles (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, London, acquired in the 1970s.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Attic black-figure skyphos Near the Diosphos Painter, circa 500-475 B.C. Both sides depicting a battle scene between palmettes, side A with hoplites battling with spears as an unarmed Scythian figure escapes to the right, side B with warriors retreating from a central Scythian figure on a horse, the ground with dotted vines, details incised and in added red, 12cm high, 30.3cm diam. inc. handlesFootnotes:Provenance:with Galerie Arete, Zurich. Private collection, London, acquired from the above 24 June 1981.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GNATHIA-SKYPHOS, Ton, partiell schwarz gefirnisst, Deckweissbemalung, besch. und rest., H 11,5, APULIEN, ca. 4.-3. Jh.v.Chr., Provenienz: Rheinische Privatsammlung, erworben zwischen 1978 und 1985 im Düsseldorfer Kunsthandel (u.a. Münzhandlung Ritter sowie Conzen)

GNATHIA-SKYPHOS, Ton, teilweise schwarz gefirnisst, Deckweissbemalung, besch., L 15,5, APULIEN, ca. 4.-3. Jh.v.Chr. Provenienz: Rheinische Privatsammlung, erworben zwischen 1978 und 1985 im Düsseldorfer Kunsthandel (u.a. Münzhandlung Ritter sowie Conzen)

SCHWARZFIGURIGER SKYPHOS, Ton, partiell schwarz gefirnisst, stark rest. und erg., H 16, L 30, wohl KORINTHISCH ca. 8.-7. Jh.v.Chr., Provenienz: Rheinische Privatsammlung, erworben zwischen 1978 und 1985 im Düsseldorfer Kunsthandel (u.a. Münzhandlung Ritter sowie Conzen)

A Large Apulian Red-Figured Skyphos with ErosAttributed to the Group of Vatican Y1H, Circa 340-320 B.C.Height 10 5/8 inches.Provenance:Acquired from Robert Peters, PhD, New York, in the 1980s.Note:See a related letter from A.D. Trendall dated 1991; later published in Trendall's supplements to The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia. Property from the Collection of Michael Minick, New York For condition inquiries please contact fdcr@hindmanauctions.com

William Moorcroft for James MacIntyre, a Prunus lustre bowl, circa 1907, twin handled Skyphos form, with cylindrical foot, incised signature, 24cm wide

Three pre-Roman items of pottery: a bowl (probably Neolilthic), a Phoenician style iron age jug (6th-7th century BC) and an early Corinthian skyphos (c. 5th century BC) - all items with damage; (provenance collection of James Ewing Somerville, 1843-1923, recently sold by Lindsay Burns, Perth).

An Attic black figure skyphos circa 6th - 5th century BC each side decorated with a seated male figure and a ram with an attendant either side, both walking away and looking backwards, a double row of dots under the rim and a single row along the foot, the base with inscribed inventory numbers 31802, CMF?, 487, 25.5cm across the handles. Provenance Dr Ferdinand Mainzer, Collection, 1871 - 1943. Lucie John (nee Mainzer) Gisela Stone (nee John) Evan David Robert Stone QC and thence by descent.

AFTER THE ANTIQUE; a bronze Roman inspired twin handled cup 'skyphos' modelled with ivy leaves and pods and bearing oval plaque inscribed to the base 'Copiato Ball Originale Nel Museo di Napoli per IL Chicago Art Institute da Sabatino de Angelis Approtato dal Comm Giulio de Petra Direttore del Museo di Napoli 1893', width 17.5cm, also a pair of bronzed twin handled Classical urns on stands, height 21cm (3).Additional InformationThe cup has some surface wear and verdigris to the bronze, very slight dents and scratches to the interior of the bowl, but overall in good condition. The liners of the two urns are both split and in poor order. Both urns are misshapen and are on rather poor quality bases which are possibly associated.

