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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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Mycenaean Miniature Painted Terracotta Bowl
Circa 13th-11th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Squat jar or bowl with raised rim, painted radiating strokes to the shoulder and concentric rings to the underside. 12.8 grams, 42 mm
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. -
Villanovan Bronze Lunate Razor
9th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising a broad crescentic plate with incised border and radiating hatched triangles respecting the concave curve of the blade; knop below the inner edge, short handle with stem and ring formed as addorsed birds; Grotta Gramicella Type A. 22 grams, 10.7 cm
Acquired on the European art market, 1990s. English private collection. with Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, Auction 43, no.71. -
Greek Terracotta Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall headdress and arms spread, hands palm-upwards; beneath, a C-section channel for attachment to a roof. 78 grams, 13.1 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
