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LOT 0620
Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (11.4 grams total, 17-29 mm).
Comprising: a tubular green glass fitting with applied white-glass spines, pinched beak and broad eyes with spurs at the ears, probably an owl; a D-shaped oblate with central piercing and spurs to the angles, perhaps a bird; similar with longer curved spurs, probably a duck. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12310-222342.
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LOT 0620
Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Cypriot Grey Ware Vessel Group
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: dipper cup with loop handle; juglet with scooped spout; biconvex jar with carinated profile. 386 grams total, 7.3-10.9 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. -
Large Cypriot Terracotta Vessel Fragments
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, 950-850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Including rim and sidewall fragments, handles and painted band detailing. 10 kg total, 1.9-30 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. -
Large Greek Geometric Amphora Pair
8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Group of two fragmentary terracotta amphorae, one with much of the reverse absent, each with basal ring, broad shoulder and trumpet-shape mouth, two double-loop handles to the shoulder; painted horizontal bands of geometric ornamental motifs including meander, hatched lozenge, saltire, vesica and other designs; each with a domed lid. 4.3 kg total, 13 - 38.5 cm
Acquired it on the European art market since the 1970s. with Herakles Numismatik & Antiquitäten GmbH, München, Germany. Kept in the UK since the early 2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12311-218585.
