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LOT 0546

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA TREFOIL MOUTHED JUG
EARLY IRON AGE, ARCHAIC I, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.
7 in. (272 grams, 18 cm).

Of gently tapering profile with pinched trefoil rim to the mouth and strap handle to the rear, painted band to the neck and ring-and-dot motifs above, chevron herringbone motif below; mouth chipped. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired Christie's, London, 25 April 2001, no.477 (part).
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.

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