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LOT 0542
Archaic Greek Bronze Figure
CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (68 grams, 78 mm including stand).
Standing nude with arms held straight at the sides, hair braided; probably a kouros monumental fitting; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Greek and Other Pottery Fragment Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including amphora, bowl, cup and other fragments. 5.6 kg total, 5.5-33 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. -
Boeotian Plank Idol of a Goddess
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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. -
Cypriot Grey Ware Pottery Bowl
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, 950-850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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.
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.
