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LOT 0500
Cypriot Terracotta Vessel
CYPRO-ARCHAIC, 750-600 B.C.
3 1/2 in. (51 grams, 88 mm).
Miniature ewer with tapering spout to the shoulder, flared neck and rounded rim with applied loop handle; painted decorative bands.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, 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.
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