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LOT 0537
Greek Brown Ware Terracotta Cup
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
4 3/4 in. (162 grams, 12 cm wide).
Squat in profile with rounded underside, broad mouth with carinated rim and single strap handle. [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 Decorated Bowl with Stamped Characters to Reverse
Roman Period, 2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A wide bowl with carinated lip and lateral lug handle on a flat base; decorated on both sides with umber pigment on a white slip; to the outer face, a snake and band motif; to the inner face, multiple bands of crescentic, triangular net and zig-zag motifs; to the underside, low-relief inscription (partly legible). 535 grams, 23.5 cm
Tackey Crist, Cyprus Museum collection, NC, USA. Ex Leland Little auctions. with Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.
The piece is reminiscent of earlier white-painted wares of the middle-late Cypriot period. Although wheel-made white-painted ware is known from as far back as the Late Cypriot period (1300-1200 B.C.), the present piece must date to the Roman occupation of the island (from approximately the 2nd century B.C. onwards) because of the reserved (not impressed) Latin characters extant on the underside. The characters appear to have been applied to the clay whilst the vessel was wet. The inscription is impossible to decipher fully but contains the characters ... IN... ..AN.... ...DE M..... The use of 'D rather than Greek delta 'Δ' implies a Latin text. -
Indo-Greek Terracotta Forger's Mould Group
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Group of discoid clay moulds for casting contemporary counterfeit coins. 47 grams total, 20-29 mm
Private collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Etruscan Terracotta Foot
Circa 6th-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Right foot from a statue, hollow-formed and modelled in naturalistic style, with toes slightly curled; with surface deposits and traces of pigment. 868 grams, 19 cm
From the private collection of C.H., Niedersachsen, acquired between the 1960s and 1987. Acquired from Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2018, lot 94 (part). Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 18.10. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph. Accompanied by a copy of the Gorny & Mosch invoice.
