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LOT 0621
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Jug
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1650 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (123 grams, 13.5 cm).
Bulbous in profile with scooped spout, loop handle, spurs to the junction, painted geometric ornament. [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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