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LOT 0068
Cypriot White-Slip Ware Jug
CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
6 3/4 in. (251 grams, 17.2 cm).
With bulbous body and slender tapering neck with strap handle to the rear, trumpet-shaped mouth; hatched bands and lozenges to the body and shoulder, multilinear rings to the neck; old collector's label marked '4' and '15.79' inked to the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceRed-ink inscription '15.79' to the base suggesting it may have been deaccessioned from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Scythian Decorated Gold Boss
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Opening Bid: £80
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Cypriot Terracotta Male Idol
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Columnar figure with tall headdress and applied facial features; robe with floor-length sleeves (one partly absent); mounted on a custom-made display stand. 387 grams total, 23.5 cm including stand
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. -
Villanovan Impasto Amphora with Anthropomorphic Decoration
Early 7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Burnished impasto amphora with lateral strap handles, everted rim, impressed dimples and other decoration to the broad shoulder; with some repairs. 948 grams, 17 cm high
Ex Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg, Germany. From the collection of Dr Werner Cordes, Hagen, Germany, 1988. with Hammer Auktionen, Basel, Switzerland, sale 54, lot 121. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 21.25. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
