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LOT 0058
Cypriot Limestone Head
IRON AGE, 600-400 B.C.
8 7/8 in. (3.2 kg, 22.5 cm).
Carved in the half-round with nemes headdress. [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 or Roman Bronze Statuette of a Grotesque Holding a Jar
Alexandria, 1st century B.C.-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Modelled standing nude in a contorted pose with legs spread, holding a jar or bag to his chest; mounted on a custom-made stand. 73.7 grams total, 68 mm including stand
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.
Such figures are often described as ‘grotesques’, yet typically constituted overstated representations of people with dwarfism. Such individuals are invariably shown with exaggerated features such as pot bellies, hunched backs, bald heads, large phalli and angry facial expressions. -
Cypriot Terracotta Miniature Jug Group
800-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Comprising three vessels with bulbous bodies decorated with painted circumferential bands and concentric circles; single loop handle to the rear; tall neck with a central ridge and painted bands, wide trumpet mouth. 174 grams total, 83-87 mm
Acquired in 2000. Private collection, Europe. -
Etruscan Terracotta Satyr Antefix
4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,250
D-shaped in profile with high-relief mask of a satyr within a looped frame; hanks of curling hair to the brow and temples with berries to the fillet, lentoid eyes, broad nose, curling moustache and beard; ledge below and arched ridge to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 6.77 kg total, 30 cm including stand
Acquired from Faustus Ancient Art Ltd, London, 1990. Private American collection. with Christie’s, London, 27 October 2009, no 9. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. 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 a search certificate number no.12062-217441.
The antefix belongs to the typical decorative scheme of alternating maenad and satyr head antefixes that were mainly produced in Cerveteri. Heads were often placed in temples and displayed identifying features such as wavy hair and large, almond-shaped lidded eyes, and were lavishly painted. These typologies of antefixes generally look quite similar and appear to have identical colour schemes with dark red skin, and with darker shades of red applied to the hair below the ears, on top of the head and inside the ears.
