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LOT 0516
Greek Gold Animal-Headed Earring
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (2.91 grams, 22.69 mm overall, 17.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/4, Europe 2.41, Japan 2)).
The decoratively twisted hoop tapering toward the closure, cow or bull head modelled in the round with filigree ornament to the collar. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 74.51.3429 and 74.51.3446, for similar.
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Greek Terracotta Kantharos
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £700
Trumpet-shaped cup with narrow stem and flared foot, two elaborate scrolled loop handles with lateral spurs, Side A: painted female profile busts each with detailed stephane and drop earrings, the hair dressed in a kekryphalos, flanked by two white cross or sword symbols; Side B: similar but lacking the swords. 421 grams, 20 cm high
From a German auction. Ex Paris gallery, 2000s. -
Archaic Greek Terracotta Figure of Mounted Warrior with Shield
7th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Modelled in the round, the stylised horse standing on stub legs, with a long neck and detailing to its eyes; the warrior holding a shield in his left hand, right hand and arm raised to eye level, wearing a crested helmet; restored and mounted on a custom-made display stand. 339 grams total, 14.5 cm high including stand
Acquired before 1990. From an old German collection. -
Early Cypriot Red Burnished-Ware Vase
Bronze Age, circa 2300-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Bulbous bodied with a cylindrical neck and everted rim, decorated with incised geometric motifs: chequered squares, vertical chevrons, hatched and striped lozenges, combed circumferential bands; accompanied by an acrylic display base. 375 grams, 20 cm high
Acquired in the 1990s. From the deceased estate of a North Yorkshire private collector, UK. Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Red burnished-ware pottery became the dominant pottery ware lasting into the Middle Bronze Age on the island of Cyprus. Vessels were handmade and covered with a slip, which was burnished and often decorated with patterns incised with a sharp cutting edge before being fired. Potters were able to produce vessels that were either mottled or painted in two colours, often red outside and black inside and on the exterior of the rim.
