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LOT 0529
Greek Terracotta Head Collection
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
2 1/2 - 3 in. (184 grams total, 63-77 mm including stand).
Including hollow-formed and solid moulded and hand-formed types in various types of ceramic; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Villanovan Impasto Cover-Bowl for Biconical Urn
Circa 10th-mid 8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Formed with a high foot and loop handle to the inturned rim, decorated on the outside rim with a complex pattern of interlocked chevrons perhaps representing two seated figures. 410 grams, 18 cm
From the estate of Mr Robert Onsted (1948-2011). Ex Malter Galleries Inc, California, USA, 2007. Palmyra Heritage Gallery, New York, USA, 19 October 2020, lot 141. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.21. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Hencken notes that cover-bowls as the lids of urns assume various closely related shapes; if there is ornament, it generally consists of some of the same decoration as is found on urns. -
Cypriot Terracotta Archaic Male Head
Circa 7th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Statue or frieze fragment, male head with flat-topped cap, long face with beard, remains of pigment. 96 grams, 63 mm
Ex Jacques Schotte collection (1928-2007) Belgium, 1950s onwards. with Bonhams, London, 29th April 2009, lot 147 (part). Property of a North London collector. Accompanied by a letter from Pierre Verite of Galerie Carrefour, Paris, dated 25 March 1963, relating to a Greek terracotta head from Cyprus, circa 7th-6th century B.C., and copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. -
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Graeco-Phoenician Mottled Agate Scaraboid with Three Line Inscription
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Plano-convex with three lines of incised text to the underside within a hatched border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.11 grams, 16 mm
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
