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LOT 0070
Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (502 grams, 17 cm high).
Blackware vessel comprising a broad bowl with frieze of animals (boar, lion, sphinx, horse); trumpet-shaped base with supporting caryatid; some restoration.
ProvenanceFrom the Steel family collection, 1950s-late 1990s.
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LOT 0070
Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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Greek Bronze Ring with Face
Circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With broad plaque, pointillé bands and roundels imitating a human mask. 7.47 grams, 27.25 mm overall, 23.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.2, Japan 27)
From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000. -
Hellenistic Terracotta Head of the Goddess Demeter
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Hollow-formed and with rounded facial features; wavy hair with central partition, dressed with a tall diadem. 74 grams total, 78 mm high
UK private collection. Acquired Spink, York, UK, 2009. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
The head is probably from a cult statuette of Demeter. Statuettes of the goddess, seated or standing, or even busts, are well documented in the south of Italy, both among the Greek colonists and the local populations; many have been excavated from regional sanctuaries. -
Cypriot Bronze Age Cone
2100-1850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Hollow-formed ceramic cone withlongitudonal hatched zigzag bands, incised circumferential band, impressed 'cross barby' and lozenge motifs; vertical 'seam' to the reverse with impressed 'stitching'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.55 kg total, 26.5 cm (30.5 cm including stand)
US private collection. with DuMouchelles Auction, Detroit, 18 February 2023, lot 1123.
