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LOT 0517
Cypriot Brown Burnished Ware Decorated Jar
LATE BRONZE AGE II, 1400-1200 B.C.
5 5/8 in. (467 grams, 14.2 cm wide).
Biconvex in profile with dimpled base and broad mouth, band of linear chevron ornament to the base and similar to the shoulder, pelletted band to the equator, impressed pellets below the rim, two pierced lug handles. [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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Hellenistic Lead Weight
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Square in plan with D-shaped extension to the top, obverse with high-relief tree flanked by symbols, sides with running zigzag, reverse with ankh symbol on a lattice field. 107 grams, 51 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cypriot Limestone Bull Statue
Cypro-Archaic I, 750-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Carved in the round as an advancing bull with its tail placed between the hindlegs, thick fur to the throat; the fill between the legs with traces of cross-hatching in red pigment; old collector's label '477' to flange base; mounted on an old wooden collector's stand with painted numeral '193' to one face. 1.29 kg total, 24 cm including stand
Base and collection numbers suggesting it may have been deaccessioned from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Joseph Klein collection, formed in New York between 1941-1980, thence by descent. with Bonhams, London, 24 October 2012, no.3. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This possibly represents a bull or bull calf associated with the Apis cult. -
Cypriot Decorated Bowl with Stamped Characters to Reverse
Roman Period, 2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A wide bowl with carinated lip and lateral lug handle on a flat base; decorated on both sides with umber pigment on a white slip; to the outer face, a snake and band motif; to the inner face, multiple bands of crescentic, triangular net and zig-zag motifs; to the underside, low-relief inscription (partly legible). 535 grams, 23.5 cm
Tackey Crist, Cyprus Museum collection, NC, USA. Ex Leland Little auctions. with Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.
The piece is reminiscent of earlier white-painted wares of the middle-late Cypriot period. Although wheel-made white-painted ware is known from as far back as the Late Cypriot period (1300-1200 B.C.), the present piece must date to the Roman occupation of the island (from approximately the 2nd century B.C. onwards) because of the reserved (not impressed) Latin characters extant on the underside. The characters appear to have been applied to the clay whilst the vessel was wet. The inscription is impossible to decipher fully but contains the characters ... IN... ..AN.... ...DE M..... The use of 'D rather than Greek delta 'Δ' implies a Latin text.
