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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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Cypriot Limestone Head
Iron Age, 600-400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Carved in the half-round with nemes headdress. 3.2 kg, 22.5 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. -
Greek Terracotta Protome Mask
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Moulded in the half-round with soft facial features and hair drawn back framing the face. 169 grams, 11.2 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Corinthian Black-Figure Oinochoe
6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Decorated with two superimposed friezes of animals including panthers, bulls and grazing ibexes; flowers and rosettes in the field; restored. 675 grams, 26.5 cm
Private collection, Old City of Jaffa, Israel. with Archeological Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N124d54 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12383-226986.
