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LOT 0066
Greek Double-Handled Blackware Wine Cup
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (96 grams, 12.8 cm wide).
High-glazed, the body with an inverted bell shape, foot with channelled sidewall, two loop handles with carinated upper faces.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 2001.
European collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Cypriot Terracotta Flask Group
Middle-Late Bronze Age, 2000-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising: one globular with loop handles to the shoulder, pointillé decoration and funicular mouth; two globular with loop handle and trumpet-shaped mouth. 490 grams total, 9.2-16.5 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Daunian Terracotta Olla
Subgeometric, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £270
With a deep body on round base, flaring mouth, short loop handles to the shoulders; pendant circle segments on interior of mouth; Metope-like frieze on shoulder with triglyphs and suspended triangles, U-shaped motif at the root of the handle, horizontal bands; monochrome ware. 2.33 kg, 25.5 cm wide
The estate of Hans-Ulrich Rutschmann, Switzerland, circa 1950s-1970s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00097644. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Greek Macedonian Bronze Pyxis
8th century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
'Sickle-type' pyxis composed of a lentoid-section body with integral bird protomes, incised detailing and scalloped openwork finial; lid elliptical in plan with a central stem crowned by a pierced discoid flange, also adorned with stylised bird protomes; corresponding perforations in lid and body used to fasten the component parts together. 69 grams total, 75 mm
Acquired in Germany in 2001. Acquired by the present owner from the above. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Two pyxides of similar form were found at Samos, but the type is believed to have originated in Macedonia.
