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LOT 0045
Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora
IRON AGE, CYPRO-ARCHAIC I, 750-600 B.C.
14 3/4 in. (4.05 kg, 37.5 cm high).
The body with encircling red and black bands, the shoulder and neck with concentric circles, two strap handles; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the French art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original French cultural export licence no.129945.
Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.42, pl.34, for the type of pottery; see a similar amphora in the RISD (Rhode Island) Museum, classified as a storage jar from Cyprus of 7th century B.C., Museum Appropriation Fund 39.124.1.
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