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LOT 0035
Early Cypriot Red Burnished-Ware Jug
BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2300-1650 B.C.
7 in. (388 grams, 18 cm high).
Bulbous bodied with a rounded base, slender cylindrical neck, trumpet-shaped rim and integral handle, decorated with incised circumferential bands, hatched triangles and chevrons; accompanied by an acrylic display base.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
From the deceased estate of a North Yorkshire private collector, UK.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 2001,0423.4, for similar.
FootnotesRed burnished-ware pottery became the dominant pottery ware lasting into the Middle Bronze Age on the island of Cyprus. Vessels were handmade and covered with a slip, which was burnished and often decorated with patterns incised with a sharp cutting edge before being fired. Potters were able to produce vessels that were either mottled or painted in two colours, often red outside and black inside and on the exterior of the rim.
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Villanovan Impasto Biconical Urn
Circa 8th century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Black burnished ceramic urn with conical lower body, two flared loop handles, bell-shaped upper body and flat everted rim; band of incised chevrons to the equator, horizontal linear bands and ropework key patterns; one handle restored. 2 kg, 25 cm high
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