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LOT 0595
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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Cypriot Round-Bottomed Spouted Terracotta Jug
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £592
Of globular profile with strap handle and tall scooped spout; applied lugs to the shoulder, incised zigzag ornament; spout with pierced lug to the underside and band of impressed pellets. 935 grams, 32 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. -
Cypriot Brown Ware Base-Ring Terracotta Jug
Late Bronze Age, circa 1450-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a piriform body and flared base with outer thickened rim, collar to the shoulder attached to a tall neck gently flaring to an everted rim, single strap handle. 504 grams, 22 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 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.
