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LOT 0561
Cypriot and Other Idol Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
2 - 3 5/8 in. (480 grams total, 52-91 mm including stand).
Including a two-headed dog, a crouching female and a kneeling figure with vertical piercing; each mounted on a ceramic base. [3, 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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Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With globular body decorated with circumferential banding, low foot, conical neck with pinched spout, strap handle to the rear. 395 grams, 18.5 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Villanovan Bronze Pendant
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Formed as a domed disc pendant with openwork cross and central hole; triangular bale above, three loops below each with a crotal bell attached; mounted on a custom-made stand. 86 grams (134 grams), 11.9 cm(14.5 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.
The round element represents the four-spoked wheel of a chariot, typical of the Bronze Age. The motif has been interpreted as solar symbolism since this period. The circularity between solar cosmologies—symbolic wheel/solar vehicle/functional chariot—was deeply ingrained since at least the 15th century from North Europe to Aegeaum, and continued in the early Iron Age. -
Hellenistic Bowl with Wave Design
2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With rounded underside and carinated shoulder, flared rim; incised guilloche or wave motif to the shoulder. 230 grams, 12.2 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
