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LOT 0046
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Chalice
IRON AGE, CIRCA 700-600 B.C.
10 7/8 in. (891 grams, 27.5 cm wide).
Broad drum-shaped body with small foot, slightly everted rim, two lateral strap handles; painted bands to the lower body, handles and rim, vertical hatched and herringbone bands to the sidewall. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx John Rilling collection, California, acquired prior to 1970.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 October 2012, no.1.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.43, pl.36, for the type.
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