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A GROUP OF ANCIENT POTTERY VESSELS
Including an Egyptian terracotta Bes beaker, 6.8cm high, Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.; a Hellenistic Megarian bowl, with a floral decoration surrounded by radiating teardrops on the underside,10.2cm diam, circa 2nd Century B.C.; a late Roman terracotta pomegranate, hollow, with a hole in the top, 8cm high, circa 4th-5th Century A.D.; a Byzantine terracotta ampulla, with a globular body, joined to the rim by two small handles, with two small feet on the base, 13cm high, circa 10th Century A.D.; and two others, 9.7cm-13.2cm high; and a Roman marble fragment of a piece of drapery, 12cm wide, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D., (7)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Literature: There is a similar terracotta pomegranate in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession number 24.97.110).
£500-£700 *
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A CYPRIOT KRATER
Iron Age, circa 9th-8th Century B.C.
A white painted ware stemmed krater with two lug handles, both the stem base and handles are painted black painted black, decorated with encircling bands, geometric patterns in the rectilinear style on the shoulder, the inside is also enlivened with encircling bands, 21.3cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£1,000-£1,500 *
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A CYPRIOT AMPHORA
Circa 8th Century B.C.
Bichrome ware stemmed amphora, decorated with geometric pattern on the body and groups of vertical lines around the shoulder, enlivened with a wavy line around the neck and encircling bands inside the neck, two black handles extending from rim to shoulder, the base is coloured with red, 26.5cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired Christie's, London, Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, lot 107.
Literature: For a similar vessel, see The Walters Art Museum collection (accession number 48.2335).
£700-900 *
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THREE CYPRIOT VESSELS
Iron Age, circa 950-750 B.C.
All white painted ware, including a jug with a trefoil mouth, the globular body decorated with encircling bands and geometric pattern, 14.5cm high; a stemmed bowl with lug handles, decorated on both the inside and the outside with encircling bands, 14.9cm high; and a chalice on a foot base with lug handles and a thumb rest, the globular body decorated with encircling bands and undulating lines, the rim decorated inside and out, 13.6cm high (3)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£500-£800 *
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TWO CYPRIOT VESSELS
Iron Age, circa 950-750 B.C.
Both white painted ware vessels, including a hemispherical bowl with a single lug handle and a ring base, decorated with encircling bands, 13.7cm high; a bowl with a single pierced lug handle and a ring base, also decorated with encircling bands inside, outside and on the wide rim, 7cm high (2)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£300-£400 *
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TWO CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSELS
Iron Age, circa 9th-8th Century B.C.
Including a feeder bottle, with the original loop handle painted black, the neck and shoulder enlivened with black encircling bands of varying widths, 17.2cm high; and an amphora with only one of the original lug handles remaining, decorated with concentric umber bands of varying widths, the lip of the rim enlivened with painted filled circles, 14.5cm high (2)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£200-£300 *
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A DAUNIAN VESSEL
Circa 6th Century B.C.-4th Century B.C.
Decorated with umber and black encircling bands and geometric motifs, the strap handle with similar decoration, a collar rim also decorated with red and umber bands, 14.5cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£300-£400 *
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A CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA CHARIOTEER AND BASE
Circa 7th-6th Century B.C.
The figure standing the square wagon of a chariot, wearing a pointed helmet, a looped back pillar on the chariot, 15.5cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£300-£400 *
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A CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA BUST
Iron Age, circa 7th-6th Century B.C.
The figure wearing a diadem, the strands of which fall down the back of the head, with the hair falling on the shoulders, holding a tambourine to the chest, 10.3cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£200-£300 *
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURAL PLAQUE
Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Depicting a woman in relief wearing a high polos, standing with her hands by her side, 18.5cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£100-£150 *
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THREE GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURES
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Including a fragment of a figural plaque, with a nude female figure depicted in relief holding a quadruped in her arms, 13.5cm high; another terracotta plaque of a female figure in relief, wearing a polos, and holding either and animal or baby in her arms, 10.5cm high; and another terracotta figure despicted squatting, 7.5cm high, (3)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£150-£200 *
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FIVE ANCIENT POTTERY VESSELS
Middle Bronze Age to 4th Century B.C.
