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LOT 0041
Archaic Cypriot Head of a Male Votary
6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 7/8 in. (381 grams total, 15 cm high including stand).
Fragmentary head from a votive limestone figure of a male with long hair arranged inside a plain diadem above his forehead; the face with almond-shaped eyes sculpted in relief, arched eyebrows, and exhibiting the ‘archaic smile’; mounted on a display block.
ProvenanceEx Professor Hans Dahn (1919-2019), Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Large Etruscan Architectural Plaque with Bulls
6th century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
For a temple pediment (sima), comprising a curved upper band with polychrome tongue-shaped grooves, a relief depicting a procession of bulls below, the bulls depicted in a dynamic pose with curving necks and raised tails, the horns painted in black; two attachment holes. 4.66 kg, 50 cm
Acquired on the European art market between 1960s-1980s. Property of a gentleman. with Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, Auction 66, no.1. 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 search certificate number no.12162-218594.
Terracotta plaques like this sima were used in the pediments of temples (Minerva at Veii, Portonaccio Sanctuary, 540-530 BC), or decorated the architecture of tombs. The procession of the bulls recalls the style of painting on a similar slab with a procession of hunting dogs, probably from Caere. -
Parthian Glazed Ceramic Jug
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Speckled glaze; deep shoulder with chamfered rim and strap handle. 776 grams, 16.5 cm high
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Cypriot Terracotta Votive Figure of a Horse
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Modelled in the round with elongated neck and applied saddle to the rump; repaired. 95 grams, 10.2 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.
