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LOT 0513
Cypriot Bichrome Ware Amphora
CYPRO-ARCHAIC I, 750-600 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (374 grams, 14.5 cm high).
With trumpet-shaped foot, piriform body, rounded shoulder, broad neck and flared rim, two lateral strap handles, circumferential painted bands. [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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Very Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, 950-850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240
With narrow base, oblate profile, two lateral loop handles to the shoulder, broad neck and flared rim to the mouth; painted bands of circumferential geometric ornament, linear with lentoid motifs, radiating bars to the mouth. 8.5 kg, 53.5 cm
with Christie's, South Kensington, 4 November 1992, no.33. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12088-214715. -
Cypriot Terracotta Vessel with Bull's Head on Rim
Bronze Age, circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bell-shaped jar with pierced lug below the rim, applied bull-head opposite; repaired. 670 grams, 17.1 cm wide
From the private collection of Dick Meijer. 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. Accompanied by an old handwritten tag with provenance. -
Villanovan Impasto Kyathos with Comb-Etched Decoration
7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Modelled with wide and squat body with carination and flared mouth; raised, biforal handle with transverse grooves and cross-hatch below; small projections emerging from the sides and an incised zigzag line around the body. 196 grams, 15.5 cm wide
From a Belgian collection formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Ex Haynault Ventes Publiques, Uccle, Belgium, 21 September 2021, lot 21. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 21.101. Accompanied by collector's catalogue page including description and photograph.
