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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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Greek Archaic Bronze Brooch
7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Greek 'Lord Elgin's' Attic White-Ground and Black-Figure Lekythos, Circle of the Aischines Painter
Circa 450 century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Attic white-ground and black-figure cylindrical lekythos; circle of the Aischines Painter; on the body an outlined figure of Nike with torch; above, a maeander, and on the shoulder two circles of rays; mouth missing, foot replaced; small hole behind the head filled up, the colour partially rubbed. 173 grams, 17 cm
From the collection of Lord Elgin (BAPD 12703). Ex Coins and Medals, Attic Red-Figure Vases, Basel, Special List N, May 1971, no.48. Ex Imhof collection, Germany. Acquired Bonhams & Brooks, London, 26 April 2001, no.37. From the C.K. private collection, Graz. with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 30 June 2017, no.15. Property of a North London collector. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams & Brooks and Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages, and the original Bonhams & Brooks lot tag.
Once in the collection of Lord Elgin. With the corresponding pages of the M&M and Bonhams catalogues (copies).
