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LOT 0572
Cypriot Terracotta Flask Group
MIDDLE-LATE BRONZE AGE, 2000-1200 B.C.
3 5/8 - 6 1/2 in. (490 grams total, 9.2-16.5 cm).
Comprising: one globular with loop handles to the shoulder, pointillé decoration and funicular mouth; two globular with loop handle and trumpet-shaped mouth. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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