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Cypriot Grey Ware Pottery Bowl
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, circa 950-850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Broad squat bowl with carinated profile, everted stepped rim, single pierced ledge handle; repaired. 820 grams, 23 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. -
Cypriot Large Limestone Figure Fragment Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Including the torso of a soldier with baldric, left hand clutching the hilt of the sword. 1.15 kg total, 10.3-13 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. -
Etruscan Bronze Statuette
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Standing figure wearing a tunic with straight arms placed to the sides, with exaggerated facial features including bulbous eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 49.6 grams total, 84 mm 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.
The statuette belongs to a group of standing archaic statuettes, with short hair rendered by incised lines. They are usually depicted with legs together, arms at the sides or bent forward if they are holding objects (see the augur statuette from Lapis Niger, Rome). -
Greek Black Ware Kylix
Campania, circa late 4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Broad shallow bowl with thick in-turned rim and two loop handles. 109 grams, 15.2 cm wide
Ex old UK collection. Acquired from Cestrian Antiques, Chester, UK, 2004. Ex Pemberton collection, Wales, UK. Accompanied by an old professionally produced information card with collection reference C.317. Accompanied by the original Cestrian Antiques invoice. -
Greek and Other Pottery Fragment Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including flange-rimmed bowl, piecrust-based bowl, amphora and other types. 2.9 kg total, 3.5-25.5 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. -
Etruscan Bronze Decorated Belt Mount
5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With domed plaque and ribbed hook; the plaque formed as the pinions and folded wings of a bird of prey, the ribbed neck extending to a dog's head with ears folded back, hook protruding from the mouth; palmette decoration to finial; mounted on a custom-made stand. 149 grams total, 86 mm wide including stand
English private collection. with ArtAncient Ltd, 2013. Private collection, London. -
Hellenistic Gold Dolphin Amphora Pendant
2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Formed as an amphora with dolphin handles, oval carnelian bead below with granulated collar; loop and suspension ring above. 2.2 grams, 32 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s. -
Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric III, circa 850-750 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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, concentric circles to the shoulder and neck. 1.27 kg, 27 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. -
Cypriot Terracotta Vessel Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With loop and strap handles, flared stub legs, crimped rim and other details. 2 kg total, 16-19.5 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. -
Greek Black Ware Vessel Group
5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising a low footed dish; a kylix with flared foot, chamfered rim, single loop handle; a squat oinochoe with vertically ribbed body, flared rim, bifid loop handle. 352 grams total, 8.6-14.2 cm
Acquired on the London art market in the early 2000s. Ex property of an East Anglian gentleman. -
Hellenistic Bowl with Wave Design
2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With rounded underside and carinated shoulder, flared rim; incised guilloche or wave motif to the shoulder. 230 grams, 12.2 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Cypriot Terracotta Circular Vessel
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Hollow-formed ceramic ring with pierced funicular spout, lateral vent. 1.35 kg, 34 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.