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Lot 14

A large Cypriot bichrome ware bottle

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £5,312.50 inc. premium

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A large Cypriot bichrome ware bottle
Iron Age, circa 750-600 B.C.
The disc rim decorated in red, the neck swelling towards the middle, with two incised rings of decoration and further encircling rings in red and black, with a short arched handle between the neck and shoulder, the ovoid body set on a ring foot, 26cm high

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

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