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LOT 0041

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040

CYPRIOT RED POLISHED WARE JAR GROUP
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1600 B.C.
3 3/4 - 5 7/8 in. (1.27 kg total, 9.7-15 cm).

Comprising: two with globular body, broad neck and flared rim, pierced lugs to the shoulders, bands of incised hatching; one with rounded underside, broad neck and everted rim, pierced lugs to the shoulder, horizontal broken lines and zigzags. [3, 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, fig. p.67, pls.101-102, for similar.

FOOTNOTES:
In the Early Bronze Age, the most common form of Cypriot jars was the round-based, two-handled variety, with the handles attached on the vertical plane.

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