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