A MIDDLE CYCLADIC BEAK-SPOUTED JUG

CIRCA 1850-1700 B.C.

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A MIDDLE CYCLADIC BEAK-SPOUTED JUG
CIRCA 1850-1700 B.C.
The elegant biconical footed body with neck arching back, decorated with brown painted encircling lines with frieze of vertical ladder-pattern, 'S'-shaped scrolls and triangle with four dot rosettes in the field, handle, upper neck and beak-spout restored
9.7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Greek Art of the Aegean Islands, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, p. 72, no. 26; R. Higgins, Minoan and Mycenaean Art, London, 1986, p. 59, pl. 60; and Christie's London, The Collection of the late Henning Throne-Holst, 8 June 1988, lot 23 for the type.

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