Including an Athenian black-figure lekythos, depicting two draped and two semi-draped figures, with handle, 14cm high; a south Italian storage jar, with two handles from rim to shoulder, some black slip remains, 9.3cm high; south Italian flask with a strap handle, decorated with black slip, 13cm high; a red-figure Lekanis lid, decorated with birds and a foliate motif, 5.8cm high; a white painted ware Cypriot flask, with a pierced handle and the remains of umber geometric decoration, 11cm high (5)
Provenance:The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£450-£550 *
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A LARGE GROUP OF GLASS ITEMS
Roman to Islamic Period and later
Including a Roman red opaque glass patella cup, 9.2cm diam; a Roman clear glass bottle with cloudy iridescence, 13cm high; a Roman glass tear bottle, 10.2cm; an Islamic brown glass bottle, 14cm high; two Islamic glass bangles, 5cm diam; an Islamic yellow glass vessel fragment of a neck and rim, 10cm high; a glass spouted vessel with a handle attached to the rim and the foot,10cm high; and ibex glass vessel, 12cm long; a Phoenician-style glass alabastron with combed decoration, 9cm high; and other seals, beads, and vessels, Not Ancient, (a lot)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£300-£400 *
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A GROUP OF GLASS BEADS AND THREE ISLAMIC GLASS VESSELS
From Roman to Islamic Period, and later
Including two glass molar flasks, with angular design and four short wedge-shaped feet, typically produced in Egypt and distributed throughout the Islamic world as perfume containers, common in 9th Century A.D.-10th Century A.D., 4.9 - 5.7cm high; blue ombré hexagonal perfume flask, with an elongated neck, 6.8cm high; and a collection of glass beads, some with iridescence, including vessel-shaped beads some stone beads, 26.7cm high (4)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£100-£120 *
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TWO BRONZE OIL LAMPS
One in the form of a bull's head with a lion's head terminal on the handle, Not Ancient, 12.3cm long; and another Byzantine-style lamp, with a double spout, palm leaf handle, and a chain for suspension, Not Ancient, 9cm long, (2)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£100-£150 *
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A SMALL STEATITE HEAD OF A WOMAN
Wearing a veil, with hair centrally parted, pierced at the back of the head for suspension, 6cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£100-£150 *
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA OF HARPOCRATES
1st Century B.C./A.D
Figurine of Harpocrates in his signature pose holding his finger to his mouth, wearing a long kilt and a pointed cap, the back unmodelled, 21.5cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£500-£700 *
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SIX BRONZE MIRRORS AND MIRROR COVERS AND TWO ROMAN BRONZE CYMBALS
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
All circular in shape, two with incised concentric, and the symbols, circular in shape with a raised central dome, 8cm-16.7cm diam, (8)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£200-£300 *
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A ROMAN BRONZE BOWL
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
The bowl with sloped sides and an everted rim, the handle decorated with a head wearing a Persian cap, 11cm diam
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£80-£120 *
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TWO ROMAN BRONZE HANDLES
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Each with leaf-shaped plates to attach to the body of a vessel, with the top of the handle curving backwards, with a spherical terminal, 13.5cm-14cm long, (2)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£150-£200 *
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A GROUP OF MESOPOTAMIAN-STYLE CYLINDER SEALS
Including examples in pale, dark, red and green stone, Not Ancient, 1.8cm-4.7cm high; and two Jemdet-Nasr-style stone seals, one in the form of a recumbent bull and the other in the form of a lion's head in profile, Not Ancient, 5cm wide, (27)
£50-£80 *
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A ROMAN STONE EPIGRAPHIC FRAGMENT
Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.
Showing Greek text, inscribed with '[...]KRATES...EPAGATHO', and with an inscribed border, traces of red paint remaining, 14cm long
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Literature: EPAGATHO could either be a name, in the feminine, or it could be used as a wish for good fortune.
£200-£300 *
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A ROMAN TERRACOTTA DYAD STATUETTE
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
The stylised figures, wearing caps, the figure on the right with one leg crossed over the other, unmodelled at the back, 15.5cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired Christie's, London, Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, 21 May 1985, lot 111 (part).'
