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LOT 0647
Hellenistic Bronze Sitting Statuette of a Demon
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (71.5 grams total, 78 mm including stand).
Modelled nude in seated pose with legs astride and right arm bent, the grotesque face slightly raised, horns to the crown; mounted on a custom-made stand; Eastern Greek. [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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Hellenistic Bronze Sitting Statuette of a Demon
2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Modelled nude in seated pose with legs astride and right arm bent, the grotesque face slightly raised, horns to the crown; mounted on a custom-made stand; Eastern Greek. 71.5 grams total, 78 mm 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. -
Hellenistic Terracotta Theatre Mask
2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Modelled as a grotesque male head with gaping crescent-shaped mouth, pointed nose, furrowed brow and thick mop of hair around the head; pierced at the upper face. 45 grams, 60 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Cypriot Brown Ware Base-Ring Terracotta Jug
Late Bronze Age, circa 1450-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a piriform body and flared base with outer thickened rim, collar to the shoulder attached to a tall neck gently flaring to an everted rim, single strap handle. 504 grams, 22 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.
