拍品專文
These juglets in the shape of the seed heads of the opium poppy were widely exported from Cyprus to Egypt, Syria and Palestine; traces of opium have been found in similar juglets.
LATE CYPRIOT, 1650-1050 B.C.
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THIRTEEN CYPRIOT BASE RING WARE VESSELS
LATE CYPRIOT, 1650-1050 B.C.
Comprising ten poppy-head shaped juglets, some decorated with double-spiral and vertical line relief band decoration, 6¼ in. (5.9 cm.) high max.; a bowl with horizontal wishbone handle, 8 in. (20.2 cm.) across handle; another smaller plain bowl; and a large 'tankard' vessel with pair of relief-bands around the neck and large thumb-grip spur on handle, repaired, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (13)
LATE CYPRIOT, 1650-1050 B.C.
Comprising ten poppy-head shaped juglets, some decorated with double-spiral and vertical line relief band decoration, 6¼ in. (5.9 cm.) high max.; a bowl with horizontal wishbone handle, 8 in. (20.2 cm.) across handle; another smaller plain bowl; and a large 'tankard' vessel with pair of relief-bands around the neck and large thumb-grip spur on handle, repaired, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (13)