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LOT 0084
Cypriot Terracotta Jug with Decorations
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (67 grams, 91 mm).
Comprising a spherical body and flat base, trumpet-shaped mouth with biconvex collar and strap handle; painted circumferential bands.
ProvenanceAcquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Morris, D., The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.23, pl.14, for similar.
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