POSSIBLY CYPRIOT, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER

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AN ANCIENT TRICHROME-WARE POTTERY PENDANT BALL
POSSIBLY CYPRIOT, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
6 1⁄8 in. (15.5 cm.) diameter

Provenance

with Münzen und Medallion, Basel.
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1979; thence by descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

For the use of “Egyptian blue” pigment on Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery, see the horse and rider in the Louvre (inv. no. AM 235, fig. 4 in E. Aloupi and A. Karydas, “Pigment Analysis of Wall Paintings and Ceramics from Greece and Cyprus: The Optimum Use of X-Ray Spectrometry on Specific Archaeological Issues,” X-Ray Spectrometry, vol. 29).

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