Modelled in the half-round with D-shaped face and short neck, transverse band of hair above the brow and ribbed panel above, flat-topped; slot to lower rear for attachment; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 426 grams total, 14.2 cm including stand

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1816,0610.128.

Comprising a simple arched bow, coiled pin and a flaring catch-plate. 2.58 grams, 47 mm

Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.

With a scalloped design on the body and twin symmetrical handles rising from the shoulder; restored. 790 grams, 18.5 cm wide

From the Rempte collection, Upstate New York, USA; acquired before 1980.
Ex Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA, 4 August 2016, lot 10.
with a Chicago, USA, collection.
Ex Harlan J. Berk Ltd, Chicago, USA.
Acquired from Palmyra Heritage Gallery, New York, 27 April 2020, lot 2.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.22.

Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 96.18.80, for similar; cf. also Buranelli, F., La raccolta Giacinto Guglielmi, Roma, 1989, p.84 no.308.

The terracotta has a distinctive shape, characterised by vertical grooves and frequently incised double spirals. The style was indigenous to Italy. The handles were thin and flat, while their sharp curves imply that the vessel’s shape originated from metallic prototypes, like shown by silver examples with gold handles found in the Regolini-Galassi Tomb in Caere (modern Cerveteri).

Group of discoid clay moulds for casting contemporary counterfeit coins. 40.1 grams total, 29-31 mm

Private collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

With trefoil folded rim to the mouth, painted bands to the strap handle, shoulder and lower body. 732 grams, 20 cm

Private estate Cheshire, UK, 1990s.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.

Group of discoid clay moulds for casting contemporary counterfeit coins. 47 grams total, 20-29 mm

Private collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a spherical body with tall tubular neck with bulbs and U-section pouring spout, large strap handle to the rear; panels of hatched incised ornament to the body, pierced bulbs. 329 grams, 19.3 cm

Private family collection for the last 50 years.
with Bonhams, London, 15 May 2008, no.375 (part).
Property of a North London collector.

Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original lot tag.

Substantial carved mortar with narrow base and biconvex body; heavily chipped. 2.1 kg, 13 cm

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Cf. a similar vessel in Karetsou, A. et al., Crete-Egypt, Cultural Ties of Three Millennia, Catalogue, Cairo, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2000, p.35, no.15b.

The vessel corresponds to the Warren type 28, with similar Egyptian parallels and correspondent typologies, with small differences on the edges (see Karetsou et al., 2000, nos.15a and 19a).

Comprising discoid cells each with shallow sidewall and flange rim, granule collar with radiating clusters. 1.62 grams total, 19 mm each

From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.

Broad shallow body with disc base, thick rim with pierced lug handle; repaired. 635 grams, 24.5 cm wide

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Cf. similar bowl in red clay in the University of Saint Andrews, id no.HC1994 3 (120).

Important Cypro-Geometric ceramic types include white-painted and bichrome wares, often decorated with geometric motifs and showing inventive shapes; slightly later, a distinctive black-on-red wares was developed on Cyprus, partly as a result of contact with the Levant.

Finial from a rhyton with stylised zoomorphic detailing: elongated snout, applied lozengiform eyes in lobe protrusions, horns or antlers above; curved conical body with tiered inner face, applied red pigment detailing. 442 grams, 15.5 cm

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

With black-glazed pale tan body and original matching lid decorated with two heads of ladies of fashion, palmettes between, radial lines on the knob handle and a waveband around the rim. 182 grams total, 9.3-14.2 cm wide

Old Belgian private collection, thence André Munter Archéologie, Brussels, Belgium.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.