A Cypriot white painted bichrome pottery chalice, with twin handles, the body decorated with lines, chevrons and half circles, with swastikas in the field, repaired -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) diam., 8th-7th Century B.C.; and a quantity of other pottery vessels and wheels -- 8½in. (21.5cm.) high max., 1st millennium B.C., from Cyprus (a lot)See illustration for item one

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A Cypriot white painted bichrome pottery chalice, with twin handles, the body decorated with lines, chevrons and half circles, with swastikas in the field, repaired -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) diam., 8th-7th Century B.C.; and a quantity of other pottery vessels and wheels -- 8½in. (21.5cm.) high max., 1st millennium B.C., from Cyprus (a lot)See illustration for item one
Provenance
Lawrence Cesnola Collections
Lt. Gen. A. H. L. F. Pitt-Rivers Collection: many of the other items are inscribed as having been purchased from Sotheby's, 12 March 1888

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