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LOT 0591
Cypro-Archaic Buff Pottery Pilgrim's Flask
LEVANT, CIRCA 1050-700 B.C.
6 in. (330 grams, 15.3 cm).
Biconvex body with trumpet-shaped mouth and two lateral loop handles; painted concentric circles to the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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