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LOT 0550
Bronze Age Cypriot Terracotta Burnished Pottery Jug with Handle
CIRCA 1900-1650 B.C.
7 5/8 in. (329 grams, 19.3 cm).
Comprising a spherical body with tall tubular neck with bulbs and U-section pouring spout, large strap handle to the rear; panels of hatched incised ornament to the body, pierced bulbs.
ProvenancePrivate family collection for the last 50 years.
with Bonhams, London, 15 May 2008, no.375 (part).
Property of a North London collector.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original lot tag.
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LOT 0550
Bronze Age Cypriot Terracotta Burnished Pottery Jug with Handle
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Greek Bronze Signet Ring with Pan
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With scaphoid bezel, intaglio seated faun with syrinx. 3.55 grams, 20.92 mm overall, 17.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Rhodian Stamped Amphora Handle Fragment
131 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With stamped retrograde inscription and rectangular panel : 'ΕΠΙ NΙΚΑΣΑΓΟΡΑ[Σ]' = under Nikasagoras. 49 grams, 82 mm
Acquired in the 1970s. From the private collection of a retired East Anglian teacher.
This fragment of Rhodian Amphora carries the Eponym official 'Nikasagoras', referring to the Eponym Officer of Rhodes of the year in which the amphora was produced and stamped. He is a well known eponym, also attested by an inscription. His stamps are individualised in comparison to those of the other two namesakes, Nikasagoras the Elder (circa 240 B.C.) and Nikasagoras 1 (circa 172–171 B.C.). These officers seem to have been those of the annually chosen priests of Helios who were the dating authorities of the Rhodian state. -
Cypriot White Painted Ware Jug
Middle Bronze Age, circa 1800-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising a spherical body with tall tubular neck and U-section pouring spout, large strap handle to the rear and small loop to the neck; panels of hatched painted ornament. 256 grams, 17.5 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.
