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LOT 0489
Cypriot Terracotta Votive Horn
2100-1850 B.C.
5 3/8 in. (71 grams, 13.5 cm).
Tapering round-section votive with reserved zigzag bands of dense linear hatching; modern mounting pin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the celebrated personal collection of art formed by the famous anthropologist, artist, and television presenter Desmond Morris.
with Christie’s, South Kensington, 14 May 2002, lot 19 (part).
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Greek Gold Floral Mount
Circa 4th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
The repoussé flower with seven petals and pierced through the pistil and once between the petals. 0.36 grams, 14 mm wide
Property of a UK gentleman, acquired 20 November 1981. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Cypriot Ceramic Jug
650-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £663
Of piriform profile with lateral loop handles below the broad shoulder, short neck with flared mouth; bands of painted geometric ornament to the shoulder and equator; circular vent to one face and similar to the reverse with horizontal bar; old collector's labels '8.', 'No.357' and 'Chypre'; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 96 grams, 14 cm high (393 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand)
Collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras and Rouen; thence by descent. with Millon & Associes Auctions, Paris, 6th December 2021, lot 6. -
Greek Terracotta Figural Plaque
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising two acephalic nude figures: the female shown from behind with rounded buttocks and a voluminous garment draped over her shoulders; the male figure shown frontally with his weight on his left leg, leaning against the female, left hand resting on his hip; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 197 grams, 10.3 cm high (344 grams total, 15 cm high including stand)
Ex French Sorbonne archaeology professor (deceased); 1960s-2000s.
The couple represented here could be a depiction of Eros and Psyche. Terracotta figurines of these divinities are quite common in Hellenistic Asia Minor, the Black Sea, the Near East, with examples from Amisos, Ephesos, Priene and possibly Smyrna, but also in the Cyrenaica and in Sicily. In mainland Greece there are a few examples of related types from Beroia and Pella. However, not all the figurines of couples depict Eros and Psyche. Different types are known from other areas of Greece in the late Hellenistic period, on Crete there are close parallels from the Idaean cave.
