EARLY/MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 2300-1650 B.C.

Details

A LARGE CYPRIOT DRAB POLISHED WARE SUBSIDIARY-UNIT JUG
EARLY/MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 2300-1650 B.C.
With 'nipple' base and cutaway-beak spout, mounted on the shoulder are a pair of subsidiary bowls on either side of the neck and a subsidiary jug in front, the bowls each with three rim projections, the handle with zoomorphic thumb-grip in the form of an animal's head, twin pierced lugs on either side of neck at base of spout, incised hatches and dots on the jug's neck, handle and around the shoulder, repaired at base of subsidiary jug
19 in. (48 cm.) high

Exhibited

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 107, pl. 170.

See lot 119 for note on subsidiary-unit vessels.

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