CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA DOLPHIN
HELLENISTIC, 4TH CENTURY B. C.
African & Oceanic Art, Natural History and Ancient Art
Auction: 30 July 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
naturalistically modelled, with some remnants of white slip and blue paint, two attachment holes on the bottom next to the back fin and under the mouth, writing underneath relating to the Lawrence-Cesnola Collection sale by Sotheby's, ‘CYPRUS, Lwrn. Deq. 1898’
Dimensions
16.8cm long
Provenance
Sotheby's Lawrence-Cesnola Collection, 1898
Augustus Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900), acquired from the above
Private old family collection, west of Scotland, by descent
Published:
Pitt‑Rivers, A., 1897–1898. Catalogue of the archaeological and ethnographical collections of Lieutenant‑General Pitt‑Rivers at Farnham, Dorset. Second Collection. Cambridge: Cambridge University Library (scan of the relevant page to be provided upon request).
Exhibited:
Displayed at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset.
Footnote
Our thanks to Alexis Drakopoulos for his assistance in cataloguing this item