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AN BABYLONIAN AGATE NECKLACE
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Restrung, several lentoid polished agate beads form this necklace with distinctive banding.
Provenance: Ex UK private collection.
£800-1,200
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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.
£100-150
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A GROUP OF NEOLITHIC STONE AXES
Most with rounded cutting edge and tapering butt, with examples in grey, black and green stone, some polished, 2.7cm-12cm long; a rectangular stone weight with pointed top, pierced for suspension, 3.5cm high; and another, Not Ancient, (13)
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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ANATOLIAN VESSEL
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C.
In the form of a squat jug with a single handle, the body of this black ware vessel has four unusual protrusions, two of which opposite the handle and one on each side of the body, 9.3cm high.
Provenance: Ex UK private collection.
£100-200
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A LARGE TRANSJORDANIAN POTTERY VESSEL
Early Bronze Age, circa 3100-2800 B.C.
43.5cm high.
Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired whilst working in the Middle East between the 1960s and the early 1970s.
£100-150
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AN ANATOLIAN 'MINYAN WARE' TERRACOTTA JUG
Circa mid-2nd Millennium B.C.
With flat base, globular body, flaring mouth and one handle, 15.5cm high.
Provenance: Bonhams, 1 May 2008, lot 361 (part). West Country private collection, UK.
£80-120
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A LARGE GROUP OF FLINT ARROWHEADS AND ARROWPOINTS
Some stemmed, including two examples with ink inscribed 'Cooper Co MO' (Cooper County, Missouri), and other worked flints, mainly Native American types, 1.5cm-14cm long, (a lot)
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 BRONZE PINS, IMPLEMENTS AND ARROW HEADS
Circa 10th Century BC to Roman Period
Including a Persian gilt bronze cosmetic implement and container, a Roman bronze writing implement, with a pointed end for a writing and a flat end for erasing, five Luristan bronze garment pins, three of tapering form with incised bands and pierced horizontally, one with a spherical terminal, and another with an openwork spherical terminal, 11.5cm-21.5cm, two Luristan bronze arrowheads, 8cm-16cm long, and others, (a lot)
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 BRONZE BLADES AND HANDLES
Circa 10th Century B.C. to Roman Period and later
Including seven Luristan bronze daggers and blades, 9.4cm-27cm long; two iron nails, 8-9cm long; five Roman bronze handles, including two 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-22cm long; and two others, (16)
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 BRONZE MIRRORS
Circa 10th Century B.C.-3rd Century A.D.
Including one Luristan example, with broad handle with punched decoration, double terminal, and a cut out circle, 26cm high, circa 10th-7th Century B.C., and seven Roman bronze mirrors and mirror covers, and two Roman bronze cymbals, with a raised central dome, 8cm-16.7cm wide, (10)
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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TWO BRONZE BLADES AND OTHER METAL IMPLEMENTS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Including a Luristan blade with a flanged hilt and penannular guard, 37.1cm long; a narrow tapering blade with a tang for attachment of a hilt, now missing, 26.3cm long; and five other objects, some not ancient, (7)
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£100-150
The following eight lots are from the collection of Sam Dubiner (1914-1993)
Sam worked closely with Professor Ali Hakemi of the Tehran Museum from the mid 1960s. In the years that followed he sponsored many archaeological excavations in Northwest Iran. He acquired his collection in Iran, the USA and Europe. Dubiner's Gallery, known as Galerie Israel, staged its first show of Amlash Art in the USA in 1963, exhibiting at the Betty Parsons Art Gallery in New York. A subsequent show was held in 1966 in the National Antiques Show, Madisoin Square Garden. Many short films were made by Dubiner in the 1970s after he travelled the globe producing films about ancient peoples and how artistic ideas from other cultures influenced Amlash pottery. Many of these films featured Amlash pottery from his collection, a number of which form part of the group offered in this sale.
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A TEPE SIALK PERSIAN BRIDGE-SPOUTED POTTERY
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
The globular body with long horizontal bridge-spout and strap handle, decorated in reddish-brown, each side with an animal with long curving splayed horns, dotted chequerboard lozenge on one side and below handle, the other side with chequered lozenge, concentric bands of geometric decorations around spout base, cross-hatched lozenges and rays on the spout, neck with dots and chevrons, 20.2cm high, 28.4cm wide including spout.
Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.
This lot was featured in the short film 'Japan and Persia', part of the series made in the 1970s called The Amlash Connection, written and narrated by Sam Dubiner, filmed and directed by Shlomo Soriano.
