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LOT 0528
Cypriot Bronze Age Cone
2100-1850 B.C.
10 1/2 in. (12 in.) (1.55 kg total, 26.5 cm (30.5 cm including stand)).
Hollow-formed ceramic cone withlongitudonal hatched zigzag bands, incised circumferential band, impressed 'cross barby' and lozenge motifs; vertical 'seam' to the reverse with impressed 'stitching'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
US private collection.
with DuMouchelles Auction, Detroit, 18 February 2023, lot 1123.
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