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LOT 0560
Cypriot Brown Burnished Ware 'Bilbil' Vessel
LATE BRONZE AGE II, 1400-1200 B.C.
5 3/8 in. (103 grams, 13.7 cm).
Unglazed tall juglet (bilbil) with flared foot, piriform body, tapering neck and flared mouth. strap handle; bands of bilinear ornament to the shoulder and neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. similar in the Brooklyn Museum under accession no.00.164.
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