£600-800
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AN AMLASH GREY BURNISHED POTTERY BEAK-SPOUTED VESSEL
North West Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C
The ovoid body with a long open spout that swells where it joins the body suggesting the breast of a bird, 17.8cm high.
Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.
For the type see Ezat O. Negahban, Preliminary Report on Marlik Excavation, Gohar Rud Expedition, Rudbar 1961-1962, Joint Publication of the Iranian Archeological Service and The Institute of Archaeology, University of Tehran (Tehran 1964), fig 25 for a vessel identified as that of the shape of a crane where the body is more slender and pl. II, ill.108 for a vessel with similar neck in silver with gold inlay.
£300-500
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AN IRANIAN GLOBULAR BUFF POTTERY VESSEL
Circa 1st Millemmium B.C.
With short flared neck and two small notched looped handles at the shoulder, 21.2cm high
Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.
£200-300
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AN AMLASH BUFF-COLOURED POTTERY
North West Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C.
With hemispherical bowl and high loop-handle, 13.5cm
Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.
This lot was featured in the short film 'Brancusi Amlash', part of the series made in the 1970s called The Amlash Connection, written and narrated by Sam Dubiner, filmed and directed by Shlomo Soriano.
£200-300
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AN AMLASH GREY BURNISHED ZOOMORPHIC POTTERY BOWL
North West Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Set on a bad base, a ram's head protruding at right angles from the rim with a tail protruding horizontally from the opposite side, 6.1cm high.
Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-500
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AN AMLASH GREY BURNISHED POTTERY GOURD
North West Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C
With funnel neck, side loop handle and three swollen compartments forming the vessel, 17.2cm high.
Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.
This lot was featured in the short film 'Subiner and Amlash', part of the series made in the 1970s called The Amlash Connection, written and narrated by Sam Dubiner, filmed and directed by Shlomo Soriano.
£300-500
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AN AMLASH POTTERY VESSEL SET ON A RING
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
The broad body drawn in at the four corners each tip curled inwards, a bell-shaped vessel with cylindrical neck and flaring rim set centrally, a small looped handle attaching the neck to the body, 21.4cm high.
Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.
This lot was featured in the short film 'Italy and Iran', part of the series made in the 1970s called The Amlash Connection, written and narrated by Sam Dubiner, filmed and directed by Shlomo Soriano.
£400-600
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SEVEN IRANIAN POTTERY VESSELS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Including:A grey burnished ovoid jug with globular body with funnel neck and side loop handle; a red burnished beak spouted vessel with bag-shaped body and wide rim, with zoomorphic handle; a red ware vessel with globular body and short cylindrical neck and flaring rim; a small pear-shaped grey burnised vessel with funnel neck; a small grey burnished jug with ovoid body cylindrical neck and side handle; two buff coloured twin-handled vessels with carinated bodies, one both handles fashioned as horned animals looking into the rim, the other with looped handles with rotelles where they meet the rim, 5.1-24cm high.
Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.
£300-500
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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.; 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. a steatite scarab mounted into a spoon, 11.5cm long; and an ancient fragmentary terracotta bird whistle, still functional, 6.5cm; (7)
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.
£100-150
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TWO CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA FIGURES
Circa 7th-6th Century B.C.
Including a charioteer and base, the figure standing in the square wagon of a chariot, wearing a pointed helmet, a looped back pillar on the chariot, 15.5cm high; and a bust, 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, (2)
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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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.
£250-350
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TWO BUFF COLOURED POTTERTY CLASSICAL VESSELS South Italy, circa 4th Century B.C.
One a bell krater, decorated in umber slip with banding around the body, rim and base and a frieze of linked lotus flowers below the rim, 20.6cm high; and a lidded stamnos, the umber decoration of banding around the body and lid with a series of strokes decorating the shoulder, 19cm high.
Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for at least 50 years.
£700-900
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A TWIN-HANDLED POTTERY VESSEL
With black slip remaining, the bulbous body tapering to a cylindrical neck, with the feet and tails of a monkey on the shoulder, 39cm high
Provenance: Acquired from Charles Vernon-Hunt Books, London, 28 February 1998. Accompanied by a copy of the receipt.
£100-150
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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: Property from The Edward James Foundation. 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).
£250-350
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TWO ANCIENT GREEK BRONZE HORSES
Archaic Period, circa 900-700 B.C.
