With ellipsoid plaque, low-relief profile bust of a male with tousled hair and aquiline nose. 21.88 grams, 30.19 mm overall, 19.08 x 16.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)

Acquired by the owners family in the 1980s.
Ex Rupert Wace, Ancient Art Ltd, London UK.
with Christie's, New York, ‘Ancient Jewellery’, 11 December 2003, no.378.
European private collection.

Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12084-218157.

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 69, for type.

Scarab with detailed anatomical features, ellipsoid plaque with incuse inset motif topped at each end by the head of Horus; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.4 grams, 20 mm

Ex private collection of Mrs J.H., London, UK, early 1990s.

Plano-convex stamp with scarab detailing, incuse scene to the underside. 5.9 grams, 13 mm

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Carved in the half-round in three-quarter view, youthful male head with stern features, hair gathered in a browband, horns to the brow; from a frieze or relief; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.59 kg total, 18.7 cm high including stand

Private European collection.
Acquired on the Swiss art market, October 2013.
European private collection.

Accompanied by a copy of the 2013 invoice.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12085-218192.

For similar examples, cf. the marble heads of Dionysus in Smith, R.R.R., Hellenistic sculpture, Oxford, 1991, figs.77-80; for the iconography of young Dionysus see Reinach, S., Repertoire de la statuarie Grecque et Romaine, Paris, 1930,figs. pp.112-124.

Stylised face with broad surrounding hood with corrugated texture to the outer face; lentoid face with reserved almond eyes, D-section nose and slit mouth; with arc of drilled holes around the inner edge of the hood to accept inset ornaments, more holes to the forehead, eyes, cheeks and chin; mounted on a custom-made stand. 2.92 kg total, 29 cm wide 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 head of less refined workmanship in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.25.10.20.58.

Tapering flat-section body with ledge base, stub arms, applied facial detailing, tall polos headdress. 157 grams, 23 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.

Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report from Oxford Authentication no.N124d7.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12087-214721.

The female seated on a chair with arm-supports at the sides, wearing a long robe with ruched panel to the chest and pleated sleeves, the hair drawn up into a transverse band above the brow, surmounted by a tiara; hands across the waist holding an infant with head erect; mounted on a custom-made stand; repaired. 1.54 kg total, 24 cm high 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. Museum of fine Arts of Boston, Art of Ancient Cyprus, Boston, 1972, fig.44 (for a similar goddess seated with baby).

The statuette probably represents the goddess of fertility, originally imported from Crete in the 11th century B.C. but whose iconography survived in Cyprus until the 5th century B.C. The tiara is a characteristic attribute of this divinity, related to the Greek Demeter. The statue is probably a votive statue propitiatory for births.

Standing erect on a square base wearing an ankle-length robe with mantle with segmented edge draped from the left shoulder, left arm straight at his side right arm bent and fist clenched at the breast; hair cut in a bobbed style with frontal band, collected in a Near-Eastern head-cloth falling down his back; bare feet with toes emphasised; mounted on a custom-made stand. 7.3 kg, 55.5 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.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12046-217199.

Cf. Museum of Fine Art Boston, Art of ancient Cyprus, Boston, 1972, figs.35, 37,43; Spiteris, T., The art of Cyprus, London, 1970, fig.p.169; Morris, D., The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford,1985; Karageorghis,V., Early Cyprus, Crossroads of Mediterranean, Los Angeles/Milano, 2002.

The sculpture is a good example of the mixed Near Eastern and Attic Ionian styles reflected in Cypriot sculpture. Cypriot art was often influenced by both Greek and Near Eastern styles, although in phase H of the archaic period (680-400 B.C.) the Greek influence became stronger, perhaps as a result of intensified trade and political contacts between the continent, Ionia and the Aegean islands.

With bulbous body and slender tapering neck with strap handle to the rear, trumpet-shaped mouth; hatched bands and lozenges to the body and shoulder, multilinear rings to the neck; old collector's label marked '4' and '15.79' inked to the underside. 251 grams, 17.2 cm

Red-ink inscription '15.79' to the base suggesting it may have been deaccessioned from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Comprising a biconvex body and flared foot, tapering shoulder, carinated mouth; strap handle to rear with tall notched thumb-pad; painted scheme of panels with hatched bands and reserved lozenges, eye motifs and other detailing. 650 grams, 23.5 cm

The property of an English collector.
with Bonhams, London, 20 October 2005, no.408.
Property of a North London collector.

Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.

Comprising a bulbous body and slender tapering neck with strap handle to the rear, trumpet-shaped mouth; hatched bands and lozenges to the body and shoulder, multilinear rings to the neck; old collector's inked no. '15.78' to underside. 254 grams, 15.1 cm

Red-ink inscription '15.78' to the base suggesting it may have been deaccessioned from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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 narrow base, oblate profile, two lateral loop handles to the shoulder, broad neck and flared rim to the mouth; painted bands of circumferential geometric ornament, linear with lentoid motifs, radiating bars to the mouth. 8.5 kg, 53.5 cm

with Christie's, South Kensington, 4 November 1992, no.33.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12088-214715.