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LOT 0558
Cypriot White-Slip Ware Four Footed Bowl
LATE BRONZE AGE II, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
5 3/8 in. (537 grams, 13.8 cm wide).
Comprising: discoid base with four flat-section legs supporting a broad bowl with four inward-facing ledges behind the rim, each ledge pierced in two places; vertical bands of painted geometric ornament to the outer face. [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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