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LOT 0537
Greek Corinthian Aryballos
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/4 in. (72 grams, 70 mm high).
With concentric rings to the rim, strap handle, painted hatched and other panels to the body; repaired.
ProvenanceEx P.A. collection, Hertfordshire, UK, 1990s.
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Cypriot 'Eyed' Trefoil Mouthed Pottery Jug with Swastikas
Iron Age, circa 800-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
White ware globular jug with pinched trefoil mouth and strap handle to the rear; painted 'eye' detailing to mouth, serpent pattern to handle with curled finial, pairs of gammadion motifs to the body, 285 grams, 14.5 cm high
Peter Cran collection, Scotland, who worked as an engineer for the Cypriot public works department 1931-1946; thence by descent. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 May 2012, no.6 (part). From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and original lot tag. -
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Etruscan Bronze Figure of Warring Mars
6th century B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
The Etrusco-Italic warrior Laran (Roman Mars) modelled in the round, representing a young muscular hero with long torso and rounded shoulders, wearing a high-crested Illyrian helmet with grooved perimeter, a hole above each ear for attaching an ornament; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 326 grams total, 16.2 cm high including stand
Ex Koutoulakis collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 17 June 1999, no.2051. with Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2001, no.16. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11803-206793.
The statuette assumes the position of the 'warring Mars', which characterises the numerous Etruscan and Italic statues of the god produced as votive offerings to the temples or for private lararia. The god is depicted as taking part in a military march with his left leg advancing, his raised right would have held a spear and the left hand a shield. -
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Phoenician Limestone Herakles Melqart Wearing Lionskin
Circa 6th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Modelled in the round, standing with lionskin mantle tied around the shoulders at the chest, with girdle to the waist and knee-length tunic; left hand resting on the handle of a club; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.85 kg total, 36.5 cm including stand
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.
Melqart was the Phoenician tutelary deity whose name means 'king of the city'; in the Roman interpretation, he was identified with Hercules.
