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LOT 0556
Cypriot Brown Ware Jug
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1700 B.C.
10 in. (1.03 kg, 25.5 cm).
Comprising a bulbous body with slightly conical underside, tapering tubular neck and everted flange rim, loop handle to the shoulder; restored. [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. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig.16 p.39, pl.32a, for similar.
FootnotesWheelmade red lustrous ware was a ceramic of foreign origin which found its way into Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age, when international trade was widespread. According to Karageorghis it originated in Anatolia during the early Bronze Age but was known in Alasya (Cyprus) during the Late Bronze Age II.
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