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Lot 8W

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A large Cypro-Geometric pottery amphora
Iron Age, circa 900-600 B.C.
Decorated in umber, the flattened rim ornamented with radiate strokes, the neck and shoulder with bands of horizontal and vertically arranged linear patterns, the belly with encircling bands, 24in (61cm) high

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English private collection. Acquired at auction in London in the 1970s.

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