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LOT 0050
Large Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Jug with Plank Idol
EARLY BRONZE AGE III-MIDDLE BRONZE AGE I, CIRCA 2100-1850 B.C.
14 1/2 in. (1.68 kg, 37 cm high).
With globular body, tall tubular neck and flared mouth; circumferential bands of hatching, concentric rings and chevrons; loop handle with thumb-pad spur to the reverse of the neck; plank idol to the shoulder with anthropomorphic detailing to both faces; supplied with a display stand; repaired. [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. Morris, D., The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, pls.44-45, for the type.
Footnotes
Red polished ware was the dominant ware of the Early Bronze Age. The clay was covered with red slip which was then burnished to produce a high point. The Philia red polished ware was characterised by incised multi-zigzag and open herring-bone bands, and also batches of multi-lines on base.
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