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Cypriot Decorated Red Burnished Ware Amphora-Shaped Vessel Cypriot Decorated Red Burnished Ware Amphora-Shaped Vessel Cypriot Decorated Red Burnished Ware Amphora-Shaped Vessel
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LOT 0056

Cypriot Decorated Red Burnished Ware Amphora-Shaped Vessel

EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2300-2150 B.C.

10 in. (1.21 kg, 25.5 cm).

The bulbous body and columnar neck decorated with bands of impressed-cord detailing, shoulder with encircling segments and broken bands; lateral loop handles with thumb-pad spurs. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From 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.

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LOT 0056

Cypriot Decorated Red Burnished Ware Amphora-Shaped Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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