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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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From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
The seal bears a classical representation of seated Zeus with his eagle-headed sceptre. The inscribed name (Charon) is probably the one of the owner, according to the interpretation of Boardman. The parallel of the image on this seal can be seen on a blue chalcedony scaraboid, type A.L.17 preserved in the Getty Museum (inventory 84.AN.I.12). -
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A black and red slip-coated pottery dipper cup with a hemispherical body and a pointed conjoined handle. 199 grams, 16.2 cm wide
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.
