< Previous19A DAUNIAN KYATHOS WITH MINIATURE BULL H. max. 11.5 cm. Clay, light and dark brown matt glaze. Daunian, Subgeometric II, 525–475 B.C. CHF 5,800 This shallow bowl with everted rim and high slung strap handle was richly decorated with painted lines on the exterior, the handle, the rim and part of the interior of the bowl. The belly and handle are also adorned with finely drawn, in part hatched geometric ornaments. One highly unusual feature is the figurine of a bull, modelled in the round and decorated with dashed lines, that the potter positioned at the centre of the bowl. The strap handle has eyelet-shaped protrusions on either side and two ring-shaped eyelets at the top. Restored and retouched breaks on the body and on one handle ring, minor wear on the lip; paint abraded in a few places. Formerly priv. coll. Horst Wagner (1931–2018), Berlin, acquired in the 1990s from Galerie Günther Puhze, Freiburg im Breisgau. For various Daunian Subgeometric kyathoi with miniature animal appliques and very similar de- coration, cf. S. Cassani (ed.), The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000 to 300 B.C., exh. cat. Geneva, 6.11.1993–13.2.1994 (Geneva/Naples 1993) 308, 331, 314, nos. 201, 204, 206 with illus.20A DAUNIAN DOUBLE SITULA WITH HANDLE H. (without handle) 17.3 cm. W. 28.8 cm. Clay, brown and red matt glaze. South Daunian, Listata III, 300–250 B.C. CHF 2,400 Two conjoined jugs of ovoid shape with flat base and arched strap handle. Richly decorated with wave pattern, rows of circles, floral herringbone motif, stars, a dolphin, several horned quadrupeds and two red bands. Semicircles adorn the mouth and the handle is decorated with a herringbone motif and a rectangle with a cross. Rim slightly worn, one surface loss, otherwise intact. Decoration slightly abraded in places. Listata pottery, a late form of Italic pottery. Formerly coll. Dieter Widmer (1918–2011), in the collection by 1987 at the latest. For a vessel closely related in style and ornamentation, cf. J. Chamay−C. Courtois, L’art premier des Iapyges. Ceramique antique d’Italie méridionale (Geneva 2002) 151, no. 82 with illus. On South Dau- nian pottery, Listata III and its ornamentation, cf. D. Yntema, The Matt-Painted Pottery of Southern Italy (Utrecht 1985) 380 ff., esp. illus. 267–272.21A YOUNG STAG H. 8.8 cm. Terracotta, polychromy. Greek, Boeotian, ca. 500 B.C. CHF 2,600 A young stag with elongated, slightly curved antlers and tapered muzzle. Slightly splayed legs and short, turned-up tail. Body painted bold yellow, save for the antlers, which are bright red. Chip to left ear restored; slight areas of surface damage, particularly to the hooves and tip of the tail. Surface somewhat corroded in places. Chipping on the horns overpainted. Otherwise intact. Formerly priv. coll. Ernst Beyeler (1921–2010). Thereafter priv. coll. Dr. Frank Hieronymus (1930– 2022), Basel, acquired from Jean-David Cahn AG at the exhibition “Archetyp und Individuum”, 17.6.2013, no. 27. On the style and plasticity of various Boeotian animal figures made of clay, cf. R. A. Higgins, Cata- logue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. British Museum (Lon- don 1954) 216, no. 807, pl. 110; H. Bloesch et al., Das Tier in der Antike, exh. cat. Zurich, 21.9.– 17.11.1974 (Zurich 1974) 29, no. 168, pl. 27.22A DANCING PAN H. 10.7 cm. Bronze. Greek, 2nd half 5th cent. B.C. CHF 14,500 The god with goat’s beard dances on one leg whilst he kicks the other, which ends in a hoof, up in the air. His arms are outstretched and he probably once held a musical instru- ment, possibly an aulos. The nail preserved in his left hand may have served to attach the instrument. The tips of the horns and the hoof of the left leg are lost. Top section of the tail preserved. Surface partially corroded. A drill hole between the buttocks indicates that the figure was attached to the rim of a vessel or cult object that may have been used in the Paneia, festivals in honour of Pan. Formerly Eli Borowski, Basel. Thereafter Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, Auction XXII, 13.5.1961, lot 61. Thereafter Henri Smeets Collection, Weert, The Netherlands, no. 163, 1961–1977. Thereafter Sotheby’s, London, 7.11.1977, lot 172. Thereafter Sotheby’s, New York, 14.12.1978, lot 265. Thereafter priv. coll., USA. Thereafter Bonhams, London 16.4.2015, lot 118. Thereafter priv. coll., USA. Publ. E. Godet et al., A Private Collection: A Catalogue of The Henri Smeets Collection, Weert, 1975, no. 163 with illus. Cf. a Pan in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 1989.281.55 (online). 23AN ARYBALLOS WITH RARE HUNTING SCENE H. 5.7 cm. Clay. Proto-Corinthian, 2nd quarter 7th cent. B.C. CHF 8,600 Encircling lines divide the body of the vessel into four friezes in silhouette manner. On the shoulder two dogs chase a hare. Below, a bearded man running to left with a spear in his left hand attacking a boar chased by three hounds. Vertical zigzag and wave motif. Rays on the mouth and above the foot. A braided band on the outside of the handle. Some minor chip- ping filled in and retouched, otherwise intact. The hunting scene with a boar in the main picture field, however, is unusual and extremely rare. The aryballos comes from the early period of Corinthian vase painting, which specialized in such miniature vessels. Formerly priv. coll. R.J. M.-P., London, since 1991; by inheritance from his father-in-law who lived in England and France and acquired the object in the 1960s (accompanied by a written statement of provenance by the former owner). Cf. an aryballos in the Museo Nazionale, Taranto, inv. no. 4172 (CVA Taranto, Museo Archeologico Nazionale 2,III C, d pls. 1, 4–6), which also features a bearded male figure attacking a boar with a spear. A pointed aryballos in the Antikenmuseum Basel is closely related in terms of ornamentation and division into fields: inv. no. BS1921.351 (CVA Basel, Antikenmuseum 1, 32-33, pls. 8, 1–4).Next >