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LOT 0548
Greek Painted Terracotta Storage Vessel
CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (894 grams, 17 cm wide).
With broad bulbous body and high flared neck, painted horizontal bands of geometric ornament.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 0548
Greek Painted Terracotta Storage Vessel
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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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. -
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Greek Apulian High-Glazed Fluted Cup
4th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Raised fluting decorating the body, broad c-section neck and everted rim, segmented openwork handle. 174 grams, 90 mm high
Acquired in the 1960s-1970s. Ex European private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11856-206542. -
Greek and Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel Collection
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Mixed group of vessels including biconvex bowl, drum-shaped jar and other types, some with painted ornament. 2.1 kg total, 7.8-18 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.
