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LOT 0512

Cypriot Painted Terracotta Jug

1900-1600 B.C.

5 1/4 in. (213 grams, 13.5 cm).

Of bulbous profile with loop handle and trumpet-shaped mouth, circumferential bands of red pigment. [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.

Literature

Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, pl.49b, p.51, for identical.

Footnotes

The jug is a rare example of red-on-red ware (variant of the red-on-black painted ware) of Middle Bronze Age. In this ware there is a polished slip of red-brown on pink, on which matt-finish lines have been painted in red-brown or purple.

CONDITION

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LOT 0512

Cypriot Painted Terracotta Jug

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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