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LOT 0582
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Storage Vessel
CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (894 grams, 17 cm wide).
With broad bulbous body and high flared neck, painted horizontal bands of geometric ornament.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Minoan Stone Vessel
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Of conical profile with raised ropework detailing to the broad shoulder. 1.48 kg, 14.6 cm wide
Private European collection, 1992. Thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12086-218214. -
Hellenistic Lead Weight
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Square in plan with D-shaped extension to the top, obverse with high-relief tree flanked by symbols, sides with running zigzag, reverse with ankh symbol on a lattice field. 107 grams, 51 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Round-Bottomed Flask Group
Bronze Age, 2300-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Each with an unglazed spherical body and tall tubular neck, one with pouring lip and strap handle, one with D-shaped loop handle, one with rosettes to the shoulder, two loop handles and scooped spout. 1 kg total, 14.8-17 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.
