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Collector

Rutter

fl. 1848

Collector, active in 1848. Collected at Kition.

Life and work

  1. 20 July 1848
    Bought lot 22, a marble head of Venus said to be from Kition (formerly Mas Latrie, then Delessert), at the Leigh Sotheby and Wilkinson sale, per the annotated British Library catalogue

    LondonMerrillees 2016

Objects

  • Marble head of Venus ('belle tête de Vénus en marbre de Paros'), said to be from Kition; not relocated

    From Kition20 July 1848Merrillees 2016

Sources

  1. 1.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2016). “Studies on the provenances of the stele of Sargon II from Larnaca (Kition) and the two so-called Dhali (Idalion) silver bowls in the Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 349-386. Online