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LOT 0627

Sold for (Inc. bp): £624

CYPRIOT 'EYED' TREFOIL MOUTHED POTTERY JUG WITH SWASTIKAS
IRON AGE, CIRCA 800-600 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (285 grams, 14.5 cm high).

White ware globular jug with pinched trefoil mouth and strap handle to the rear; painted 'eye' detailing to mouth, serpent pattern to handle with curled finial, pairs of gammadion motifs to the body, [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Peter Cran collection, Scotland, who worked as an engineer for the Cypriot public works department 1931-1946; thence by descent.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 May 2012, no.6 (part).
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and original lot tag.

CONDITION
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