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LOT 0627
Cypriot 'Eyed' Trefoil Mouthed Pottery Jug with Swastikas
IRON AGE, CIRCA 800-600 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (285 grams, 14.5 cm high).
White ware globular jug with pinched trefoil mouth and strap handle to the rear; painted 'eye' detailing to mouth, serpent pattern to handle with curled finial, pairs of gammadion motifs to the body, [No Reserve]
ProvenancePeter Cran collection, Scotland, who worked as an engineer for the Cypriot public works department 1931-1946; thence by descent.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 May 2012, no.6 (part).
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and original lot tag.
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LOT 0627
Cypriot 'Eyed' Trefoil Mouthed Pottery Jug with Swastikas
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
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Greek Bronze Herm
Circa 3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Miniature herm with male head and torso developing to a square-section trunk with genitals; pointillé eyes, slit mouth, socket to base. 72 grams, 74 mm
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. -
Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
Modelled in the round with a muscular nude body, his club resting on his shoulder and the hair dressed in rows of tight, close-set curls underneath the Nemean lionskin hood with cloak billowing over his left arm, the paws tied across his chest; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 290 grams total, 14.5 cm high (19.5 cm high including stand)
Fine condition, excellent uniform patina.
with Sotheby's, New York, 21 November 1985, no.60. Ex private New York collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11794-206497.
The statuette assumes the position of the 'attacking Hercules', which characterises numerous Etruscan statues of the hero of the classical era, however, with a less aggressive stance. The type was probably an Etruscan creation of the 5th century B.C., based on Greek models, which lasted until the end of the Hellenistic period, when Etruria was by then incorporated into the Roman world. This statuette, despite certain anatomical stylisation and an impersonal characterisation of the face, is the result of a good artistic and technical quality. The comparison of the artwork with the group identified as ‘Trieste’ from Colonna shows that this specimen is more recent and should be dated to the end of the Hellenistic Age. These small statuettes were probably offered ex-voto by the Romano-Etruscan aristocracy of the period. -
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Chalice
Iron Age, circa 700-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Broad drum-shaped body with small foot, slightly everted rim, two lateral strap handles; painted bands to the lower body, handles and rim, vertical hatched and herringbone bands to the sidewall. 891 grams, 27.5 cm wide
Ex John Rilling collection, California, acquired prior to 1970. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 October 2012, no.1. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
