EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2500-2075 B.C.

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THREE CYPRIOT PHILIA RED POLISHED WARE VESSELS
EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2500-2075 B.C.
Comprising a bottle with rounded body and short flared neck, two pierced holes below the rim, decorated with incised white-infilled lines, multiple zigzag either side of a herringbone band around the shoulder and blocks of parallel lines around the base, 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high; a jug with cutaway-beak spout, pierced lug on the neck, decorated with similar incised decoration, repaired and with restoration, 7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high; and another bottle, plain and with flat base, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 18, pl. 8a-c. Desmond Morris discusses the debates surrounding Philia ware and the Anatolian influence, whether this was the result of local potters copying imports or whether Anatolian immigrants had set up a pottery of their own on Cyprus.

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