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LOT 0571
Cypriot Poppy Head Flask
CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
4 1/4 in. (53 grams, 11 cm high).
With broad shoulder and tapering stem, flared neck, collars at the junction with the strap handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
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Villanovan Impasto Cover-Bowl for Biconical Urn
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Formed with a high foot and loop handle to the inturned rim, decorated on the outside rim with a complex pattern of interlocked chevrons perhaps representing two seated figures. 410 grams, 18 cm
From the estate of Mr Robert Onsted (1948-2011). Ex Malter Galleries Inc, California, USA, 2007. Palmyra Heritage Gallery, New York, USA, 19 October 2020, lot 141. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.21. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Hencken notes that cover-bowls as the lids of urns assume various closely related shapes; if there is ornament, it generally consists of some of the same decoration as is found on urns. -
Villanovan Impasto Handled Amphora
Circa 750-700 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Comprising a wide foot beneath a squat stem with a bulbous body, a sloped shoulder beneath a columnar neck, a flared rim, and a pair of applied strap handles arching between rim and shoulder; body decorated with eight slender, vertical ribs surrounded by pecked stippling; two lateral bosses beneath a parabolic arch; surface burnished throughout; foot restored. 1.29 kg, 22.1 cm
From the collection of Eleanor Hilowitz (1913-2007), an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor, New York, USA; acquired between 1956 and 1975. Acquired by Randall Hixenbaugh of Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, New York, USA, in 2007. with Artemis Gallery, 26 September 2019, lot 54 (US$2,000-3,000). Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.03. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph. -
Boeotian Terracotta Horse Statuette
6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
In static stance with forelegs straight and head erect, applied harness detailing. 130 grams, 11.1 cm high
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.
