Cypriot Decorated Amphora

700-600 B.C.

9 1/4 in. (1.12 kg, 23.5 cm high).

Creamware body with broad neck and pear-shaped body, trumpet-shaped base; ribbed strap handles extending to the everted rim; painted with dense zones of concentric black chevrons, rings, and other geometric ornament, red detailing.

Provenance

with Christie's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 122.
Subsequently in the collection of Dr Takey Crist, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Published

Exhibited: The Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville, North Carolina, 1988-2018.

Literature

Cf. similar though less ornate example in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.1866,0415.98.

CONDITION

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