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.

CONDITION

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