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LOT 0569
Cypriot Terracotta Ram
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2500-2000 B.C.
4 3/8 in. (204 grams total, 11 cm wide including stand).
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, 2250-2000 BC. / Ram, red clay, once attached to the rim of a vessel.' and '2517-14/3'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 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.
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Opening Bid: £300
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4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
Comprising a shallow bowl and broad flange rim, two integral scalloped handles with lateral scrolled flourishes, each tapering to a S-curved handle with swan-head terminals with incised eye and beak detailing; perforated whirl within roundel to interior base; accompanied by a custom-made display stand with mirror. 402 grams total, 19.7 cm including stand
with Hôtel des ventes de Belfort Sarl, October 2011, no.16. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12209-222140.
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Cypro-Archaic Terracotta Bird Askos
Late Bronze Age, 1100-1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Hollow-formed as a bird, possibly a duck, with its beak acting as a spout, small lateral flanges for wings and painted geometric detailing; strap handle from funicular filler tube with a strainer inside to the fan-shaped tail. 670 grams, 24 cm
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.