Both highly stylised, the first stands four-square on tall leg with its tail almost touching the ground, its tubular body joins the thick neck surmounted by erect ears and a long snout with a single linear incision to indicate the mouth 5.5cm long; the other with squat slightly tapering legs and a flat body which leads to the neck turning to the left, the mane portrayed with a serrated edge along it, with erect ears and a broad muzzle, 7.2cm long.
Provenance: Ex private collection.
£700-900
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TWO MINOAN DOUBLE-HEADED BRONZE AXES
Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.
One with a circular shaft hole, the other with an elliptical one, both with broad bodies that taper to slightly curved cutting edges, 6.8cm and 7.0cm long.
Provenance: Ex private UK collection.
£700-900
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A GROUP OF TERRACOTTA ANIMALS
Circa 6th-4th Century B.C.
Including a large figure of a dove 31.2cm, long a bull figure 15.5cm long, a boar figure with the characteristic ridged back 9.2cm long, a figure of a cockerel 8.8cm long, and two figures of burdened horses, one carrying two chickens and one with two long saddle bags with traces of pigment, 11.5cm high & 12.5cm high, (6)
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£200-300
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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 hemispherical bowl, with a floral decoration surrounded by radiating teardrops on the underside,10.2cm diam, circa 2nd Century B.C.; a Hellenistic terracotta pomegranate, hollow, with an aperture 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).
£250-350
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SEVEN ANCIENT POTTERY FRAGMENTS
A group of various pottery fragments ranging from the 7th Century BC to Roman Period, including a Corinthian fragment with sphinx detail; two black figure Attic fragments with figurative detail, and a fragment of terra sigillata moulded with a running hound above a lion, 4.5cm-10.9cm long; (7)
£150-250
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THREE GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURES
Circa 5th Century B.C.and later
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 depicted 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.
£80-120
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FOUR MINIATURE TERRACOTTA VESSELS
Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.
Including a miniature skyphos with remnants of painted design with dash decoration to the rim, and three other vessels; a red ware vessel with banding and concentric circle design, and a handled vessel, both possibly not ancient, 3.2cm-6.1cm high.
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£200-300
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
Including 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, including a steatite head of a woman, Not Ancient, 6cm high; and a Pre-Columbian terracotta head, with high headdress and large circular earrings, 5cm high (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 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)
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 POTTERY VESSELS
Circa 4th-1st Century B.C.
Including a pelike with umber decoration 16.5cm high; a white slip trefoil oinochoe 21cm high; a white slip lekythos with worn net pattern in umber slip, 20.8cm high; an unglazed jug with a bulbous body, 15cm high; and an amphora, not ancient, 18cm high (5)
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£300-500
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A GROUP OF POTTERY VESSELS
Circa 8th Century B.C.-Roman Period
Including two Gnathia ware skyphoi with foliate designs added in white, yellow and crimson slip, one with a simple border of vine leaves and the other with a more elaborate design of tendrils on one side; a black glazed kylix; a black glazed jug; a miniature black glazed nestoris with a meander design in red slip; a South Italian jug with bulbous body wide funnel neck and arched handle; a Roman oil lamp; and a miniature shallow dish, 4-13.1cm high, (8)
Provenance: Ex UK private collection.
£250-450
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SEVEN CLASSICAL POTTERY VESSELS
Circa 4th Century B.C.-Roman Period
Including a shallow black glazed pottery dish, 15.1cm diameter; two miniature trefoil lipped oinochoe; four undecorated vessels and a fragmentary Roman oil lamp, 4.2-7.3cm high, (7)
Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for at least 50 years.
£200-300
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FIVE CLASSICAL POTTERY VESSELS
Including a glazed kantharos, 10.3cm high; a spindle unguentarium, 22.3cm high; a trefoil lipped oinochoe with a long neck, 16cm high; a terracotta juglet, 13.4cm high; and a black slip juglet with a tall arching handle, 11.9cm high, (5)
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£250-450
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THREE BLACK-GLAZED CAMPANIAN VESSELS
Late 4th Century B.C.
Including an animal skin shaped 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, 9.3 cm 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; Literature: For another askos of similar form with a reserved base ring and stepped rim from Taranto cf. Raffaella Cassano, Principi imperatori vescovi (Bari, 1992), p.356, no. 24.
£200-300
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THREE CLASSICAL POTTERY VESSEL
South Italy, circa 4th Century B.C.
Three Classical pottery vessels, each with globular body, flaring neck and looped handle, the two larger examples of buff pottery with banded decoration, one with an undulating band around the neck; the smaller vessel in biscuit coloured pottery partially fired black, 12.4-18.5cm high, (3)
Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for at least 50 years.
