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LOT 0621
Greek Ring with Standing God
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (3.38 grams, 22.28 mm overall, 17.72 x 20.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Scaphoid bezel with intaglio figure of Mars with helmet and sword. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Cypriot Red Polished Ware Bowl Group
Early Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Group of three hemispherical bowls, each with a thick rounded rim, one with lateral spurs to the rim. 700 grams total, 9.1-14.2 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. -
Cypriot Ceramic Horse and Rider Statuette
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Representing a warrior with conical helmet riding his mount, horse with long neck, short legs and traces of polychromy all along body, neck and ears. 251 grams, 17 cm high
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.
The most popular animals in Cypriot coroplasts of the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. were horses, with or without riders, with long necks and decorated along the whole body like contemporary ceramics. It is worth remembering that the horse in this period represented a status symbol for the military aristocracy and that bodies of sacrificed horses have been found in royal tombs. -
Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles
Late Helladic IIIB, 1300-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
With small flared foot, broad body and rounded shoulder, everted rim and two loop handles to the shoulder; painted bands of linear ornament. 280 grams, 15 cm
Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 2000s. European private collection.
Deposits from Mycenae, Korakou and Nichoria are relatively rich in painted jugs, small stirrup and piriform jars. The pattern usually employed on piriform jars preserves a rim decoration of short strokes, neck being solidly painted. Following an usual syntax, a line group appears on the upper shoulder below the neck. Bases are solidly painted, except for an occasional thin reserved area on the lower base edge.