A Corinthian black-figure skyphos Middle Corinthian, circa 600-560 B.C.Decorated in umber and red, the exterior with a frieze showing a goat with curved horns between two panthers, rosettes and lotus flowers in the field, two encircling bands above and below, a band of wavy lines beneath the rim, bands of rays emanating from the foot, concentric circles on the underside, 12.5cm high; 25.4cm diam. inc. handlesFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Germany.with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano, 1997.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Greek red-figure owl skyphos South Italy, circa 4th Century B.C.Decorated on both sides with an owl with large circle and dot eyes with dotted plumage, flanked by laurel sprigs, 7.5cm high, 14.9cm diam. inc. handlesFootnotes:Provenance:with Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, 1991.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Campanian red-figure lebes gamikos Attributed to the Laghetto Painter, circa 350-320 B.C. The obverse depicting a winged Eros, nude but for his sandals and bracelets, seated on a rock and facing left, his outstretched right arm holding a pyxis, the reverse with a draped female, her right breast bared, adorned with a necklace, her hair bound in a sakkos, also seated on a rock, holding a phiale in her right hand, with palmettes beneath the high arched handles, tongues on the neck, dotted rays and a band of waves around the knobbed lid, details in added white and yellow, 19.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Dr Christoph F. Leon, Basel in May 1998.For similarly depicted figures, see a skyphos also by the Laghetto Painter in A.D. Trendall, The Red Figured-Vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily, Oxford, 1967, pl. 120, nos. 4-5.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman lead-glazed pottery skyphos Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.With an olive green glaze, the body moulded with relief decoration of a band of myrtle leaves and berries below a band of tongues, the ribbed ring handles each with moulded thumb-piece, on a ring foot, 7cm high, 13cm diam. inc. handlesFootnotes:Provenance:Scheuermann collection, Cologne.with Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA., 1998.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Greek colourless glass skyphos Hellenistic Period, circa late 3rd-2nd Century B.C.Cast with a hemispherical bowl set on a gently flared base-ring, the spurred ring handles with flat upper thumb rest plate extending to join the rim, engraved concentric rings on the underside of the foot, 6.5cm high, 8cm diam. excl. handlesFootnotes:Provenance:with J.-P. Mariaud de Serres, Paris. Private collection, France, acquired from the above 13 June 1997.For similar, also in colourless glass, see an example from the J. Pierpont Morgan collection, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 17.194.888 and another at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 50.2285.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SCULPTED LIMESTONE MODEL OF A MAIDEN IN CLASSICAL STYLE, probably 17th/18th century, portrayed as standing, fully draped and holding a skyphos in her right arm (damages), 95cm high Provenance: Ven House, Somerset

5th-3rd century BC. A ceramic skyphos with flared foot and two looped handles; body decorated with a series of irregular black circles on a cream band around the neck, above a plain black band, then a plain red band and a second plain black band at the base of the body and the foot, a short plain band of black paint at the arches of the handles; the inside is painted black; standing on a custom-made stand within a custom-made case. 429 grams total with case, 17 x 9cm (6 3/4 x 3 1/2"). Property of a North London gentleman; deaccessioned from Wakefield Museum, West Yorkshire, UK, in the mid 1990s. [No Reserve] Fair condition, repaired.

6th-3rd century BC. A mixed group of artefacts comprising: two blackware dishes; two blackware tubular containers; a redware skyphos; a blackware fragment with a painted image of a lady with her hair in chignon; and a ceramic medallion, after the antique. 489 grams total, 6.2-14.4cm (2 1/2 - 5 3/4"). Property of a European collector; formerly in an old European collection formed in the 1980s. [7, No Reserve] Fair condition.

5th-3rd century BC. A mixed group of ceramic vessels comprising: a miniature amphora with crimson rings to the upper body; a blackware skyphos with pedestal foot and two strap handles; a vessel with ovoid body, flared rim, concentric black lines to the shoulder and body. 345 grams, 12.5-18cm (5 - 7"). Property of a European gentleman living in London; formerly from an old private collection formed in the early 1980s. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition, one repaired, one chipped.

Ca. 300 BC. A nice South Italian Greek skyphos formed by a dual-handle; a deep cup with a low flanged base; with stylized grapes decoration; associated with God Dionysus; Good condition; 95x150mm; 3.743x 5.91 in; 134g; Provenance: Property of an established London gallery; acquired from a private estate collection formed in the 1970s.

Ca.500-300 BC. A blackware skyphos with pedestal foot, loop handles to the rim; to one face, painted geometric ornament in white, cream and red with pendant bunches of grapes. Good condition; repaired; 90x140mm; 3.546x 5.516 in; 104g; Provenance: Property of an established London gallery; acquired from a private estate collection formed since the 1970s in Kent.

