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LOT 0087
Cypro-Archaic Standing Limestone Male Scribe
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
10 5/8 in. (536 grams, 27 cm).
Modelled in the half-round, standing nude male with mantle to the shoulders, clutching a codex in the right hand; with carefully dressed hair and diadem; D-shaped base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Bonhams, London, UK.
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.
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Minoan Bronze Statuette of a Lady
Middle Period, circa 1700-1450 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
With a small, stylised face with detailed eyes, nose and mouth; right hand raised to hold a child; wearing a flounced skirt with double belt; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 499 grams total, 16.5 cm high including stand
British private collection, acquired by 2000. 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.
In the Dictean Cave in Greece, many votive statuettes of this type were found. The flounced skirt is characteristic of Minoan women's dress, and it was lavishly decorated in folds of different colours. It could be worn with or without a narrow corselet, but in both cases exposing the breast. The exposed breast was connected to the cult of the mother goddess, and fertility, an element here reinforced by the presence of the suckling child. -
Greek and Other Pottery Sherd Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Including fragments of amphora, lekythos, kylix and other types. 1 kg total, 3.6-15.5 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 Painted Terracotta Chalice
Iron Age, circa 700-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Broad drum-shaped body with small foot, slightly everted rim, two lateral strap handles; painted bands to the lower body, handles and rim, vertical hatched and herringbone bands to the sidewall. 891 grams, 27.5 cm wide
Ex John Rilling collection, California, acquired prior to 1970. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 October 2012, no.1. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
