Lot Essay
For the "free-field" style see p. 93 in Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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ANCIENT VASES FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM SUDDABY
A CYPRIOT BICHROME POTTERY JUG
CYPRO-ARCHAIC I, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.
Details
A CYPRIOT BICHROME POTTERY JUG
CYPRO-ARCHAIC I, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.
The body decorated in the "free-field" style, depicting a bird with its long neck and feet stretched forward, with a large circular eye and an open beak, its upraised wing and triangular tail hatched, four swastikas above, a thin band at the base of the neck
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
CYPRO-ARCHAIC I, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.
The body decorated in the "free-field" style, depicting a bird with its long neck and feet stretched forward, with a large circular eye and an open beak, its upraised wing and triangular tail hatched, four swastikas above, a thin band at the base of the neck
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1993.