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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.
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