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LOT 0616
Cypro-Mycenaean Bichrome Stirrup Vessel
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1200-1000 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (270 grams, 11.5 cm high).
Squat biconvex body with narrow base, strap handles attached to the disc above the central post on the upper face, with offset tubular spout; painted with bands of red pigment to the shoulder and disc. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Peter Cran ciollection, Scotland, who worked as an engineer for the Cypriot public works department 1931-1946; thence by descent.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 May 2012, no.6 (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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