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LOT 0542
Cypriot Terracotta Vessel Group
IRON AGE, CYPRO-GEOMETRIC, 950-850 B.C.
4 1/8 - 5 3/4 in. (1.07 kg total, 10.5-14.7 cm).
Including globular jar with painted fish detailing, globular jar with trumpet-shaped neck and mouth, and other types. [5, 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 Terracotta Bowl with Bird
Late Bronze Age, 1200-750 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Broad bowl with rounded rim, central column with bird in flight finial with black painted detailing; one wing partly absent. 753 grams, 16.5 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. -
Greek Figural Alabastron
Archaic, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
The free-standing perfume vase modelled as a standing and draped female figure, the neck and mouth of the vessel possibly formed as a modius worn on her head, holding what is possibly a dove to her chest; moulded and painted detailing to her face and garments; heavily repaired. 269 grams, 22 cm high
Acquired in Europe before 2001. -
Etruscan Blackware Terracotta Kyathos
6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Squat bowl with pedestal foot and carinated profile, broad flared rim; tall loop handle with flat frontal panel with advancing nude kouros, the head turned and one arm bent, voided below respecting the inner outline of the legs; to the reverse, an incised gorgoneion with broad gaping mouth. 1.15 kg, 27 cm
English private collection.
