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Lot 32

A Cypriot red polished ware jug

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Cypriot red polished ware jug
Early Bronze Age, circa 2500-1900 B.C.
With funnel mouth, the long cylindrical neck flaring towards the shoulder, an encircling rib at the base of the neck, a nodule projecting to either side of the top of the arched handle, the shoulder with three raised crescentic motifs, the globular body tapering to a narrow flat base, 51.5cm high

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Provenance:
G. Kyriacou collection, London, acquired at Sotheby's in the late 1970s.

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