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Lot 99

A Greek Black-Figured Mug with an Octopus

Lot 99

A Greek Black-Figured Mug with an Octopus

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000

Estimate$30,000 – $40,000

Status

Closed

A Greek Black-Figured Mug with an Octopus

Circa Late 5th Century B.C.

Height 2 7/8 inches (7.3 cm).

Provenance:

Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Zurich, acquired prior to 1981.

Christie's, London, A Peaceable Kingdom, The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, 26-27 October 2004, Lot 39.

Phoenix Ancient Art, New York, 2006 (anonymous exhibition catalogue, pp. 12-13, 98, no. 6).

Published:

A. Kozloff (ed.), Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, pp. 147-148, no. 126.

P.E. Mottahedeh (ed.), Out of Noah's Ark: Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Jerusalem, 1997, p. 16, no. 7.

The Painter's Eye: The Art of Greek Ceramics, Greek Vases from a Swiss Private Collection and Other European Collections, Geneva and New York, 2006, pp. 80-81, no. 18.

Inspected under UV light and 10x loupe. Intact as preserved. Old inventory number "M126" inscribed in red ink on inside of rim. Scratches, surface cracks, abrasions, and weathering typical of age. Heavy mineral deposits present inside. Some areas of overpaint. Overall in very fine and attractive condition. See additional images. Height with stand 5 inches (12.7 cm).

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Jacob Coley

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Antiquities and Ancient Art

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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