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Exhibited Ancient Greek Askos In The Shape Of A Siren

Lot 33
01.02.2023 18:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
CHF 3 000
AuctioneerRhenus Auktionen
Event locationSwitzerland, Allschwil
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Lot 33 | Exhibited Ancient Greek Askos In The Shape Of A Siren
Estimate value
CHF 6 000 – 8 000
Exhibited Ancient Greek Askos In The Shape Of A Siren

Rhodos / late 6th Century B.C. / Ceramic / L = 15.7 cm (6 3/16 in)

Rhodian askos in the shape of a beautifull siren.
Exhibited at the Antiken Museum Basel und
Sammlung Ludwig. Very well documented.

Condition: Missing parts of the lower body restored.

Provenance:
Swiss private collection Bonsera.
Purchased from Jean-David Cahn, Basel.
Before that in the private collection of the
gallerist Marcel Liatowitsch, Basel.
Purchased before 2000.

Exhibited:
Antiken Museum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Exhibition: ''tierisch'' : Tiere und Mischwesen in der Antike. 19.09.2021 - 19.06.2022

Published:
Catalogue 24, 2019; Galerie Cahn, Basel.
Tiere, Mischwesen, Pflanzen. No° 26


This object is accompained by the following:
-Publication: Catalogue 24, Galerie Cahn.
-Original documents from teh Galerie Cahn,
-Museum magazine: Exibition ''tierisch'''
-Annual report of the Antiken Museum Basel, with a picture(very small) of the exibited siren.
-Certificate of authenticity from Rhenus Auktionen.(As for all other objects)

Est.: 6'000 - 8'000 CHF / Start: 3'000 CHF
Originality:With certificate of authenticity
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramic
Art style:Ancient Art
Place of origin:Ancient Greece
Category:Ancient Art and Excavations
Condition:Repariert
Address of auction Rhenus Auktionen
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