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LOT 0629
Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Feeder Flask
IRON AGE, CIRCA 950-850 B.C.
(148 grams, 11.2 cm high).
Spherical body with flared foot, trumpet-shaped mouth with strap handle, flared spout to the shoulder with strainer; painted circles to the mouth, rim and body, transverse stripes to the handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Bonhams, London, 20 October 2005, no.406 (part).
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original Bonhams lot tag.
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