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LOT 0575
Phoenician Painted Terracotta Cup
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (467 grams, 12.5 cm).
Redware cup with rounded underside to the body, conical shoulder, short neck and gently flared rim; strap handle to the shoulder; decoration of red linear triangular blocks. median band with stylised hand motifs. [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.
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