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LOT 0536
Cypriot Trefoil Mouthed Terracotta Jug
EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2500-1900 B.C.
5 7/8 in. (903 grams, 14.8 cm).
Biconvex in profile with broad shoulder and pinched trefoil mouth, strap handle to the rear; band of incised multilinear zigzag ornament to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
See Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, pl.IA, p.18, for examples of similar ceramics.
FootnotesThe vessel belongs to the group of Philia red polished ware, a ware imported in Cyprus from Anatolian refugees, or locally made by copying external imports. It was characterised by multiple zigzag and open herringbone bands.
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