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LOT 0070

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210

CYPRIOT PAINTED WHITE-SLIP WARE JUG
LATE CYPRIOT II, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
5 7/8 in. (254 grams, 15.1 cm).

Comprising a bulbous body and slender tapering neck with strap handle to the rear, trumpet-shaped mouth; hatched bands and lozenges to the body and shoulder, multilinear rings to the neck; old collector's inked no. '15.78' to underside. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Red-ink inscription '15.78' to the base suggesting it may have been deaccessioned from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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.

CONDITION