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LOT 0544
Cypriot Grey Ware Terracotta Bowl
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1600-1200 B.C.
8 7/8 in. (452 grams, 22.5 cm).
Broad with low profile, rounded underside; with old collector's label 'Late Bronze Age Period Bowl/Circa 1600 BC /I II'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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