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LOT 0071
Very Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora
IRON AGE, CYPRO-GEOMETRIC, 950-850 B.C.
21 in. (8.5 kg, 53.5 cm).
With narrow base, oblate profile, two lateral loop handles to the shoulder, broad neck and flared rim to the mouth; painted bands of circumferential geometric ornament, linear with lentoid motifs, radiating bars to the mouth. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Christie's, South Kensington, 4 November 1992, no.33.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12088-214715.
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