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LOT 0562
Cypriot Buff Pottery Neck Amphora
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 850-600 B.C.
5 1/2 in. (341 grams, 14 cm wide).
Squat unglazed vessel with conical body, narrow shoulder, broad tubular neck and everted rim, two strap handles; painted with radiating segments to rim, ring-and-dot motifs to neck and shoulder, horizontal bands. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate American collection.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.341 (part).
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and original lot tag.
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