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LOT 0565
Large Cypriot Buff Ware Storage Bowl
IRON AGE, CYPRO-GEOMETRIC, CIRCA 950-850 B.C.
8 in. (2.3 kg, 20.5 cm high).
Drum-shaped in profile with carination above the foot, rolled rim to the mouth; chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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