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LOT 0632
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Jug
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1650 B.C.
6 1/8 in. (319 grams, 15.5 cm).
Globular in profile with tall tubular neck and slightly everted rim, loop handle to the reverse. [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.
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