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LOT 0057
Cypriot Trefoil Jug with Concentric Decorations
700-600 B.C.
12 3/4 in. (1.7 kg, 32.5 cm high).
With low basal ring, globular body, cylindrical neck with a pinched trefoil spout and thick ribbed strap-handle from shoulder to rim; decorated on each broad face with concentric rings in black and red paint with vertical bands of smaller concentric rings to the shoulder.
Provenance
From the collection of Herbert Henry Marks (1896-1972), acquired 1930s-1940s.
Subsequently by descent to his son, Stephen Powys Marks (1932-2020), Bath.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11848-207711.
Literature
Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.1982,0729.153.
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