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LOT 0551
Mycenaean Miniature Painted Terracotta Bowl
CIRCA 13TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (12.8 grams, 42 mm).
Squat jar or bowl with raised rim, painted radiating strokes to the shoulder and concentric rings to the underside. [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 Terracotta Oil Lamp with Cornucopiae
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Opening Bid: £90
With circular body and raised rim, round central filling-hole flanked by cornucopiae; long broad nozzle with rounded spout-like termination; handle with three ribs. 62 grams, 10.5 cm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
The principal parts of a Graeco-Roman lamp were: a) the body or reservoir which contained the oil (infundibulum); the flat circular top (discus) on which the design was placed, sometimes with an ornamental rim; the edge (margo); the nozzle (rostrum, nasus, myxus) with a hole for the insertion of the wick (ellychnium); and the handle (ansa, manubrium,).
