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LOT 0609

Cypro-Archaic Buff Pottery Flask

LEVANT, CIRCA 1050-700 B.C.

4 in. (124 grams, 99 mm).

Spherical body with trumpet-shaped mouth and loop handle to the shoulder, painted spirals to each face. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an old Lebanese family collection moved to Germany in the middle of the 1970s.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 20 October 2005, no.424 (part).
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original Bonhams lot tag.

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LOT 0609

Cypro-Archaic Buff Pottery Flask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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