A LARGE CYPRIOT POTTERY AMPHORA, the decoration in black comprising a main body frieze on each side of two chequerboard triangles enclosed within panels of straight and wavy lines, crosshatched triangles on the shoulder, the neck with encircling band of crosshatched triangles bordered by horizontal lines, traces of zigzag around the rim, chips to rim, 8th-7th Century B.C.

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A LARGE CYPRIOT POTTERY AMPHORA, the decoration in black comprising a main body frieze on each side of two chequerboard triangles enclosed within panels of straight and wavy lines, crosshatched triangles on the shoulder, the neck with encircling band of crosshatched triangles bordered by horizontal lines, traces of zigzag around the rim, chips to rim, 8th-7th Century B.C.
26in. (66cm.) high
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Provenance
Acquired in Zurich, 1957

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