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LOT 0539
Greek Black Glazed Terracotta Hydria with Figures
6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/4 in. (515 grams, 18.6 cm).
Tall vessel with narrow base and loop handles to the shoulder, strap handle to the rear; reserved figural scene of a horse in profile with handler and rider behind.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990, thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12047-211885.
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.19.192.45; Joslyn Art Museum, inventory no.1953.255, for a similar Attic black figure hydria.
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LOT 0539
Greek Black Glazed Terracotta Hydria with Figures
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Hellenistic Gold Ring with Artemis Gemstone
2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Hollow-formed shank with broad plaque and inset garnet cabochon intaglio profile bust of Artemis in high-relief. 11.27 grams, 26.91 mm overall, 17.95x20.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12219-222340. -
Villanovan Bronze Lunate Razor
9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Comprising a broad crescentic plate with incised border and radiating strokes respecting the concave curve of the blade; knop below the inner edge, short handle with stem and ring formed as addorsed birds; Grotta Gramicella Type A. 33.6 grams, 10.8 cm
Acquired on the European art market, 1990s. English private collection. -
Cypriot Terracotta Vessel Group
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, 950-850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Including a thin-walled bowl with painted motifs, an amphora with 'attached' handles and a small oinochoe decorated with circlets. 812 grams total, 7.7-16.5 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.
The objects are proto-white painted pottery, with abstract linear lines and drawings, and circlets. The design of the pots and vessels followed local traditions, but as an island with links stretching across the Eastern Mediterranean, Levantine and Aegean coasts, Cyprus was influenced by foreign ceramic fashions of the time. The beautiful concentric circles were reminiscent of the sun; careful horizontal and vertical lines intersecting each other forming a graphic landscape.
