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LOT 0600

Cypriot Terracotta Jug

IRON AGE, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

4 5/8 in. (187 grams, 11.8 cm).

With biconvex profile and discoid base, tapering neck and thickened rim; horizontal painted bands in red. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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LOT 0600

Cypriot Terracotta Jug

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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