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LOT 0521
Cypriot Mixed Terracotta Vessel Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (350 grams total, 82-92 mm).
Comprising: miniature amphora with two loop handles to the shoulder; spherical ewer with tall spout, trumpet-shaped neck and loop handle; biconical ewer with broad neck, spout and transverse strap handle. [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 Archaic Stone Statue of a Votary
Iron Age, 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
Standing erect on a square base wearing an ankle-length robe with mantle with segmented edge draped from the left shoulder, left arm straight at his side right arm bent and fist clenched at the breast; hair cut in a bobbed style with frontal band, collected in a Near-Eastern head-cloth falling down his back; bare feet with toes emphasised; mounted on a custom-made stand. 7.3 kg, 55.5 cm 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. 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.12046-217199.
The sculpture is a good example of the mixed Near Eastern and Attic Ionian styles reflected in Cypriot sculpture. Cypriot art was often influenced by both Greek and Near Eastern styles, although in phase H of the archaic period (680-400 B.C.) the Greek influence became stronger, perhaps as a result of intensified trade and political contacts between the continent, Ionia and the Aegean islands. -
Indo-Greek Terracotta Forger's Mould Group
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Group of discoid clay moulds for casting contemporary counterfeit coins. 47 grams total, 20-29 mm
Private collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Bronze Handled Mirror
Hellenistic, 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Comprising a broad disc with raised rim to one face, pelta-shaped junction developing to a balustered handle with acorn finial. 194 grams, 24 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
