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LOT 0582
Cypriot Terracotta Flask Group
MIDDLE-LATE BRONZE AGE, 2000-1200 B.C.
4 1/2 - 5 1/4 in. (322 grams total, 11.6-13.2 cm).
Comprising: biconvex juglet with loop handle and U-shaped lip; two with trumpet-shaped mouth and carinated body, strap handle (one absent). [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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Cypriot Red Polished Ware Bowl
Bronze Age, circa 2000-1600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Hemispherical in profile with slightly inverted rim, band of circumferential incised lines beneath the rim and concentric zigzags below, roundels to the underside; single small pierced bulb for suspension. 289 grams, 14 cm
Ex Ian Auld collection, 1970s-1990s. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.315 (part). From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. -
Cypriot Terracotta Jug with Bull's Head
Cypro-Archaic II - Cypro-Classical I, 600-400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Comprising a bulbous body with conical flanged base, tubular neck and everted flange rim with chamfered upper face, loop handle to the shoulder with applied strip to the outer face and disc to each side; small spout to the shoulder formed as a bull's head; painted bands to the equator, base and lower neck. 1.5 kg, 37.5 cm
Asian collection, purchased 1968-1972. with Christie's, New York, 8 June 2001, no.127. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Etruscan Brownware Impasto Vase
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Biconical with a broad neck, everted rim and two high handles, shoulder decorated with high vertical ridges with conical knop at centre to two faces. 328 grams, 14.4 cm
Ex private Mister X. (1931-2017) collection. Sold in the benefit of the 'Croix-Rouge of Monaco'.
