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LOT 0583
Greek Terracotta Zebu Statuette
CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
3 1/4 in. (145 grams total, 83 mm wide including stand).
Modelled with the head turned to one side, hump behind the shoulders. rounded rump; mounted on a custom-made stand. [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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Cypriot Terracotta Jar
6th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Bulbous in profile with rounded underside, broad rounded rim to the mouth. 1.6 kg, 21 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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Cypriot Stone Goddess and Child Statue
Iron Age, 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
The female seated on a chair with arm-supports at the sides, wearing a long robe with ruched panel to the chest and pleated sleeves, the hair drawn up into a transverse band above the brow, surmounted by a tiara; hands across the waist holding an infant with head erect; mounted on a custom-made stand; repaired. 1.54 kg total, 24 cm high 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.
The statuette probably represents the goddess of fertility, originally imported from Crete in the 11th century B.C. but whose iconography survived in Cyprus until the 5th century B.C. The tiara is a characteristic attribute of this divinity, related to the Greek Demeter. The statue is probably a votive statue propitiatory for births. -
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Dish
Early Iron Age, circa 1050-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Low ceramic dish with two loop handles to the underside, painted rim and tondo, concentric rings ro the underside and cruciform panel to the foot; pencilled collection number to the rim: '3128', inked collection number to the inside of one handle '[B]U 4139', and a red inked collection number: '634' on white painted panel to the base. 81 grams, 11.8 cm
The red-ink inscription to the base suggesting it may have been deaccessioned from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
