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A PAINTED POTTERY AMPHORA, BAN CHIANG, 1ST MILLENNIUM BC
奥地利 北京时间
2023年03月10日 开拍
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A PAINTED POTTERY AMPHORA, BAN CHIANG, 1ST MILLENNIUM BC
Thailand. The globular body supported on a spreading foot and surmounted by a waisted neck and flaring rim, painted to the exterior with even red lines forming spirals on the creamy white ware.

Provenance
: Bruno Cooper, Norwich, United Kingdom, 2010. Paolo Bertuzzi, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Bruno Cooper, dated 4 December 2010, describing the present vessel as a Ban Chiang painted terracotta amphora dating from the 1st millennium BC, and stating a purchase price of EUR 2,700 or approx. EUR 3,500 (adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot. Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022) was a fashion stylist from Bologna, Italy. He was the son of Enrichetta Bertuzzi, founder of Hettabretz, a noted Italian fashion company with customers such as the Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Paolo Bertuzzi later took over his mother’s business and designed exclusive pieces, some of which were exhibited in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA. He was also an avid collector of antiques for more than 60 years. His collection includes both archaic and contemporary art, and he edited two important books about Asian art, Goa Made - An Archaeological Discovery, about a large-scale archaeological project carried out with the Italian and Indonesian governments, and Majapahit, Masterpieces from a Forgotten Kingdom.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, small chips to the rims, encrustations, and cracks to the base.

Weight: 2,456 g
Dimensions: Height 33.1 cm

Ban Chiang denotes an archeological site located in Nong Han district, Udon Thani Province, Thailand. Discovered in 1957, the site attracted enormous publicity due to its distinctive red-painted pottery. During the first formal scientific excavation in 1967, archaeologists unearthed several skeletons, together with bronze grave gifts and unglazed earthenware pots which had been low-fired and painted red with unique, highly expressive and characteristic designs.

A subsequent excavation at Ban Chiang in 1974-1975 was followed by an article by Chester Gorman and Pisit Charoenwongsa, claiming evidence for the earliest dates in the world for bronze casting and iron working. Subsequent excavations, including that at Ban Non Wat, have now shown that the proposed early dates for Ban Chiang are unlikely. The first datings of the artifacts used the thermoluminescence technique, resulting in a range from 4420-3400 BC, which would have made the site the earliest Bronze Age culture in the world. These dates stirred worldwide interest. Thermoluminescence dating of pottery was at the time an experimental technique and had been applied to Ban Chiang sherds of uncertain provenance. However, with the 1974-1975 excavation, sufficient material became available for radiocarbon dating. Re-analysis by radiocarbon dating suggested that a more likely date for the earliest metallurgy at Ban Chiang was c. 2000-1700 BC. A date of 2100 BC was obtained from rice phytoliths taken from inside a vessel taken from the lowest grave, which had no metal remains. The youngest grave was about 200 CE. Bronze making began circa 2000 BC, as evidenced by crucibles and other fragments. A contrasting analysis was conducted by Charles Higham of the University of Otago using the bones of the people who lived at Ban Chiang and the bones of animals interred with them. The resulting determinations were analyzed using Bayesian statistics and the results suggested that the initial settlement of Ban Chiang took place about 1500 BC, with the transition to the Bronze Age about 1000 BC. The chronology of Ban Chiang metallurgy is still in considerable dispute.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related vase, 25.4 cm high, dated 3rd century BC to 3rd century AD, in the British Museum, museum number 1972,0919.1. Compare a related vessel, 17.2 cm high, dated ca. 300 BC to 200 AD, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1988.224.1.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams Los Angeles, 4 April 2011, lot 261
Price: USD 1,952 or approx. EUR 2,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Vietnamese Ban Chiang red pottery jar, late period, 200-300 BC
Expert remark: Compare the related form, decoration, and size

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