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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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