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A group of four classical pottery antiquities, South Italian, comprising:a Gnathian juglet, c.3rd century,10cm high,a Gnathian skyphos, c.4th century BC,9cm high,an Apulian kantharos, c.4th century BC, painted with red ivy leaves and stems on a black ground,7.6cm high, andan Apulian oinochoe, c.4th century BC,15.5cm high (4)Provenance: The collection of the late Sir Clinton Charles Donald Cory, 5th Baronet of Coryton;the juglet acquired by the above from Phillips, 25 July 1984, lot 123, the skyphos acquired from Old Drury, Antiquities and Tribal Art, 28 June 1983, and the kantharos acquired from B A Seaby Ltd., 5 March 1986.
An Apulian squat red figure pottery lekythos, c.4th century BC, South Italian, decorated with a woman in profile,5.5cm wide13cm high Provenance: The collection of the late Sir Clinton Charles Donald Cory, 5th Baronet of Coryton;acquired by the above from Old Drury, Antiquities and Tribal Art, 28 June 1983.Condition ReportOverall the lekythos is in good cosmetic and structural conditon. There is a repair to the rim. Small hairline crack to the base of the neck. Wear and small losses to the decoration. A few tiny chips to the body. Please see additional photos for reference.
2nd-3rd century A.D.. Bust and torso of an indigenous nobleman modelled in the round; with rounded facial features, the shoulder-length hair dressed in hanks and cut into tiers, centre-parted and framing the face; the eyes exaggerated, probably originally emphasised with sheet-silver detailing; the broad chest smooth with ring-and-dot nipples; a thick collar or torc sitting high on the collar-bone, with braided detailing and finished with a D-shaped pendant; each upper-arm supported by a barley-twist column with cup finial and stylised flames above; the centre supported by a rectangular block with incised herringbone linear pattern interspersed with pointillé pellets; the base broad and gently curved away from the figure, with a lattice of bilinear panels bearing groups of three ring-and-dot motifs, D-shaped loop to the forward edge flanked by smaller lobes; the reverse plain, the head hollow with remains of a thick loop at the lower edge of the hair; significant iron deposits to surface from its deposition environment; of provincial Roman workmanship. See Boucher, S. & Tassinari, S., Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romaine a Lyon: Bronzes Antiques I. Inscriptions, Statuaire, Vaisselle, Lyon, 1976. 461 grams, 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). 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.Its construction with a central block flanked by two short pillars (i.e. leaving two slots) suggests that the piece may have been intended as a rein-guide for a chariot, whereby the leather or fabric straps would pass through the two apertures and, by their separation, be prevented from tangling. Bronze figural busts are known from Gallo-Roman contexts: they are usually female and interpreted as tutelae or protective tribal spirits (Boucher & Tassinari, 1976, items 62-4). The present example is evidently designed to impress the viewer with its portrayal of the 'noble barbarian' as a suitable conveyor of martial splendour (Boucher & Tassinari, 1976, item 321). The impressive figure recalls the famed statue 'The Dying Gaul' in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, showing a 'barbarian' warrior with a neck torc, thick hair and moustache, discarded weapons and shield carved on the ground and a carnyx trumpet between his legs. The statue is a copy of a Hellenistic original celebrating a Greek victory over the Galatians. [No Reserve]
Tribal art. Central Africa - a carved wood club, decorated with a band of cowry shells, 62cm l and a hardwood side blown trumpet wrapped with copper wire, possibly Mangbetu DRC, mid 20th c Trumpet with chip to one end otherwise good condition. Club with shrinkage crack and signs of old minor worm
Tribal art. West Africa - an Igbo carved and stained wood figure of a standing man, 71cm h and a Yoruba carved wood figurine, on later plinth, 29cm h, mid 20th c and Tribal art. Central Africa - a carved hardwood maternity figure, Luba DRC, 75cm h and a hardwood carving of a seated figure, painted and decorated with beads and fabric, possibly Songye, 89cm h, mid 20th c or later Igbo figure - missing one hand, split and crack to torso. Yoruba figure with minor splitsCentral African figures - Both with some minor splits and chips
