Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 0604
Phoenician Votive Terracotta Figure
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
11 1/4 in. (718 grams, 28.5 cm).
Hollow-formed female votive with diadem to the head, earrings, collar; hands held before the chest; possibly Aphrodite. [No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
Literature
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.74.51.2464.
CONDITIONVETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
RELATED LOTS
-
Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles
Late Helladic IIIB, 1300-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
With small flared foot, broad body and rounded shoulder, everted rim and two loop handles to the shoulder; painted bands of linear ornament. 280 grams, 15 cm
Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 2000s. European private collection.
Deposits from Mycenae, Korakou and Nichoria are relatively rich in painted jugs, small stirrup and piriform jars. The pattern usually employed on piriform jars preserves a rim decoration of short strokes, neck being solidly painted. Following an usual syntax, a line group appears on the upper shoulder below the neck. Bases are solidly painted, except for an occasional thin reserved area on the lower base edge. -
Minoan Bronze Statuette of a Lady
Middle Period, circa 1700-1450 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
With a small, stylised face with detailed eyes, nose and mouth; right hand raised to hold a child; wearing a flounced skirt with double belt; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 499 grams total, 16.5 cm high including stand
British private collection, acquired by 2000. 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.
In the Dictean Cave in Greece, many votive statuettes of this type were found. The flounced skirt is characteristic of Minoan women's dress, and it was lavishly decorated in folds of different colours. It could be worn with or without a narrow corselet, but in both cases exposing the breast. The exposed breast was connected to the cult of the mother goddess, and fertility, an element here reinforced by the presence of the suckling child. -
South Italian Gnathian Ware Pottery Oinochoe
Circa 4th century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Piriform bodied with U-shaped spout and high handle, polychrome painted egg, zigzag, bar, dot and laurel pattern with a flower arranged in rows to the front face. 193 grams, 20.2 cm high
Acquired in Europe before 2001. European collection.