Four Greek pottery vessels, including an Attic black-glazed lekythos, the decoration highlighted with white and purple slip with incisions, the panel decorated with four himation-clad figures, possibly dancing, with vine tendrils in the field, circa 500 B.C., 16.4cm high, some surface wear; an Attic black glazed 'salt' , late 5th Century B.C., with surface encrustations and a chip to the rim, 6.6cm diam; a miniature red-figure bell krater, each side with the profile head of a lady of fashion set within a panel, Southern Italy, circa 4th Century B.C., 12cm high, repaired; a black-glazed thin-walled skyphos, circa 4th Century B.C., 8.3cm high, some chips and surface wear (4) Provenance: By repute acquired by Sir William Whitfield in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1940's

A Greek red-figure skyphos, one side decorated with a nude male holding a thyrsus, the other side with a himation clad male, palmettes under the handles with each scene flanked by tall trumpet-like flowers, mid 4th Century B.C., 15.9cm high, 26cm d Provenance: By repute acquired by Sir William Whitfield in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1940's This lot is to be sold without reserve

PAIR OF BRONZE MODELS OF A ROMAN SKYPHOS DRINKING CUPS, 19th century, cast with fruiting foliage on a socle base, height 17cm, width 24.5cm (2) Footnote: These are copies of silver originals found as part of the Boscoreale Treasure found in a villa near Pompeii.

A 19th century Grand Tour bronze mantel vase, the shape after an ancient Greek skyphos, cast in bold relief with centaurs and Bacchic putti, black and rouge marble columnar base, 26.5cm high, c.1870

An ancient hellenistic terracotta skyphos, with plain funnel design and twin hoop handles, bought from Malta in 1980s, overall width 19cm, bowl diameter 14.6cm 5.5cm high.

19th C. Bronze twin handle footed "Skyphos" cup with in relief leaf decoration, height 12cm approx

A small collection of early pottery, including - Greek black Atticware pottery skyphos, Greek black Atticware kylix, 1.75ins high, circa 4th Century BC, eleven other pieces and two Roman glass unquentaria Provenance: From a collection formed in the mid-20th Century by the vendor's late Grandfather

A Greek red-figure owl skyphos South Italian, circa 4th Century BC decorated with an owl and laurel sprigs each side, 6cm high. Provenance Ingrid McAlpine, 1939 - 2018, London and Epsom.

A Greek red-figure owl skyphos South Italian, circa 4th century BC decorated with an owl and laurel sprigs each side, 5.8cm high. Provenance Ingrid McAlpine, 1939 - 2018, London and Epsom.

A Greek miniature red-figure owl skyphos South Italian, circa 4th century BC decorated with an owl and laurel sprigs each side, 3.4cm high. Provenance Ingrid McAlpine, 1939 - 2018, London and Epsom.

A Greek red-figure owl skyphos South Italian, circa 4th century BC decorated with an owl and a laurel sprig each side, 5.6cm high. Provenance Ingrid McAlpine, 1939 - 2018, London and Epsom.

A Greek red-figure owl skyphos South Italian, circa 4th century BC decorated with an owl and laurel sprigs each side, on a linear band, 7.5cm high. Provenance Ingrid McAlpine, 1939 - 2018, London and Epsom.

A Greek red-figure owl skyphos South Italian, circa 4th century BC decorated with an owl and laurel springs each side, on linear bands, 7.5cm high. Provenance Ingrid McAlpine, 1939 - 2018, London and Epsom.

2nd-1st century BC. A silver bell-shaped skyphos with ribbed body, gilt circumferential frieze depicting two opposing wreaths to the shoulder, everted rolled rim with gilt foliate band, two applied lateral handles with leaf-shaped pads; separately made tiered foot with ribbed rim and gilt decorative band. 213 grams, 10cm (4"). Property of a European businessman; from his private Belgian collection formed in the 1990s; previously in a North American collection formed in Illinois in the 1980s. Fine condition, one handle reattached.

2nd-1st century BC. A silver skyphos with rolled rim, pelletted border with a running frieze of gilt petals below, applied shallow foot with gilt petalled border; the handles with rectangular thumbpad and triangular extension below the loop. 254 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a European businessman; from his private Belgian collection formed in the 1990s; previously in a North American collection formed in Illinois in the 1980s. Fine condition, handles reattached.