£700-900
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A STANDING FEMALE TERRACOTTA FIGURE
Circa 4th-1st Century B.C.
An unusual figure with her hands raised inside the folds of her himation, with long wavy hair and a polos crown, 30.1cm high.
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£400-£600
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A STANDING TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE
Circa 1st-4th Century B.C.
A large figure standing contraposto with her weight on her left leg, wearing a peplos and a polos crown, on a tall integral rectangular base, 34.2cm high
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above
£500-£700
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A STANDING TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE
Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
Wearing a peplos holding a libation vessel, on an integral rectangular base, 27.2cm high.
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£200-30092
TWO TERRACOTTA MALE FIGURES
Circa 4th-1st Century B.C.
Including a figure holding his gathered himation at his waist exposing his torso, on an integral rectangular base, 20.9cm high; and a standing male nude figure, 22.9cm high, (2)
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£100-£200
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FOUR CLASSICAL TERRACOTTAS
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Including a Boeotian terracotta votary wearing the peplos with overfall and A polos headdress, standing on an integral raised plinth; another smaller votary shown standing wearing the peplos and polos; a goddess seated on a block throne, her hands resting on her lap, wearing the peplos and a polos and a terracotta female protome, her hair dressed in curls beneath a stephane; and an ithyphallic figure of a bearded satyr squatting on his hunches, with traces of the original colour remaining, possibly not ancient, 8.2-18.1cm high, (5)
Provenance: Ex collection of Professor Robert McElderry (1869-1949) acquired in Greece in the 1930s, Private UK collection acquired from the above.
£300-500
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FIVE TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURES
Including two standing figures wearing long himatia, one of which hold a small bird, likely a dove, close to her body; a protome of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle, wearing a beaded necklace and a diadem, with traces of paint remaining; a nude reclining figure with her hair pulled back into a chignon, not ancient; and an enthroned figure, probably of a goddess, 12.1-19.7cm high, (5)
Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for at least 50 years.
£300-500
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FOUR ANCIENT TERRACOTTA HEADS
Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
Including a tanagra female head with centrally parted wavy hair; a female head wearing a polos; a male head with tight curls; two further female heads; and a head with an elaborate hairstyle, not ancient, 5.1-9.6cm high, (5) Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for at least 50 years.
£300-£500
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A DAUNIAN POTTERY OLLA
South Italy, mid 4th Century B.C.
The buff pottery body decorated in umber with encircling bands of varying widths, and friezes of lotus flowers between the handles alternatively looped and formed into hands, the 'fingers' delineated with lines and groups of dots, the interior of the broad sloping rim decorated with loops.
Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for at least 50 years.
£500-700
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A BRONZE UNGUENTARIUM
Standing on a small circular foot, the body with rounded sides flares to the shoulder which is surmounted by the long narrow neck with an everted rim, 21.5cm high.
Provenance: Ex UK private collection.
£400-600
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TWO ANCIENT STYLE FIGURES
After the antique bronze Aphrodite, 23.8cm; and terracotta bull, 14.3cm.
Provenance: Ex private collection.
£100-150
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A TERRACOTTA RAM
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
With large curling horns, the ram has a broad muzzle and a solid open base which suggests it served as an attachment on a larger object, 12.2cm high.
Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for at least 50 years.
£100-200
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A PAIR OF GOLD EARRINGS
Composed of elliptical shaped ring with filigree decoration, with a square pyramidal section below with filigree and granule decoration, to which three gold leaf spheres attach all with clusters of granules applied, with modern hoop attachments, each 3.5cm long, (2)
Provenance: Acquired Ancient Art, catalogued as Parthian, Ex UK private collection acquired from the above.
£300 -£500
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THREE GOLD SHEET ELEMENTS
Hellenistic Period, circa 4th-1st Century B.C.
Including an elliptical plaque, 9cm long; a rectangular element with a repoussé depiction of an urn, 4.7cm high; and a small square element with an image of a face with wavy hair also in repoussé 1.9cm high.
Provenance: Ex private collection, London, acquired prior to 1990.
£600-800
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THREE GOLD SHEET VINE LEAVES
Hellenistic circa 4th-1st Century B.C.
All with three lobes, the veins are defined in repoussé, possibly elements that formed part of a wreath, 2.5cm-2.8cm long.
Provenance: Ex private collection, London, acquired prior to 1990.
£300-500
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