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Late Holy Land Twin-Handled Transport Amphora
Late Holy Land Twin-Handled Transport Amphora
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Description
Ancient Near East, Holy land, Greek Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora exhibiting an attractive white hue around its inverted piriform body. A pair of arching handles rise up from the shoulder and connect to the neck just beneath a thick, collared rim. This type of rim suggests that the vessel was plugged with a stopper made from either plaster or pitch and perhaps held food items like stewed fruits or preserved meat. Size: 8.8" Diameter x 15.5" H (22.4 cm x 39.4 cm); 16" H (40.6 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Owen collection, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA, acquired in the 1990s from a US-based dealer

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#181687
Condition
Repair to one handle and restoration to the opposite handle, with adhesive residue along repaired handle, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material of opposite handle. Abrasions and marine encrustations throughout, but overall nice form.
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Late Holy Land Twin-Handled Transport Amphora

Estimate $3,000 - $4,500
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Starting Price $1,500
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Artemis Gallery

Artemis Gallery

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Louisville, CO, United States7,915 Followers
Auction Curated By
Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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