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LOT 0538
Greek and Other Pottery Fragment Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 8 7/8 in. (5.49 kg total, 3.8-22.5 cm).
Including fragments of bowls, amphorae, pots, jugs and other items. [60, 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 Brown Ware Jug
Late Bronze Age, circa 1700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising a bulbous body with slightly conical underside, tapering tubular neck and everted flange rim, loop handle to the shoulder; restored. 1.03 kg, 25.5 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.
Wheelmade red lustrous ware was a ceramic of foreign origin which found its way into Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age, when international trade was widespread. According to Karageorghis it originated in Anatolia during the early Bronze Age but was known in Alasya (Cyprus) during the Late Bronze Age II. -
Cypriot Terracotta Head of a Warrior
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With conical helmet bearing vertical lines of impressed points (representing rivets), applied square-cut beard and domed eyes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 95 grams total, 87 mm including stand
Ex Sotheby's 2003-2005. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Greek Rhodian Stamped Amphora Handle Fragment
131 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With stamped retrograde inscription and rectangular panel : 'ΕΠΙ NΙΚΑΣΑΓΟΡΑ[Σ]' = under Nikasagoras. 49 grams, 82 mm
Acquired in the 1970s. From the private collection of a retired East Anglian teacher.
This fragment of Rhodian Amphora carries the Eponym official 'Nikasagoras', referring to the Eponym Officer of Rhodes of the year in which the amphora was produced and stamped. He is a well known eponym, also attested by an inscription. His stamps are individualised in comparison to those of the other two namesakes, Nikasagoras the Elder (circa 240 B.C.) and Nikasagoras 1 (circa 172–171 B.C.). These officers seem to have been those of the annually chosen priests of Helios who were the dating authorities of the Rhodian state.
