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LOT 0052
Very Large Cypriot Red Burnished Ware Cooking Pot
EARLY BRONZE AGE I-III, CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.
12 1/4 in. (6.15 kg, 31 cm wide).
Globular in profile with thick everted rim to the broad mouth, two ledge handles below the rim and two pairs of bosses. [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.
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The bulbous body and columnar neck decorated with bands of impressed-cord detailing, shoulder with encircling segments and broken bands; lateral loop handles with thumb-pad spurs. 1.21 kg, 25.5 cm
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. -
Cypriot and Other Pottery Sherd Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including fragments of tubular neck, rim sherds, basal rings and other items, many with polychrome painted geometric decoration. 8.95 kg total, 1.5-23.5 cm
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. -
Cypriot and Other Terracotta Figure Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and theriomorphic ceramic figures in various poses, some on a ceramic base. 546 grams total, 6.1-10.5 cm
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.
