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Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas
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LOT 0607

Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas

CYPRO-ARCHAIC, CIRCA 700-600 B.C.

6 1/4 in. (345 grams, 16 cm high).

Spherical body with pinched trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle, painted 'eyes' to the mouth, vertical arrow and gammadions to each side; two very old labels to the base; repaired. [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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LOT 0607

Cypriot White Painted Ware Zoomorphic Jug with Swastikas

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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