Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 16
Two Cypriot terracotta dogs and a Roman bronze dog 3
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
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Two Cypriot terracotta dogs and a Roman bronze dog
Circa 7th Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D.
Comprising a Bichrome ware dog depicted with alert ears and short raised tail, with red and black banded decoration; another plain white ware dog of similar form; and a Roman bronze dog seated on a plinth, wearing a collar with incised stippled fur, 6cm-14cm long (3)
Circa 7th Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D.
Comprising a Bichrome ware dog depicted with alert ears and short raised tail, with red and black banded decoration; another plain white ware dog of similar form; and a Roman bronze dog seated on a plinth, wearing a collar with incised stippled fur, 6cm-14cm long (3)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Smaller dog: Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired prior to 1985.
Two other dogs: Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1990s.
Published:
D Morris The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p.221, pl.247 (The plain white ware dog).
For a Cypriot Iron Age dog with painted decoration see V. Karageorghis, Cypriote Antiquities in the Pierides Collection, Athens, 1973, p. 138, no. 76