TWO CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSELS

CIRCA 1800-1725 B.C. AND CIRCA 850-750 B.C.

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TWO CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSELS
CIRCA 1800-1725 B.C. AND CIRCA 850-750 B.C.
Including a Middle Cypriot II white painted ware jug, circa 1800-1725 B.C., the ovoid body on a flat offset base, the cylindrical neck with a bulge at its base, with a flat rim and a double reed loop handle, the body and neck decorated in brown with geometric bands of crosshatched triangles and lozenges; and a Cypro-Geometric III bichrome ware kylix, circa 850-750 B.C., with twin upturned handles, the exterior ornamented with broad bands of black and red on the body, a flying bird in between narrow vertical lines on both sides, the interior with narrow concentric bands
Jug: 8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner, Switzerland, 1980.

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Lot Essay

For a jug of related shape with an identical pattern see no. 36 in V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art From Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
For a similar kylix see no. 30 in D. Christou and P. Flourentzos, Highlights of Ancient Cypriote Ceramic Art From the Collection of the Cyprus Museum Nicosia.

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