Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 96, pl. 155.
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 96, pl. 155.
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MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1900-1650 B.C.
Details
A CYPRIOT BLACK SLIP WARE TWIN-NECKED JUG
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1900-1650 B.C.
The spherical body with twin cutaway-beak spouts, each with two pierced lugs and loop handle with moulded thumb-grip, four pierced lugs around the body, with fine stippled and incised linear decoration, a band of chain motif around the shoulder, with suspended vertical bands of zigzag, further zigzag on the twin spouts, one spout repaired
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1900-1650 B.C.
The spherical body with twin cutaway-beak spouts, each with two pierced lugs and loop handle with moulded thumb-grip, four pierced lugs around the body, with fine stippled and incised linear decoration, a band of chain motif around the shoulder, with suspended vertical bands of zigzag, further zigzag on the twin spouts, one spout repaired
Exhibited
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.
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