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LOT 0552

Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora

IRON AGE, CYPRO-GEOMETRIC III, CIRCA 850-750 B.C.

10 5/8 in. (1.27 kg, 27 cm).

With narrow base, oblate profile, two lateral loop handles to the shoulder, broad neck and flared rim to the mouth; painted bands of circumferential geometric ornament, concentric circles to the shoulder and neck. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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.

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LOT 0552

Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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