£100-£150 *
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A GROUP OF ROMAN OIL LAMPS
Roman to Byzantine Period
Including five Byzantine circular oil lamps with a larger central perforation and a smaller perforation for the spout, 8cm-9cm diam, the others of typical form with circular body and extended spout, with moulded decoration, 7.5cm-11cm wide, and two fragments, 7cm-8.5cm wide, (21)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£150-£200 *
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A ROMAN BONE DOLL
2nd Century A.D.
Doll figurine with a finely-modelled Roman hairstyle and delicate features, drilled holes through the torso for arms (now lost), flat back, remains of decoration on the lower left hand side, possibly to represent clothing, 19.5cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£100-£200 *
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A LARGE GROUP OF TERRACOTTA ANIMALS AND RIDERS
Various quadrupeds including bulls and horses, and various riders and animals, Not Ancient, 3cm-10.5cm wide, (a lot)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£100-£150 *
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
Including a Pre-Columbian terracotta head, with high headdress and large circular earrings, 5cm high; a Romano-Egyptian terracotta head, with white slip remaining, 5cm high, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.; a Greek terracotta head of a woman wearing a polos, 6cm high, circa 6th-5th Century B.C.; a Roman terracotta fragment of the legs of Aphrodite, 8.5cm high, and a Roman terracotta sea urchin, 5cm high, circa 1st-4th Century A.D.; three Cypriot terracotta figural fragments, 5.5cm-9cm high, circa 7th-5th Century B.C., and various other fragments, and spindle whorls, (a lot)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£250-£350 *
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ANCIENT-STYLE FIGURINES
Various Syro-Hittite-style figures, including a chariot and rider, 13.5cm long, an ox and cart, 9cm long, and a bull and rider, 10cm long; a Roman-style terracotta of a nude Aphrodite, 16cm high, Daedalic-style plaques, 12cm high; a stone quadruped vessel, 16cm high, and various other figures, (a lot)
£80-£120 *
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TWO CYCLADIC-STYLE IDOLS
The first in typical posture with arms across the chest, feet together and head raised, 26cm high, and the other of violin-form, pierced at the top, 20cm high, (2)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£80-£120 *
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT ITEMS
Including two Egyptian green glazed composition vessel fragments, each with zig-zag decorations in black slip in the style of a lotus flower, 5.2cm high, Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, circa 1070-712 B.C.; an ancient fragmentary terracotta bird whistle, still functional, 6.5cm; a Roman bone cosmetic vessel, with incised bands, 8.7cm, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.; a Roman limestone loom weight, pierced for suspension, with geometric design on the obverse, 7cm high, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.; and a Roman limestone circular mirror, pierced at the top for suspension, with traces of glass remaining, 9cm diam, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D., (6)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Literature: For an example of what the complete Egyptian faience vessel is likely to have looked like, see the chalice which was sold at Christie's, New York, Antiquities, 9 June 2011, lot 47.
£250-£350 *
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AN STEATITE SCARAB MOUNTED INTO A SPOON
The scarab carved naturalistically, mounted into the handle of the spoon which is cast in the form of a snake, with the tail twisting around the scarab, scales incised, and the head of the snake attached to the bowl of the spoon, wearing the atef crown, 11.5cm long
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£100-£150 *
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TWO WESTERN ASIATIC GLAZED COMPOSITION NECKLACES AND TWO JASPER BEAD NECKLACES
Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.
Restrung, the glazed composition necklaces composed of both white and light blue glazed composition beads, of cylindrical and spherical shape and a variety of geometric beads with incised decoration, including a cylinder seal, 28cm-46.5cm long, and two necklaces composed of various red jasper cylindrical beads, 23cm long, (4)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£200-£300 *
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AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE
New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C.
