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LOT 0547
Cypriot Terracotta Vessel
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (45 grams, 78 mm).
With globular body and flat base, trumpet-shaped neck and mouth with stepped profile, strap handle to the rear; three painted bands to the equator, painted detailing to the mouth and handle; gammadion to the shoulder.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no. 1977,1011.85.
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