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LOT 0051
Large Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Amphora-Shaped Vessel
EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2300-2150 B.C.
12 in. (1.7 kg, 30.5 cm).
The ovoid body and trumpet-shaped neck decorated with bands of hatched lozenges, shoulder with encircling broken bands above and below with inverted chevrons beneath; lateral flange handles. [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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