Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 4
A Greek bronze situla circa 4th century BC with a circular foot and tapering cylindrical body...
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £480
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Description
A Greek bronze situla
circa 4th century BC
with a circular foot and tapering cylindrical body having a frieze band of stamped tongues and an over hanging flat rim, the pair of handles hooked into loops with a central palmette to either side, with a later copper sleeve connecting the foot to the part fragmentary body,
30.5cm high with handles up.
Provenance
Dr Ferdinand Mainzer, Collection, 1871 - 1943.
Lucie John (nee Mainzer)
Gisela Stone (nee John)
Evan David Robert Stone QC and thence by descent.