After Giovanni Bonazza, (Italian 1654 - 1736), a bronze model of the young Bacchus, portrayed as corpulent and nude but for loose drapery across his midriff, asleep and reclining against a wine barrel, his smiling face beneath tousled hair thickly interwoven with fruiting grapevines, a bunch of grapes held in his left hand behind him, a skyphos resting near his feet 25.5cm high, 48cm long CATALOGUE NOTES: This model, sculpted in white marble and attributed to Bonazza reappeared at auction in London in 2007, and has latterly been described as bearing 'joyful Rubensian carnality, the sarcastic smile, exaggerated to the extent of resembling a grotesque mask'. Cf Christie's King Street, Le Goût Steinitz, III, 6th December 2007, lot 416 The Sleeping Bacchus here has clear antecedents, but perhaps the most obviously comparable are works in oil rather than in the round. A picture by Hendrik van Balen (1575 - 1632) held at Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire (English Heritage) is strikingly similar in its depiction of the chubby god in his youth. The very pronounced fleshiness; the half-closed eyes and sated smile suggestive of inebriated unconsciousness rather than restful sleep; the use of the wine keg as a pillow; the deeply interwoven vine to the hair --in all these ways and more besides, the current bronze is highly corresponding A Sleeping Bacchus attributed to Giusto le Court (French 1627 - 1679) might also have been seen by Bonazza. Towards the end of his life le Court worked in Venice, the city of Bonazza's birth, so it is certainly not inconceivable that the young Bonazza could have seen some of le Court's output there, and his version of the Sleeping Bacchus is certainly related Bonazza's work proved highly influential itself, with analogous works appearing soon afterwards, with such greats as Clodion producing similar models in the 18th century and Jacques Jaquet (1833 - 1875) continuing the theme into the 19th century

An Ancient Greek Skyphos double handled vessel pot. Made from terracotta showing red figure design, a female head between palmettes, Date: ca. 325-300 B.C. Has finger prints on the joins of the handles to the pot. Measures 11.5x18.5x10.5cm

Ancient Greece, Attic, Haimon Group, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A quite sizeable Attic black-figure skyphos decorated with four horses steered by a single horseman and flanked by stylized palmettes on each side (three with an added white dot at the centers). One of the horses is delineated in fugitive added white pigment, the other three via the black-figure technique. In addition, dotted grapevines adorn the field. The vessel itself is a classic skyphos form comprised of a deep rounded body with upraised loop handled upon a concave base adorned with concentric circles. Size: 11" W handlespan x 5.25" H (27.9 cm x 13.3 cm)Horses and horsemen were popular artistic subjects in ancient Greece; with good pasture land at a premium, ownership of horses was reserved for the wealthy. They were used for hunting, racing, and war. For example, in the Iliad, horses drew chariots into war and were exchanged as gifts between high ranking people (to say nothing of the Trojan Horse!). During the 6th century BCE, the Hippeis class of citizens in Athens were required to own horses and serve in the cavalry. Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private Switzerland collection, acquired in the 1980s Condition: Professionally repaired from multiple pieces with areas of restoration over the break lines. Expected surface wear with scuffs and some loss to pigmentation, though the imagery is still fairly strong. Chip to the base. Black glazed areas have developed an attractive iridescence. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #146593

Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A finely-executed blackware skyphos with a rounded body, standing upon a tiered ring base, with twin upraised loop handles on either side of the cup. The monochromatic finish serves to accentuate the contours of this superb form. In tondo is an impressed pattern comprised of five leaf forms radiating from a minute circular depression and surrounded by a ring of repeating tongue motifs. A painted black bullseye comprised of concentric circles is visible on the underside of the vessel, which is a characteristic feature of Attic pottery. Size: 6.625" W handlespan x 2.25" H (16.8 cm x 5.7 cm)According to the Beazley Archive at the University of Oxford, "The term skyphos is ancient, although it seems also to have been used for cups (kylikes). Another term that is often used for deep straight-sided drinking vessels is the Greek kotyle (pl. kotylai), but this too seems to have been used in antiquity for cups of all sorts. Likewise, kylix also seems to have been used to refer to the shape we today term the skyphos." (http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/pottery/shapes/skyphos.htm) Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private German collection, acquired in the 1980s Condition: Tiny - nearly invisible - scuffs here and there. Otherwise superb! All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #146173

