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LOT 0763
Mediterranean Terracotta Flask
IRON AGE, 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/8 in. (730 grams, 18 cm).
D-section pouch-shaped body with trumpet-shaped mouth and one remaining lateral loop handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 0763
Mediterranean Terracotta Flask
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Cyprus, 7th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Spherical body on a low ring foot, long tubular neck and wide rim, painted horizontal lines on the neck, and an applied round-section handle 365 grams, 18 cm
From the Swedish Painter Lasse Johnson (1899-1992), aquired 1972. Thereafter, offered by Maud Johnson-Vuilleumier to her cousin M.N.F.Pellation (1921-2005) in 1992; thence by descent. -
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Sabellian Bronze Statuette of Attacking Herakles
8th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £205
The nude hero depicted with a slender yet muscular body, the right arm angled and raised, the pierced hand probably once held a club, the left leg thrust forward energetically, lowering the hip line and emphasising the dynamic movement of the composition, the navel indicated by an engraved circular line, the knees marked by vertical incisions; the oval face characterised by eyes represented by triangular depressions, a narrow nose, a wide mouth whose slightly irregularly shaped lips separated by an incision, and a pointed chin; the short, cap-like hair detailed with fine incisions. 146 grams total, 12.6 cm high including stand
Ex Erika (1934-2025) and Jakob (1927-2025) Binkert, Binningen, Switzerland; inherited from Jakob's father, August Binkert-Textor (1896-1979), between 1940-1970, Basel. with Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Auction 2, 26 June 2000, no.239B; thence by descent.
Votive bronze from a Sabellian workshop in the typical local style. The Sabelli lived in the Samnium region (southern Apennines), where the cult of Heracles, as in Etruria, was widespread.
