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LOT 0080
Greek Apulian Epichysis with Lady of Fashion
4TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/8 in. (208 grams, 15.5 cm).
Comprising red-figured jug with a profile female head between volutes, with a diademed sakkos and chignon to the rear; reel-shaped body with a tall angled handle showing two human-headed rotelles at the join to the beak; glazed tongues at the base of the neck, radiating strokes on the upper lip; to the body, a white laurel wreath along an incised line.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market.
Formerly in a private German collection.
Acquired HannoVerum GmbH Auktions - und Handelshaus, Hanover, Germany.
Ex property of a Swiss collector.
Cf. Gorny & Mosch Auktionen Munich, June 2016 sale, lot no. 204; see also Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 1964.1; Beazley vase no. 1000850; CVA Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, 32, pl. (749) 32.7-8.
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Greek Terracotta Female Bust
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Modelled in the round wearing a polos headdress and large disc earrings, the segmented hair retained by a diadem and falling to the shoulders; finely modelled facial features with lentoid eyes and full pouting lips; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.4 kg total, 24.5 cm including stand
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Cypriot and Other Idol Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £208
Anthropomorphic figures, some mounted on a ceramic stand; plank idol after the antique. 410 grams total, 6.1-12.9 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. -
Scythian Bronze Animal Mount Group
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising three mounts in the shape of an eagle with hooked beak, a wolf, and a leopard; each with D-shaped loop to the reverse. 7.1 grams total, 15-21 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
