A GROUP OF FOUR CYPRIOT WHITE PAINTED WARE JUGS

CYPRO-ARCHAIC, 750-600 B.C.

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A GROUP OF FOUR CYPRIOT WHITE PAINTED WARE JUGS
CYPRO-ARCHAIC, 750-600 B.C.
Each with globular body and pinched rim, decorated with paired eye motifs at the rim, the largest with swastika motifs on the body and ladder pattern on handle, another two similar with additional fir-tree motifs, the fourth with only fir-tree motifs on body and zigzag on handle, 11½ in. (29 cm.) high max; and three Bucchero ware (two Black Slip ware and one Red ware) jugs of similar form but with vertical ribbing on the body, the Red ware jug with additional painted decoration of swastikas and bands around shoulder and zigzag on handle, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high max (7)

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