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LOT 0044

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430

MYCENAEAN POTTERY STIRRUP JAR
1400-1200 B.C.
3 1/2 in. (154 grams, 91 mm wide).

A pottery vessel formed with a squat carinated body, slender waisted neck and similar central stem with two flanking handles; painted geometric ornament composed of concentric bands and clusters of lines.

PROVENANCE:
with Christie's, London, South Kensington, 12 December 1989, lot 220.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 74.51.5905 and 74.51.768, for similar.

CONDITION
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