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LOT 0511
Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/4 in. (395 grams, 18.5 cm).
Globular body decorated with circumferential banding, low foot, conical neck with pinched spout, strap handle to the rear.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Opening Bid: £2,000
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Iris Cornelia Love (1933–2020), New York, collection primarily formed in the 1950s-1970s. -
Greek Inscribed Bone Plaque
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A leaf-shaped plaque with a Greek inscription 'HPAKΛEIΔ [E] Σ EI' [possibly = of Heracleides]. 3.24 grams, 48 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Greek Bronze Ring with Dog
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising a slender D-section hoop and a lentoid bezel with a stylised dog. 1.24 grams, 18.82 mm overall, 17.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
