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LOT 0053
Very Large Cypriot Bichrome Amphora with Double Strap Handles
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 750 B.C.
17 7/8 in. (7.3 kg, 45.5 cm high).
With narrow trumpet-shaped foot, broad shoulder and ribbed lateral handles; painted circumferential bands to the inner neck, rim and body, hatched panels and labrys symbols to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12313-218932.
Cf. Gjerstad, E., The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Volume IV, Part 2. The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical periods, Stockholm, 1948; Brown, A.C., Catling, H.W., Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1975, p.44, no.7 and 45 no.5, for the type; Artzy, M., 2001, ‘A study of the Cypriote Bichrome ware: Past, present and future’, in Åström, P., (ed.), The chronology of Base-ring ware and Bichrome Wheel-made ware. Proceedings of a Colloquium held in the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm, May 18-19 2000, (Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademiem, Konferenser 54), Stockholm, 2001, pp.157–74; Karageorghis, V., Cipro, Crocevia del Mediterraneo Orientale, 1500-500 d.C., Milano, 2002, pp.179ff.
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LOT 0053
Very Large Cypriot Bichrome Amphora with Double Strap Handles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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