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Antique Questions Forum / Identify artist of Oil painting on Canvas

« on: April 27, 2024, 08:02:32 am »

Hello,

I'm looking for a bit of advice on an oil painting on canvas I purchased today in a charity shop in South Wales for £10.
I can't make out the artists signature in the bottom right and am unsure if I should take the tape off the back to see if there is anything else on it?

I've run an image search on Google which did find similar paintings of a boat on a Greek island in oil on canvas by a modern artist named Vita Schagen, although the style of painting is slightly different.
Height: 12cm
Width: 17cm

Any help would be appreciated on the possible artist. Pictures attached

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Antique Questions Forum / East Greek hand-painted vase?

« on: January 14, 2024, 05:24:59 am »

Hello,

I am new to the board and to collecting antiques.
I was in a second-hand shop in Wales, United Kingdom and found this small vase. It measures 6 inches/15cm in height, 6cm diameter at top, about 9.5cm diameter at it's widest.
It's quite light, 241g, and I think it's made of clay.

It's hand-painted and has a semi-erased stamp on the bottom (pictures in link below to gallery). I've figured out the last two words on the stamp say "GEOMETRIK PERIOD", not sure what the previous two bits are though and the middle bit of the stamp is not clear.

From researching it online, I've found that the style of painting is very similar to East Greek vase painting. This Wikipedia page shows an authentic one of similar painting style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Greek_vase_painting
But from what I can tell, if it was actually geometric period in Greece, it would be extremely old, so not sure if it's authentic. Hoping someone can help me out?

Thanks in advance

The pictures can be found at this gallery and below: https://postimg.cc/gallery/8C8qTGZ