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Lot 75

A Cypriot polished ware bottle

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Cypriot polished ware bottle
Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C.
The long neck with incised zig-zag and chequer motifs, the rounded body incised with four linked lozenge motifs, the base marked in pencil: DM RPB 43, 20.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, acquired prior to 1985.
Private collection, UK.

Published:
D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p. 346, pl.307, The Fine Line Mimic Artist, c, collection no: DM-RBP-43.

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