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LOT 0578
Cypriot White Painted Ware Jug
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1800-1650 B.C.
6 7/8 in. (256 grams, 17.5 cm).
Comprising a spherical body with tall tubular neck and U-section pouring spout, large strap handle to the rear and small loop to the neck; panels of hatched painted ornament. [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.
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Greek and Other Pottery Fragment Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including amphora, bowl, cup and other vessel fragments, some painted. 5 kg total, 2-22.5 cm
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. -
Cypriot Terracotta Jar
6th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Bulbous in profile with rounded underside, broad rounded rim to the mouth. 1.6 kg, 21 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Cypriot Painted Terracotta Dish
Early Iron Age, circa 1050-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Low ceramic dish with two loop handles to the underside, painted rim and tondo, concentric rings ro the underside and cruciform panel to the foot; pencilled collection number to the rim: '3128', inked collection number to the inside of one handle '[B]U 4139', and a red inked collection number: '634' on white painted panel to the base. 81 grams, 11.8 cm
The red-ink inscription to the base suggesting it may have been deaccessioned from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
