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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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