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A Greek Attic Black-Figure Amphora, ex-Royal Athena

Currency:USD Category:Antiquities / Greek Start Price:22,000.00 USD Estimated At:30,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD
A Greek Attic Black-Figure Amphora, ex-Royal Athena

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Auction Date:2012 Nov 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-06:00 : CST/MDT)
Location:P.O. Box 714, Erie, Colorado, 80516, United States
Athens, Greece, late 6th to early 5th Century BC. Paintings: Athena Promachos. Reverse: Two nude athletes with javelins and discuss. The sphere between the legs of the athletes is a follis or inflated ball for playing an early form of soccer developed by the Greeks around 1000 B.C. into a kicking/throwing game, called episkyros. Early balls were made of lined and hair wrapped in string and sewn together. Later the follis was made from inflated pig bladders wrapped tightly in leather. 9-5/8"H (24.4 cm.) Intact

Provenance: Ex-private East Coast, USA Collection. Exhibited: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, 1989-2005; priot ex-E.K. collection, Canton, Michigan, acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries in 1987.

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