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LOT 0026
Mycenaean Terracotta Stirrup Jar
14TH-13TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (144 grams, 94 mm).
Comprising a squat body, slender waisted spout and neck and similar central stem with two flanking handles; painted geometric ornament composed of concentric bands and clusters of blossom to the shoulder.
ProvenanceRobert Hecht Jr, New York, 2004.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 74.51.5905 and 74.51.768, for similar.
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Opening Bid: £444
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Private collection, New York, thence by descent. with Antiquarium Limited, New York, 1981. -
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