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Four Cypriot black-on-red ware miniature flasks and a red ware bowl
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Four Cypriot black-on-red ware miniature flasks and a red ware bowl
Iron Age, circa 700-475 B.C.
Comprising three flasks with spherical bodies and flat bases; a piriform alabastron; and a bowl, each with various decoration of linear bands and concentric rings, 8.5cm-10.5cm diam. (5)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired prior to 1985.

Published:
D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p. 43, pl. 35 (alabastron and one of the flasks).

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