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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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Large Mycenaean Three-Handled Terracotta Alabastron
Circa 1550-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Squat, drum-shaped body with broad shoulder and low neck, everted rim to the mouth; three applied strap handles to the shoulder; painted circumferential bands to the body, concentric bands to the underside, trilinear s-motifs to the shoulder, slip red to the mouth and handles; rim restored. 585 grams, 17.5 cm wide
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 Bronze Moneybox in the form of a Grotesque Man
3rd century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Hollow-formed with exaggerated nose and lips, small crescent-and-pellet ears, low-relief eyes with impressed pupils, small lock of hair to the scalp, vesica-shaped socket to the underside; pierced at the scalp and at the right ear. 67 grams, 48 mm
with Artemis Gallery, Munich, before 1998. Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2003. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12212-222320. -
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.
