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LOT 0572
Phoenician Terracotta Head Collection
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
2 7/8 - 4 1/4 in. (308 grams total, 7.3-10.7 cm including stand).
Including one with tongue-shaped headdress and painted detailing, one with radiating hair and chignon to the rear, and other types; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. [5, 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 Painted Ceramic Oinochoe
Iron Age, circa 700-475 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
With trefoil folded rim to the mouth, painted bands to the strap handle, shoulder and lower body. 732 grams, 20 cm
Private estate Cheshire, UK, 1990s. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Terracotta Attic Black Figure Vessel Fragment Group
6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Comprising: carinated rim fragment from a bowl with reserved siren, panther, rosette and other ornament; bowl base with reserved advancing nude male or satyr on a red field, sgraffito detailing; skyphos rim fragment with part of the handle, reserved egg-and-dart band. 106 grams total, 7.4-13 cm
From an early 20th century collection. By descent the property of a UK lady. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a previous handwritten note including provenance.
The body of the panther resembles the style of the school of Sophilos, an Attic painter active circa 580-560 B.C. The naked image (a dancing satyr?) recalls the Attic black figure depictions of ithyphallic satyrs, with torso, arms, legs and incision for internal details in white paint, made around 500 B.C. -
Cypriot Black Polished Ware Cup
Early III- Middle Bronze Age I, 2100-1850 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Hemispherical profile with three concentric bands to the outer face of vesica-shaped panels with median line and pointillé detailing; single pierced lug handle below the rim. 180 grams, 11.8 cm wide
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.
