Greek Athenian Geometric Bowl
8th century B.C. An Athenian geometric high-rimmed bowl composed of a carinated body, shallow foot and twin 'ribbon' handles; painted friezes composed of alternating geometric panels including chequerboard, hatched, gammadion and circular motifs to the upper body, Greek key motif to the equator, chevrons to the handles and solid circumferential bands alternating with a band of dots and of chevrons to the lower body; solid bands of varying depth to the interior. Cf. The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, object number 1983.005, for similar; cf. The British Museum, museum number 1910,0414.5, for a broadly comparable bowl. 652 grams, 24 cm wide (9 1/2 in.). Ex David William Akehurst collection by descent. David Akehurst joined the British Museum in 1948, initially in the Greek and Roman Antiquities department, then moving to be Chief Conservation Officer of glass and ceramics until his retirement in 1982. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N122j41, from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.114480-196156. Possibly Late Geometric IIa, 735-720 B.C. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]