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Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron
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LOT 0032

Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron

13TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.

3 5/8 in. (190 grams, 93 mm wide).

Drum-shaped with a sloping shoulder, short neck, trumpet-style neck and mouth and a gently rounded base; three loop handles at regular intervals around the shoulder; reddish-brown painted geometric bands and cross-hatching against a cream slip.

Provenance

Ex private collection, Holland.
Acquired from Royal Athena Gallery, 2003.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11852-206835.

Literature

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1886,0415.14, for similar type; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.772, for a similar dated to the Late Bronze Age, 1600-1050 B.C.

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LOT 0032

Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron

Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)

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