Restrung and with a clasp added for wearing, composed of eleven rectangular glazed composition plaques with incised crosses and some with ridged edges, four glazed composition amulets of Bes, two glazed composition udjat eyes, a glazed composition amulet of Sekhmet, and some other glazed composition amulets, with cylindrical jasper spacers, terminating in a stone pendant, 26cm long including the stone pendant
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£200-£300 *
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AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Restrung, composed of glazed composition amulets including Shu with his arms raised, an openwork oblong plaque with an udjat eye, a seated Isis, a Horus falcon, two amulets of Tauret, a djed pillar, ib heart, recumbent cat, crocodile, and various other glazed composition beads, udjat eyes, amulets, and scarabs, some Not Ancient, with modern spacer beads, 71cm long
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£300-£400 *
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TWO EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACES
New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C.
Restrung, the first composed of three steatite scarabs, Not Ancient, and glazed composition cylindrical beads, with stoppers of glazed composition, jasper and bone, 34cm long; and the second composed of glazed composition cylindrical beads interspersed with stone beads including lapis lazuli in the shape of phalluses, spearheads, and a crescent axe, 33.5cm long, (2)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£150-£200 *
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TWELVE SASANIAN HARDSTONE BEADS AND SEALS
Iran, circa 4th-6th Century A.D.
Including four dome seals with linear incised designs, seven oval beads and a red discoid bead, 1.2cm-2.6cm wide, (12)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£200-£300 *
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SIX EGYPTIAN STEATITE ROYAL SCARABS
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1450-1400 B.C.
Each with a cartouche for Tuthmosis III, one flanked by upreared cobras, wearing white crowns, another with mirror image papyrus clumps flanking the cartouche, and two with concentric squares surrounding the cartouche, a blue glazed composition example with the inscription 'contented with Maat', and two examples, Not Ancient, 1.2cm-2cm long, (7)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£250-£350 *
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARABS
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom, circa 2133-1070 B.C.
All carved naturalistically on the top with the undersides carved, including examples with geometric designs, such as one with concentric circles, another with a central scrolling design flanked by four upreared cobras, and another with linear decoration around a central 'men' sign, another inscribed with Amun-Ra, another with an upreared cobra underneath, and one a scaraboid plaque inscribed on both sides and others, some Not Ancient, 1cm-2.6cm long, (24)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£300-£400 *
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TWENTY-SIX EGYPTIAN AMULETS AND SCARABS
New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C.
Including eight steatite and glazed composition scarabs, one with a central 'nefer' surrounded by rope patterns, another showing a seated Hathor with a child on her lap, with an inscription reading 'Hathor, Lady of Denderra, beloved of Amun', another with a cartouche for Tuthmosis III, flanked by two Maat feathers, another reading 'Praised by Maat, chosen of Ra', two with good luck signs, and two Not Ancient, a glazed composition amulet of a pair of Ba birds wearing Ra sun discs, 3cm high; a glazed composition Ptaikos amulet, wearing a beaded collar, 3.2cm high; four glazed composition Bes amulets, 1.5cm-3.4cm high; three glazed composition shabti fragments, 2cm-4.8cm high; a glazed composition turtle amulet, 1.2cm long; and others, some Not Ancient, (26)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£200-£300 *
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SITULA
Ptolemaic Period, circa 330-30 B.C.
The body cast in shallow relief depicting five standing deities in a central register, with a register above and below, with a suspension hoop on the rim, and the body tapering to a point on the base, 11.2cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£150-£200 *
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THREE EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS FIGURES
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Each of typical mummiform pose, wearing the atef crown and false beard, with arms crossed over the body, the two larger figures with tangs, 2.2cm-9.8cm high, (3)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£150-£250 *
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THREE COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENTS
Circa 4th-6th Century A.D.
With a border, in dark brown, depicting nude dancing women, and various animals, and the corner with a nude male figure wearing a cap, 8cm-40cm wide, (3)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
£80-£120 *
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FOUR CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSELS
Iron Age to Archaic Period, circa 950-600 B.C.
Including a jug with a design of concentric circles added in black slip and the handle painted black, 'K.C/121' added in black ink under the handle, 17cm high; another small jug, with part of the handle remaining, and a semi circle in relief on the body, 'K.C/381' added in black ink under the handle, 10cm high; a small barrel flask with central nipple, and concentric circles added in black slip vertically around the body, 6cm high; and a small two-handled amphora with concentric rings around the neck and body, with a narrow foot and flaring rim, 9.7cm high; and a stone figure, 16.5cm high, (5)
Provenance: The small barrel flask, ex. Seward Kennedy, London and New York (1925-2015); the Iron Age two-handled pot from the J.D.R Fryer Collection, UK; the other two vessels from a UK private collection, East Anglia; acquired 1960's-1970's; the stone figure from a UK private collection, Somerset; acquired mid 20th Century.
