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LOT 0514
Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Round Bottomed Pouring Vessel
BRONZE AGE, 2300-1650 B.C.
5 1/8 in. (347 grams, 13.1 cm).
With rounded bottom, broad body and neck, slightly flared rim, strap handle to the rear, spout with flared end, bands of incised lines and zigzags. [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.
Cf. similar vessel lacking the spout in the British Museum under accession no.1888,0927.23.
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LOT 0514
Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Round Bottomed Pouring Vessel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Greek Bronze Dolpin and Wheel Proto-Money Group
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising: flat-section dolphin-shaped casting with raised eye; wheel-shaped casting with four spokes. 3.98 grams total, 19-29 mm
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.
The dolphin coins were made in Thrace to honour the god Apollo Delphinios. -
Greek Campanian Red-Figure Bail-Amphora with Male Figures
Circa 4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Comprising a tapering body and tiered foot, trumpet-shaped mouth with arched handle and bail; vertical rays to the neck, wave pattern to the shoulder, reserved male figure wearing a himation and holding a thyrsus, with tendrils and objects in the field. 733 grams, 36.5 cm
From a British deceased estate. with Christie's, London, 28 April 2009, no.239. Property of a North London collector. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. -
Cypriot Decorated Bowl with Stamped Characters to Reverse
Roman Period, 2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A wide bowl with carinated lip and lateral lug handle on a flat base; decorated on both sides with umber pigment on a white slip; to the outer face, a snake and band motif; to the inner face, multiple bands of crescentic, triangular net and zig-zag motifs; to the underside, low-relief inscription (partly legible). 535 grams, 23.5 cm
Tackey Crist, Cyprus Museum collection, NC, USA. Ex Leland Little auctions. with Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.
The piece is reminiscent of earlier white-painted wares of the middle-late Cypriot period. Although wheel-made white-painted ware is known from as far back as the Late Cypriot period (1300-1200 B.C.), the present piece must date to the Roman occupation of the island (from approximately the 2nd century B.C. onwards) because of the reserved (not impressed) Latin characters extant on the underside. The characters appear to have been applied to the clay whilst the vessel was wet. The inscription is impossible to decipher fully but contains the characters ... IN... ..AN.... ...DE M..... The use of 'D rather than Greek delta 'Δ' implies a Latin text.
