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LOT 0039
Large Cypriot Terracotta Amphora
IRON AGE, CYPRO-GEOMETRIC, CIRCA 950-850 B.C.
16 in. (3.05 kg, 40.5 cm).
With narrow base, oblate profile, two lateral loop handles to the shoulder, broad neck and flared rim to the mouth; painted bands of circumferential geometric ornament, linear with hatched lozenge motifs, radiating bars to the mouth. [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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