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LOT 0057
Etrusco-Corinthian Terracotta Piriform Aryballos
CIRCA 600-550 B.C.
4 in. (4 1/8 in.) (96 grams total, 10 cm high (10.5 cm high including stand)).
With piriform body, narrow neck and broad rim to the mouth, broad strap handle; painted with radiating strokes to the mouth and shoulder, band or pellets and tongue pattern to the foot; old collector's label 'C Vecchia', probably Civita Vecchia, a seaport serving Rome.
ProvenancePrivate collection Hertfordshire, England.
with Ancient Resource Auctions, 2 December 2013, no.124A (US$ 2,500-4,000).
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 14.04.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and image.
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Italo-Corinthian Terracotta Piriform Juglet with Animals
6th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With applied handle and integral foot, medial frieze of running animals and horizontal lines; band of pellets to the mouth. 40 grams, 71 mm high
From an early French collection, pre 1960. -
Mycenaean Terracotta Goddess Figure
Circa 13th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Standing on a conical foot with rounded upper body, applied disc breasts, impressed necklace, pinched facial features, old label '24' to reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 69 grams total, 92 mm including stand
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 Red Polished Ware Zoomorphic Jug Group
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Each with burnished surface, globular body with conical underside, tall spout with open rear face, loop handle; one with lateral lugs to the spout forming 'eyes'. 780 grams total, 19.5-27 cm
with Christie's, London, 11 December 1974. Formerly from the collection of Lord Dayton of Corran, formed between 1960-2000. Acquired from Bonham's, New Bond Street, 27 April 2006, lot 313 (part). The smaller vessel is 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. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
The plain red polished ware was dominant in Cyprus in the early Bronze Age. It included jugs with nipple base, cutaway sprout, and paired, blunt projections near handle attachment points.
