With flared foot, broad shoulder and trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle to the rear; painted frieze with scene of two warriors fighting on foot with spears, watched by two silhouetted companions; ivy leaves to shoulder. 154 grams, 13.9 cm

Ex Gübelin, Switzerland, before 1970.
with Fischer Luzern, 2006.
Acquired by the previous owner from the above, 9 June 2006.
Private collection, Europe.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss register certificate, no.S00066703.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12638-264603.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Cf. Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, New York, 1978, pp.463-464, for type.

With a deep bowl resting on a short stem and flared foot, the inner face with a central roundel, the outer face with a frieze of animals, Side A) an advancing lion with gaping jaws, a siren with its wings spread and head turned back, a grazing antelope and an advancing lion facing left, Side B) an advancing lion, a standing swan with its wings spread, a sheep(?), and another swan facing left with its wings spread. 396 grams, 28.5 cm wide

Swiss Art and Antiques Fair, Basel, 4-12 April 1987.
Ex Galleria Serodine, Ascona, Switzerland.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12639-236374.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

With broad flat foot and short stem, broad bowl with carination at the shoulder and two strap shoulders; a palmette on each side of the handle; Side A) a standing siren with its wings spread, Greek inscription below 'XAIPE KAI ΠIEI EY' (Rejoice and drink well); Side B) a grazing stag with large antlers, Greek inscription below 'XAIPE KAI ΠIEI EY' (Rejoice and drink well). 178 grams, 21 cm wide

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12640-236638.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

With cylindrical body and bevelled shoulder, stepped foot; three connecting palmettes above the shoulder with two flanking lotus flowers, meander pattern below; decorated with a scene from a fountain house comprising a building with three columns, water flowing from animal-shaped fountain heads into two hydria, two women approaching the vessels by stepping onto the upper step, both wearing a long himation and their hair tied up in krobyloi, two men approaching the building behind the women, dressed in cloaks and leaning on sticks, the man on the left holding a conical cup, a seated dog at his feet; restored. 715 grams, 33 cm

Ex Jean-David Cahn AG, Auction 4, Kunstwerke der Antike, 19 October 2002, no.234.
Private collection.

Accompanied by copies of the relevant Jean-David Cahn AG 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.12642-236377.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

With piriform body resting on a delineated foot, tubular neck with everted, inward sloping rim; two large handles projecting from the shoulder and descend towards the rim in a steep angle, rosette medallions embellishing the angles and base; chequerboard motif on the neck with bands of vegetal motifs on the shoulder, the handles with ivy leaves and linear decoration. 1.78 kg, 32.7 cm

From the estate of the prominent Swiss painter Max Gubler (1898-1973), acquired in 1936.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12646-236461.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.25.193.

A mould-made vessel with the body of a bird and the head of youthful female with her head turned right, hair arranged in long plaits falling on her shoulders, small lug on the back, the body resting on stylised legs tucked beneath the body. 341 grams, 18 cm

Ex Dr U.W., Biel, Switzerland.
with Rhea Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12647-236463.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Discoid with raised beaded rim, obverse slightly convex with a guilloche border; the reverse with a central five-petalled flower and three pairs of concentric circles, crescentic lines radiating from the innermost pair and extending to the outermost pair. 258 grams 15.2 cm wide

Private collection Dr L.M., Zurich, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Hollow-formed model horse with bridle and dressed mane, dorsal socket with hinge-lugs; long scooped tubular nozzle to the chest; one leg and tail absent. 603 grams, 23.5 cm

Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Sheet-gold with tapering finials, central raised cell set with a two-tone glass insert imitating banded agate; mounted on perspex backing. 76.87 grams total, 30 cm (36 cm including stand)

with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

A triangular sheet-gold panel with repoussé flowers and tendrils; mounted on perspex backing. 45.56 grams total, 15 cm wide (18 cm wide including stand)

From the estate of Dr Jacob Hirsch.
Acquired by Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, from the above in 1999.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Rosette panel with central claw setting and four voided cells, scrolled filigree and beaded wire; garnet cabochon to centre. 3.32 grams, 24 mm

Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Buffware vessel with bands of painted decoration on the ovoid body and on the rim, panels of reeding, saltires, gammadions and other ornament to the neck, loop handles. 4.4 kg, 38 cm high

Private collection, Lebanon, early 1970s.
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s.
Thence by descent, family collection, since 1998.

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.12653-234696.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Cf. Karagheorghis, V., Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, pp. 90-93, nos. 143, 145-148; Karagheorghis, V. et al., Cypriote Antiquities in the Royal Ontario Museum, Nicosia, 2003, pp. 37 ff., no. 59; Spiteris, T., The Art of Cyprus, New York, 1970, pp. 102-107, pp. 156-157; Yon, M., Manuel de céramique chypriote, I, Problèmes historiques, Vocabulaire, Méthode, Lyon, 1976, pp. 59-64.