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LOT 0065
Boeotian Plank Idol of a Goddess
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
9 in. (157 grams, 23 cm).
Tapering flat-section body with ledge base, stub arms, applied facial detailing, tall polos headdress. [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.
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.
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Greek 'Lord Elgin's' Attic White-Ground and Black-Figure Lekythos, Circle of the Aischines Painter
Circa 450 century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Attic white-ground and black-figure cylindrical lekythos; circle of the Aischines Painter; on the body an outlined figure of Nike with torch; above, a maeander, and on the shoulder two circles of rays; mouth missing, foot replaced; small hole behind the head filled up, the colour partially rubbed. 173 grams, 17 cm
From the collection of Lord Elgin (BAPD 12703). Ex Coins and Medals, Attic Red-Figure Vases, Basel, Special List N, May 1971, no.48. Ex Imhof collection, Germany. Acquired Bonhams & Brooks, London, 26 April 2001, no.37. From the C.K. private collection, Graz. with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 30 June 2017, no.15. Property of a North London collector. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams & Brooks and Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages, and the original Bonhams & Brooks lot tag.
Once in the collection of Lord Elgin. With the corresponding pages of the M&M and Bonhams catalogues (copies). -
Greek Campanian Red-Figure Bail-Amphora with Male Figures
Circa 4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Comprising a tapering body and tiered foot, trumpet-shaped mouth with arched handle and bail; vertical rays to the neck, wave pattern to the shoulder, reserved male figure wearing a himation and holding a thyrsus, with tendrils and objects in the field. 733 grams, 36.5 cm
From a British deceased estate. with Christie's, London, 28 April 2009, no.239. Property of a North London collector. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. -
Cypriot Poppy Head Flask
Circa 1450-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With broad shoulder and tapering stem, flared neck, collars at the junction with the strap handle. 53 grams, 11 cm high
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
