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LOT 0050
Cypriot Black on Red Polished Ware Vessel Collection
IRON AGE, CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 - 4 1/8 in. (308 grams total, 5.7-10.5 cm).
Mixed group including vases, flasks and other types, with painted detailing. [6, 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.
Literature
Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.43, pl.35, for similar.
Footnotes
The Cypriot black-on-red ware mostly comprises small juglets in a red-brown slip with a lustrous surface, on which simple geometric patterns are painted in matt blank.
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