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LOT 0515
Cypro-Phoenician Terracotta Jug
IRON AGE, CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/2 in. (787 grams, 21.5 cm).
A globular flask with tubular neck and flared rim, loop handle to the shoulder and rib to the neck; concentric rings of red and black to the broad faces, radiating lines below the neck.
Provenance
Ex London art market 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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