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LOT 0586
Classical Terracotta Head Group
CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
3 1/8 - 5 in. (772 grams total, 7.9-12.8 cm).
Comprising: bust of a female (possibly Aphrodite) with diadem; hollow-formed mask of Silenus; a bearded head of Zeus or Poseidon, possibly not ancient. [3]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Jacques Schotte (1928-2007), Belgium, 1950s onwards.
Acquired Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009 (part).
Acquired from a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
The comic actor from the Moonen collection, Belgium, 1980s; then Archea, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Property of a North London collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and invoice.
Accompanied by a previous owner's certificate of authenticity.
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Heavy Cypriot Pottery Brazier
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Tubular terracotta form with crenellated rim, four inward-facing lugs each with a hole beneath, inner ledge, lateral vents and square aperture at the base; hatched texture to the rim; two lateral ledge handles. 12.1 kg, 39.5 cm wide
Ex Stella Pitt Rivers collection, Dorset Museum, UK. Acquired from Sotheby's, London, 13 May 1980, no.160. with Bonhams, London, 15 October 2008, no.139. with Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.340. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and original lot ticket. -
Etruscan Blackware Impasto Vase
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Biconical with a tapering cylindrical neck and two handles, raised ribbing around the shoulder. 550 grams, 15 cm wide
Ex private Mister X. (1931-2017) collection. Sold in the benefit of the 'Croix-Rouge of Monaco'. -
Etruscan Ceramic Votive Foot
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising the outer part of a right foot with elongated toes and anatomical detailing, base of a sandal visible on the outer edge. 351 grams, 19 cm
Acquired in Germany before 2000. English private collection.
This object belongs to impasto ceramics of red-brown typology, and it was probably an unfinished votive foot. It could have been part of a medium-size statuette, or an anatomical ex voto related to a temple deposit, linked with a health divinity. We have parallels in Veii, Vulci and in the whole of the Latial area.
