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LOT 0107
Greek Black-Glazed Pinecone Jug
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 3/8 in. (105 grams, 86 mm).
With raised domes to the body, broad neck, everted rim, bifurcated handle, foot.
ProvenanceAcquired European art market, 1980s-1990s.
Private English collection.
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Formed with stylised features including a hooked beak and large circular eye; suspension loop to reverse. 3.24 grams, 21 mm
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Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Pitcher
Bronze Age, 2300-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
With burnished surface, tall tapering neck and trumpet-shaped mouth, globular body, one loop handle at the shoulder. 3.4 kg, 42 cm high
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Greek Bronze Bow Brooch
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Deeply arched bow with a central barrel-shaped extension, integral pin and rectangular footplate. 46.8 grams, 60 mm
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
The distinctive form of this fibula seems to be an Italic variant of characteristic Geometric period examples from Thessaly that have been discovered in large numbers, for example in the sanctuary of Zeus Thaulios near Pharos. It belongs to the category of Greek catch plate brooches, although the rectangular footplate is substantially reduced than the Greek prototypes, and the two grooves on the bow are narrower than the continental Greek ones.
