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LOT 0584

Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Dipper Cup

MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1900-1650 B.C.

6 3/8 in. (199 grams, 16.2 cm wide).

A black and red slip-coated pottery dipper cup with a hemispherical body and a pointed conjoined handle. [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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0584

Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Dipper Cup

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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