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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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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. -
Greek Silver Fibula
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising an ellipsoid bow with lateral knops (one absent) and applied collars, longitudinal band of applied filigree braid, knop finial with collar, perpendicular two-coil spring and long pin; footplate with incised saltire with reversed-loop finial, square catchplate with pointillé gammadion and frame. 6.86 grams, 42 mm
Private European collection, 1994, thence by descent. -
Cypriot Grey Ware Pottery Bowl
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, 950-850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Broad shallow body with disc base, thick rim with pierced lug handle; repaired. 635 grams, 24.5 cm wide
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.
Important Cypro-Geometric ceramic types include white-painted and bichrome wares, often decorated with geometric motifs and showing inventive shapes; slightly later, a distinctive black-on-red wares was developed on Cyprus, partly as a result of contact with the Levant.
