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LOT 0039
Very Large Cypriot Terracotta Bichrome Ware Plate
CIRCA 750-600 B.C.
21 1/4 in. (6.7 kg, 54 cm).
Broad disc with basal ring; tondo with outer band of wave-pattern in black and red on cream field, concentric inner bands with geometric and hatched patterns; two holes close to rim; repaired and partly restored with fresh painted extension of the existing design, iron retaining rim with attachment lugs.
Provenancewith Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.339.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00075782.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonham's catalogue pages.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. similar but less elaborate version of the type in the British Museum under accession no.1896,0201.20.
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Etrusco-Italic Bronze Warrior or Laran, God of War
Archaic, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
The warrior (Roman Mars) modelled in the round, representing a young muscular hero with long torso and rounded shoulders, wearing a high-crested Illyrian helmet with grooved perimeter, a hole above each ear for attaching an ornament; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 326 grams total, 16.2 cm high including stand
Ex N. Koutoulakis, Geneva. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 17 June 1999, no.2051. with Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2001, no.16. with Chrisitie's, New York, 7 December 2007, no.82. with Christie's, London, 2 April 2014, no.125. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11803-206793. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The statuette assumes the position of the 'warring Mars', which characterises the numerous Etruscan and Italic statues of the god produced as votive offerings to the temples or for private lararia. The god is depicted as taking part in a military march with his left leg advancing, his raised right would have held a spear and the left hand a shield. -
Scythian Bronze Plaque of a Stylised Horse
3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Horse in profile with plain head, shoulders and hips, textured flanks and neck; pierced at the ear, eye, nostril, hooves and rump; plano-convex in section with hollowed reverse. 120 grams, 92 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
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Hellenistic Garnet Gemstone with Hercules Club and Lionskin
2nd century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Plano-convex with incuse image of spiked club and lionskin mantle, repaired. 1.8 grams, 17 mm
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex London, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12386-226380. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
