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LOT 0027
Large Mycenaean Three-Handled Terracotta Alabastron
CIRCA 1550-1200 B.C.
7 in. (585 grams, 17.5 cm wide).
Squat, drum-shaped body with broad shoulder and low neck, everted rim to the mouth; three applied strap handles to the shoulder; painted circumferential bands to the body, concentric bands to the underside, trilinear s-motifs to the shoulder, slip red to the mouth and handles; rim restored. [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. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.74.51.772, for type.
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