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LOT 0634
Cypro-Archaic Red Polished Ware Zoomorphic Jug Group
CIRCA 1400-600 B.C.
3 7/8 - 5 7/8 in. (878 grams total, 9.8-15 cm).
Group of three spherical jugs each with a tall neck and lateral loop handle; two with second smaller loop to the other side. [3, 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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LOT 0634
Cypro-Archaic Red Polished Ware Zoomorphic Jug Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Greek Canosan Terracotta Oinochoe with Face
Circa 4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
The body formed as a female bust with elaborately styled hair; discoid foot, tall stem with pinched rim giving a broad pouring lip, strap handle to the rear; some pigment remaining. 446 grams, 22.2 cm high
Old French private collection. Swiss private collection, Basel-Landschaft. Private collection of M. Tritten, Binningen, Switzerland. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
The Canosan ceramic workshops produced several series of head vases, starting with a red-figure imitation of the Attic plastic oenochoe attributed by Beazley to Group N.21. The next product combined two ceramic techniques: a) the neck, mouth, and handle were executed in red-figure technique with superimposed white rays on the neck; b) the head was drawn from two moulds, mounted on a base rim, and decorated with white slip and polychrome after firing. It belongs to the initial phase of the polychrome ceramic production of Canosa, for which only this type of mould is known. It also illustrates the close collaboration which existed between potters and coroplasts. The same archetype was used in the next phase, producing entirely polychrome head vases, like this one, in which traces of polychrome are still visible on the mouth and near the left ear. -
Greek Terracotta Head of Zeus
Circa 4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Modelled in the round with a broad diadem and thick hair and beard, deep-set eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 79 grams total, 75 mm including stand
Ex P.A. collection, Hertfordshire, UK, 1990s. -
Cypriot Bichrome Ware Openwork Dish
Iron Age, circa 1200-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Broad dish with band of openwork triangles to the lower sidewall, flat base; painted with black concentric rings, black rim, red band to the openwork. 190 grams, 15 cm
Peter Cran collection, Scotland, who worked as an engineer for the Cypriot public works department 1931-1946; thence by descent. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 May 2012, no.6 (part). From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and original lot tag.