£150-£200 *
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THREE GREEK BRONZE CLOAK PINS
Geometric Period, circa 7th Century B.C.
Comprising one with beaded shaft and flat disc terminal decorated with alternate plain and beaded concentric circles, another with similar beaded shaft and plain disc terminal, and another with large button terminal, 14-17cm long, (3)
Provenance: Almost certainly acquired by either William James (1854-1912) or his brother Frank James (1851-1890), who both travelled extensively in Egypt and the rest of Africa, and by descent to Edward James (1907-1984) in London and later at Monkton House; subsequently moved to West Dean House circa 1986 (recorded there in 1987).
£500-800 *
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FIVE ROMAN POTTERY VESSELS
Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.
Including two blackware jars, both with wide shoulders, flaring, everted rim and tapering down to the base, 7cm-13cm high; a small terracotta stemmed cup, with shallow bowl, narrow stem and wide foot, 5.5cm high; a piriform vessel, with everted rim and tapering body, 13.5cm high; and handled jug with a flaring foot, small spout and high handle, 9.2cm high, (5)
Provenance: The two blackware vessels from a Scottish 19th Century private collection; the others acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
£150-£200 *
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A GROUP OF CLASSICAL VESSELS
Circa 4th Century B.C. - 3rd Century A.D.
Including two Greek black-glazed plates, 19cm-25cm diam; two Roman terracotta oil lamps, one depicting busts in profile of Serapis and a goddess, possibly Isis, 12.5cm long, the other depicting Leda and the swan, 10cm long; a Roman red ware footed bowl, 7cm diam; a Roman terracotta loom weight, pierced at the top for suspension, 9cm high; a Roman wooden gaming cup, 7.5cm high; and another oil lamp, Not Ancient, 7.5cm long, (8)
Provenance: Property from the collection of Christopher Terry, Cumbria, acquired in the 1970s and 80s.
£200-£300 *
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE HELMET
Circa 5th-4th century B.C.
Of Negau type, the dome body tapering to a pointed ridge, with a concave band flaring out to a lip along the bottom edge, with two holes on opposite side of the rim, 23.5cm high
Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Literature: There is a helmet of the same type in the British Museum (accession number 1823,0610.1) and in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession number 1970.35).
£4,000-£6,000 *
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AN ATTIC BLACK FIGURE SKYPHOS
Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Enlivened with red slip on the obverse, both sides showing a satyr chasing a maenad, flanked by two winged sphinxes and palm leaves, a black band underneath, with radiating lines extending up from the foot, 22.5cm diam including handles
Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
£600-800 *
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A GREEK BLACK GLAZED SKYPHOS
Circa 6th Century B.C.
With a band of unglazed red terracotta around the body of the cup and across the handles, with horizontal lines of black slip, some wavy, 16cm diam (including handles)
Provenance: UK private collection, formed in the 18th to 19th Century, with sealing wax on the base, typical of Grand Tour collections.
£80-£100 *
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THREE BLACK-GLAZED CAMPANIAN VESSELS
Late 4th Century B.C.
Including an askos, a cylindrical neck with an out-turned flattened rim, set on a raised ring base, with the back of the vessel drawn into to form a point, and a short strap handle links the point to the rim, base rim, 11.2cm high; a two-handled cup, with a ring base and two high looped handles, 9.3cm high; and a handled vessel, the globular body has a handle linking the body to the out-turned rim, a concave base, 8cm high, (3)
Provenance: The askos and the two-handled vessel come from the collection of Mrs Elias-Vaes (1908-2002), The Netherlands, acquired 1960s or early 1970s; the handled vessel come from the Collection of Mrs Elias-Vaes (1908-2002), The Netherlands, acquired 1960s or early 1970s
£350-£450 *
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