535. ASKURNA, Etruscan, Hellenistic period, approx. 320-27 BC, travertine/volcanic tuff.

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535. 2130799. ASKURNA, Etruscan, Hellenistic period, approx. 320-27 BC, travertine/volcanic tuff.

Description

Architectural form, the lid in the form of a gabled roof, one long side with baluster-shaped carving, the short sides with carved fields, the urn with carved columns in the front and field with decoration in low relief of Skylla, the sides with Medusa within fields, the back with vertical lines, height 43, 5, 40 x 34 cm PROVENANCE: Swedish private collection, Stockholm Purchased by the current owner in the 1960s/70s from CH Lundgrens Antikhandel, Almlövsgatan 3, Stockholm Compare the stone ashtrays in the British Museum, with decoration in low relief of seahorses, no. 1867,0508.112; terracotta ashtray in the collection of the Vatican Museum, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, with decoration in relief of Skylla, inventory no. 14138 Medusa is depicted on one short side and Skylla on one long side. Blame is fairly common on Etruscan ashtrays throughout the Hellenistic period. In Etruscan belief, the journey to the underworld was imagined to include a dangerous sea voyage. In Greek mythology, Skylla is a monstrosity that resides at the Strait of Messina, where at a narrow pass she squeezes sailors against the maelstrom of Karybdis. Therefore, the choice of motifs on an Etruscan ashtray was logical.

Condition

Chips and rejections, one short side edge with minor repair.

Sale

Fine Art & Antiques Spring 2022

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535. 2130799. ASKURNA, Etruscan, Hellenistic period, approx. 320-27 BC, travertine/volcanic tuff.

Description

Architectural form, the lid in the form of a gabled roof, one long side with baluster-shaped carving, the short sides with carved fields, the urn with carved columns in the front and field with decoration in low relief of Skylla, the sides with Medusa within fields, the back with vertical lines, height 43, 5, 40 x 34 cm PROVENANCE: Swedish private collection, Stockholm Purchased by the current owner in the 1960s/70s from CH Lundgrens Antikhandel, Almlövsgatan 3, Stockholm Compare the stone ashtrays in the British Museum, with decoration in low relief of seahorses, no. 1867,0508.112; terracotta ashtray in the collection of the Vatican Museum, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, with decoration in relief of Skylla, inventory no. 14138 Medusa is depicted on one short side and Skylla on one long side. Blame is fairly common on Etruscan ashtrays throughout the Hellenistic period. In Etruscan belief, the journey to the underworld was imagined to include a dangerous sea voyage. In Greek mythology, Skylla is a monstrosity that resides at the Strait of Messina, where at a narrow pass she squeezes sailors against the maelstrom of Karybdis. Therefore, the choice of motifs on an Etruscan ashtray was logical.

Condition

Chips and rejections, one short side edge with minor repair.

Sale

Fine Art & Antiques Spring 2022

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Details

House
Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art
Catalogue no
535

Fine Art & Antiques Spring 2022

Welcome to our hammer auction Fine Art & Antiques, an auction with Swedish and International Art, Old Master Paintings, Furniture, Antiques, Works of Art, Asian Ceramics & Works of Art, Silver, Carpets and Jewelry.

Wednesday 8 June
Start 10 am: Asian Ceramics & Works of Art
Start 2 pm: Swedish and International Art, Old Master Paintings

Thursday 9 June
Start 11 am: Furniture, Antiques, Works of Art, Silver, Carpets and Jewelry.

Friday 10 June
Start 11 am: Books, Maps & Manuscripts

The highlight of the Swedish classic department is Carl Larsson’s Garden Scene from Marstrand. The painting is Swedish summer personified and an exquisite example of Larsson’s watercolour painting at its best. Several other en plein air painters from the late 19th Century are represented, such as Bruno Liljefors, Frits Thaulow and Per Ekström. The latter’s atmospheric painting Summer landscape, Chantilly, allows the viewer to get up close to nature. The auction also includes a unique collection of works by the animal sculptor Arvid Knöppel, which show his versatility and skillfulness as a sculptor and illustrator. The notable artist Axel Törneman is also represented with a larger collection of works. The painting Archer, depicting his son Algot, is perhaps the auction’s most colourful masterpiece.

The international department presents works by artists such as Emelie Preyer and the French symbolist Henri Martin alongside the artist Bartholomeus Sprangers, who was one of the first artists to immerse himself in the 16th Century Mannerism, which can be seen in the auction’s beautiful work Allegory of the Goddess of Victory. The Old Master department also features a portrait depicting Count and Major General Leonard Johan Wittenberg by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, executed in 1677, only three years after Stockholms Auktionsverk was founded in 1674!

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