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LOT 0534
Cypriot Painted Geometric Vessel Group
EARLY IRON AGE, CIRCA 950-850 B.C.
3 3/4 - 4 3/8 in. (222 grams total, 9.5-11.2 cm).
Comprising: a spherical vessel with trumpet-shaped mouth and strap handle, painted concentric circles; similar, larger with lateral spout. [2, 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 Brown Burnished Ware 'Bilbil' Vessel
Late Bronze Age II, 1400-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Unglazed tall juglet (bilbil) with flared foot, piriform body, tapering neck and flared mouth. strap handle; bands of bilinear ornament to the shoulder and neck. 103 grams, 13.7 cm
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. -
Archaic Greek Terracotta Figure of Mounted Warrior with Shield
7th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising a stylised horse with elongated neck, mounted by a bearded rider figure holding a shield with right arm bent, restored; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 220 grams total, 13 cm including stand
Acquired before 1990. From an old German collection. -
Etruscan Impasto Chalice
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With ribbed stem tapering to a low wide bowl; four loop handles on outside of bowl connecting outer lip of inverted rim to bowl; inside with nine wide equidistant grooves to centre of grooved circle at base of bowl; some restoration. 755 grams, 22.5 cm
From the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with collection inventory no.319; acquired in 1982. Ex Hindman Auctions, Chicago, USA, sale, lot 72. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.09. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph. Accompanied by a Francoeur Trust inventory card with inventory number 82.319), along with collection label 319 to its base. George R. Francoeur (1934-2019) received his Master’s Degree of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan and was a dedicated arts teacher for many years at Cranbrook Academy of Arts. His collection of ancient art was offered at auction by Hindman Auctions, with the proceeds benefiting the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Impasto and bucchero also share techniques that were used to form and decorate the vessels. Bucchero chalices with distinctive fluted walls were popular products during the first half of the 6th century B.C. at a number of Etruscan sites. It is likely that the inspiration for fluted chalices came from metalwork. Undecorated examples have been found at Poggio Buco.
