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LOT 0584
Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Dipper Cup
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1900-1650 B.C.
6 3/8 in. (199 grams, 16.2 cm wide).
A black and red slip-coated pottery dipper cup with a hemispherical body and a pointed conjoined handle. [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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Greek Black-Figure Oinochoe
6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
With pinched three-lobe mouth and strap handle; threads and details highlighted in purple; decorated scene in square metope comprising two dancing figures, one male and the other female, probably symposiasts; the male naked, holding a stick in his right hand and with the other arm carrying his coat; the female, a hetaera, dancing and running to the right, wearing a long chiton and a coat. 423 grams, 20.3 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12089-218152. -
Cypriot Brown Burnished Ware Decorated Jar
Late Bronze Age II, 1400-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Biconvex in profile with dimpled base and broad mouth, band of linear chevron ornament to the base and similar to the shoulder, pelletted band to the equator, impressed pellets below the rim, two pierced lug handles. 467 grams, 14.2 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. -
Cypriot Terracotta Vessel with Bull's Head on Rim
Bronze Age, circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bell-shaped jar with pierced lug below the rim, applied bull-head opposite; repaired. 670 grams, 17.1 cm wide
From the private collection of Dick Meijer. 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. Accompanied by an old handwritten tag with provenance.
