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LOT 0072
Greek Bronze Snake Biting a Cicada Mount Fragment
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (46.15 grams, 43 mm).
D-section insect body with lateral splayed wings, merging with the head of a serpent with scale detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of an London antiquarian, 1980s.
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LOT 0072
Greek Bronze Snake Biting a Cicada Mount Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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Cypriot Red Polished Ware Bowl
Bronze Age, circa 2000-1600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Hemispherical in profile with slightly inverted rim, band of circumferential incised lines beneath the rim and concentric zigzags below, roundels to the underside; single small pierced bulb for suspension. 289 grams, 14 cm
Ex Ian Auld collection, 1970s-1990s. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.315 (part). From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. -
Greek Terracotta Vessel Collection
Circa 4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Mixed group comprising: blackware footed jug with loop handle, high-relief mask of Apollo, old collector's label inside the foot 'Carnac 1846'; blackware amphora with strap handles (one absent), band of rosettes to the neck, old collector's labels 'Carnac 1846' to base and body; amphora with marine encrustation, old collector's label (illegible). 526 grams total, 98-120 mm
Collected circa 1846. From a 19th century collection. Acquired by a previous vendor's father in the 1930s-1940s. Ex property of a North London, UK, gallery. -
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.
