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LOT 0028
Mycenaean Terracotta Painted Vessel
14TH-13TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (217 grams, 10.2 cm).
Drum-shaped body and broad shoulder with short neck and everted rim to the mouth; bands of circumferential painted ornament to underside, sidewall, shoulder and mouth and plain band with 'И' motifs to the shoulder.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. University of Boulder, Colorado, USA, item 2006.22.T (Mycenaean Stirrup Jar), for similar decorative scheme.
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Opening Bid: £1,200
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