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LOT 0573
Cypriot Red Polished Ware Jug Group
EARLY-MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2700-1900 B.C.
4 1/2 - 6 in. (750 grams total, 11.5-15.3 cm).
Group of three jugs each with spherical body and trumpet-shaped mouth, loop handle to one side. [3, 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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Boeotian Terracotta Figure of Satyr Playing an Aulos
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Modelled in the half-round, hollow to the underside; Satyr shown crouching, nude, playing an aulos, a double-reed musical instrument; plain to the reverse. 66 grams, 88 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1994, thence by descent. -
Cypriot Terracotta Ram
Early Bronze Age, circa 2500-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Modelled in the round with fleece texture to the back and rump, applied eyes and horns; mounted on a display base with old collector's labels to the underside: 'Cyprus / Early bronze age, 250-2000 BC. / Ram, red clay, once attached to the rim of a vessel.' and '2517-14/3'. 204 grams total, 11 cm wide including stand
Ex Professor Karl Lunde collection (1931-2009). 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. With old label to the base and accompanied by the remains of an old identification tag. -
Archaic Greek Set of Four Gold Beads
Early-mid 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Comprising four hollow-formed beads with tight rows of applied bosses, each boss with granulation to the centre. 25 grams total, 24-29 mm
From the property of the late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
