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LOT 0523
Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora
IRON AGE, CYPRO-GEOMETRIC, 950-850 B.C.
15 in. (3 kg, 38 cm).
Wheel-made amphora with narrow basal ring, two broad loop handles to the shoulder, tubular mouth with strap handle to the rear; horizontal black painted bands to the neck, shoulder and body; painted handles; cracked. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. similar item in the British Museum under accession no. 1869,0604.23.
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