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LOT 0632
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Jug
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1650 B.C.
6 1/8 in. (319 grams, 15.5 cm).
Globular in profile with tall tubular neck and slightly everted rim, loop handle to the reverse. [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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Etruscan Bucchero Ware Pottery Handle Depicting a Warrior
Archaic Period, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Broad, gently curved strap handle with raised lateral borders, low-relief image of a hoplite wearing a crested Corinthian helmet and gripping a tall spear, belt with kopis; mounted on a custom-made stand. 333 grams total, 23.7 cm including stand
Private collection, New York, thence by descent. with Antiquarium Limited, New York, 1981. -
Chalcolithic Terracotta Female Fertility Figure
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Of approximately pyramidal form with stub arms, pinched head, suggestion of incised belt or girdle to the midriff. 165 grams, 89 mm
From the collection of a late London, UK, gentleman, 1979-1999. -
Greek Geometric Bronze Spiral Fibula
7th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Formed from a single square-section filament rolled into two 'spectacle' discs; one of the spirals terminating in a long pin, the other in a hook serving as the catchplate; openwork figure-of-eight at the centre; pin present broken, coils separated. 159 grams, 17 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
