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LOT 0036
Cypriot Two-Handled Terracotta Jar
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1800 B.C.
9 1/4 in. (2.5 kg, 23 cm).
With barrel-shaped body, broad base, everted rim, two lateral loop handles to the shoulders and pairs of attached lugs between. [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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