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Lot 96

A Mycenaean pottery pithos jar

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Mycenaean pottery pithos jar
Late Helladic IIIA-B, circa 14th-13th Century B.C.
The piriform body decorated with scale patterns above encircling bands, three loop handles at the shoulder, with a flat base and a flaring mouth, 12cm high

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Provenance:
Property from a Dutch private Collection, The Netherlands, formed in the 1960s-70s.
Sotheby's, London, 22 December 1965, lot 201.

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