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LOT 0037
Large Cypriot Brown Ware Base-Ring Terracotta Jug
LATE CYPRIOT IB PERIOD, CIRCA 1575-1475 B.C.
10 3/4 in. (545 grams, 27.5 cm).
Comprising a piriform body and flared base with outer thickened rim, collar to the shoulder attached to a tall neck gently flaring to an everted rim, single strap handle. [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.
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