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LOT 0571
Cypriot Triple Vessel with Handle
BRONZE AGE, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (688 grams, 18 cm).
Three globular pots each with an everted rim and narrow base, joined with a tall strap handle; sgraffito geometric ornament. [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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