Tuesday, June 21, 2011

What I'm Loooking at Today: Antiquities: Attic and Roman

I really like antiquities...give me anything Roman or Greek and I'm pretty happy. I came across these nice examples in a sale in Dublin at Adam's they're pretty great.




AN ATTIC RED FIGURE COLUMN KRATER, 5th Century B.C., side A with seilenos and two maeneds, side B with three draped youth, the rim with a black frieze of animals. 40cm high. Provenance : Purchased from Antiquus, 90 Pimlico Road, London 1986. 


A SOUTH ITALIAN RED FIGURE COLUMN KRATER, 4th Century B.C., side A with winged Victory between two youths, side B with three draped youths. 46cm high. Provenance : Purchased from Antiquus, 90 Pimlico Road, London 1986 



A PAIR OF POSSIBLY LATE ROMAN MARBLE COLUMNS, each of tapering form with a moulded cap, on later black painted wooden plinths. 137cm high; the plinths 35.5cm square. 6.5cm high. Provenance : Purchased from Antiquus, 90 Pimlico Road, London 1986 

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