Tribal Art and the Eclectic Interior - a Papua ew Guinea grass skirt; others; a textile bag, worked with geometric motifs; another, adorned with cowrie shells (qty)Provenance: Collected in Papua New Guinea during the 1970's. Consigned boxed with a special issue of the Papua New Guinea Post Courier from September 1979
Tribal Art and the Eclectic Interior - a Papua New Guinea bowl, carved as a crocodile, cowrie shell eyes, 73cm long, Sepik River; another carved crocodile; a drum; a female figure; another figure, holding a bowl, mother of pearl inlaid, 43cm high; another (6)Provenance: Collected in Papua New Guinea during the 1970's. Consigned boxed with a special issue of the Papua New Guinea Post Courier from September 1979
Tribal Art and the Eclectic Interior - a Papua New Guinea food hook, carved as a bird, 53cm wide; a bowl, carved as a turtle, 38.5cm long; a lime spatula, carved as a crocodile, mother of pearl inlaid eyes, 32cm long (3)Provenance: Collected in Papua New Guinea during the 1970's. Consigned boxed with a special issue of the Papua New Guinea Post Courier from September 1979
Tribal Art and the Eclectic Interior - a Papua New Guinea gope board or kwoi, carved in relief with traditional motifs associated with ancestor spirits, decorated in white, black and earth pigments, 106cm long; a Sepik River mask, carved with bird head and geometric motifs, cowrie shell eyes, 66cm long; others, similar (4)Provenance: Collected in Papua New Guinea during the 1970's. Consigned boxed with a special issue of the Papua New Guinea Post Courier from September 1979
Tribal Art and the Eclectic Interior - a Papua New Guinea axe; wicker bound haft, the green stone head 29.5cm long; others; cowrie shell necklaces; terracotta vessels; other artefacts (qty)Provenance: Collected in Papua New Guinea during the 1970's. Consigned boxed with a special issue of the Papua New Guinea Post Courier from September 1979
Tribal Art and the Eclectic Interior - a large Papua New Guinea terracotta pot, incised with geometric motifs, 33cm high, Sepik River region; another, wicker-bound, 27cm high; other pottery; covered vessels; etc (9) Provenance: Collected in Papua New Guinea during the 1970's. Consigned boxed with a special issue of the Papua New Guinea Post Courier from September 1979
Tribal Art and the Eclectic Interior - a Papua New Guinea mask, stylised concave features, protruding tongue, the eyes set with cowrie shells, 57cm long; others (3)Provenance: Collected in Papua New Guinea during the 1970's. Consigned boxed with a special issue of the Papua New Guinea Post Courier from September 1979
Tribal Art and the Eclectic Interior - a Papua New Guinea mask, carved with crocodile (pukpuk) imagery, cowrie shell eyes, 104cm long; others (5)Provenance: Collected in Papua New Guinea during the 1970's. Consigned boxed with a special issue of the Papua New Guinea Post Courier from September 1979
A quantity of silver and white metal jewellery, mainly late 19th/early 20th Century to include filigree brooches, an Art nouveau silver and blue enamelled brooch together with an Egyptian Revival gold tone and double green scarab beetle brooch, a Scottish white metal and agate arrow brooch, a chain purse and a Tribal bangle. Location:R2.4
A Tukuna cotton braceletRio Solimoes, Brazilof flared cylindrical form with 'rolled' ends,17cm long, and a pair of similar childs' bracelets, 9.5cm long, a Shipibo boat shape dish with painted geometric decoration, 41.2cm long, a Kayapo club handle, 45.5cm long and a Peru copper cloak pin, with pierced and punched decoration, 15.5cm long. (6)ProvenanceThree bracelets - Sotheby's, London, Tribal Art, 27th March 1985, lot 424.Romy Rey Collection, London.
A Benue dance headdressNigeriacarved as a chameleon transforming into a bicycle and with a bound cockerel to the top, with polychrome decoration,38.5cm high, 51cm long.ProvenanceMonika Wengraf, London.Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Tribal Art & Antiquities, 20 September 2017, lot 420.Romy Rey Collection, London.
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