Magna Graecia, Apulian, ca. 4th century BCE. A stunning red-figured skyphos with an impressive iconographic and decorative program. Side A features a winged Eros standing in composite profile and gazing into the mirror he holds in his right hand. The god of love is beautifully adorned with a beaded sash and thigh band, double wristlets, sandals, and a beaded headdress. Side B features a maiden donning a peplos with cascading drapery folds. She also holds a mirror in her right hand and a ribbon-adorned tympanum in her left. There is a filet to her lower left and a cask to her upper right. Below the handles are beautiful stylized palmettes and just below the rim on both sides is a stylish egg-and-dart band. Fine details are executed in fugitive white and yellow pigment. Size: 6.5" W handlespan x 4.25" H (16.5 cm x 10.8 cm)Perhaps the most exciting innovation in Greek vase painting was the red-figure technique, invented in Athens around 525 BCE and beloved by other artists of Magna Graecia. The red-figure technique allowed for much greater flexibility as opposed to the black-figure technique, for now the artist could use a soft, pliable brush rather than a rigid metal graver to delineate interior details, play with the thickness of the lines, as well as build up or dilute glazes to create chromatic effects. The painter would create figures by outlining them in the natural red of the vase, and then enrich these figural forms with black lines to suggest volume, at times perspectival depth, and movement, bringing those silhouettes and their environs to life. Beyond this, fugitive pigments made it possible for the artist to create additional layers of interest and detail as we see in this example. Provenance: private Owen collection, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA, acquired in the 1990s from a US-based dealer Condition: One stable fissure from rim to shoulder beside one handle. Tiny nick above the mirror that Eros holds. Tiny nick to rim and two minute fissures below egg-and-dart  beneath this and to the right of the maiden; possible repair below these, though very difficult to see. Otherwise, normal surface wear and surface deposits commensurate with age and imagery is still vivid. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #146030

Eastern Greek Hellenistic Skyphos A wide- bodied pottery skyphos with burnished glaze to the inside and upper portion of the outside; two small scrolled handles just under the outside rim, standing on a small foot. Very fine condition and intact.Ex. Private German Collection acquired on the German market pre 1990. - 172mm, 281gr - ca.500-300BC - Ex. Private German Collection acquired on the German market pre 1990. - All items come with Free International postage, accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity .

5th-4th century BC. A carved rock crystal skyphos with domed foot, two lateral loop handles with ledge above and spur below. 101 grams, 95mm (4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition, one handle repaired.

ATTIC SKYPHOS CIRCA 400 BC decorated with two female portraits, and another with two female portraits, one with old note 'excavated in Luxor Egypt, University of Chicago Oriental Institute' 10cm high (2)

SMALL ATTIC BOWL of plain form, a southern Italian bowl, a small decorated skyphos, another plain example, a small Etruscan jarlet and four other pottery vessels (9)

A Greek Apulian red figure owl skyphos, circa 350 BC with twin handles above two owls interspersed with stylised foliage on a circular foot, width 15cm.Purchased from www.bidancient.com with details when purchased in 2004 and further letter from the Celtic and Prehistoric Museum. CONDITION REPORT: Height 7.5cm, internal diameter 8cm, width including handles 15cm, chip to foot rim, loss to black finish throughout with further nibbles, surface pitting and abrasions, general surface wear commensurate with age throughout.

2nd-1st century BC. A sheet silver bell-shaped skyphos with tiered pedestal foot, carination to the inner face, two applied lateral handles with leaf-shaped pads, looped shank; lightly-incised inscription to the sidewall '?o????' (?"). 125 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). From a private collection formed in North America; acquired on the US art market in the early 1990s. Fine condition, some cracking.

20th century AD. A silver plated skyphos, a copy of one found at Strelca, Bulgaria; wide mouth, body with repousse decoration of palmettes to the top, female busts, possibly goddesses, with hair hanging down side of face; below, facing feline heads with confronting ram heads between; below, running frieze of linked palmettes; to the base a rosette. 100 grams, 92mm (3 1/2"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

3rd-2nd century BC. A bronze skyphos drinking cup with reddish patina resting on a flared base; deep spherical body incised with a band around the inner surface; twin looped handles, each comprising two sea-dragons, connected centrally. 354 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of a central London gallery; previously acquired from a private collection formed during the 1990s. Very fine condition.

A South Italian black glazed skyphos, circa 300 B.C., decorated in red with a band of leaves and berries beneath a key pattern border, 8cm. high; also a Greek black glazed amphora, circa 4th century B.C., 11.5cm. high. Property from a European noble family (lots 2011-2013).