An Exemplary Archaeological Collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon
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The sale of the former Louis-Gabriel Bellon collection was acclaimed by a crop of preemptions for works from ancient Greece. Greece, Attic workshop, attributable to the painter Nikon, c. 475-425 BC. Red-figure orange terracotta amphora with black glaze, painted on one side with a richly-garbed hoplite and on the other with a slinger in a short tunic, with a protective cap and an animal skin serving as a shield, h. 33 cm/13 in.Result: €338,000 Endowed with a passion for archaeology that could be qualified as bulimic, Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), after making his fortune, began to buy pieces from the ancient
