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LOT 0648

Cypriot Terracotta Tripod Jug

EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2300-2000 B.C.

5 in. (191 grams, 12.5 cm).

With bulbous body, broad mouth, three radiating legs, small loop handle to the rim and larger opposite. [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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0648

Cypriot Terracotta Tripod Jug

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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