CYPRO-GEOMETRIC, 1050-750 B.C.

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A CYPRIOT WHEELMADE WHITE PAINTED WARE STRAINER JUG
CYPRO-GEOMETRIC, 1050-750 B.C.
The cutaway side spout with perforated plate at the base, with single handle, the piriform body on ring base, with gently flaring neck, black painted linear decoration, cross-hatched chevrons around the shoulder, 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high; another similar, with narrower painted spout, a band of fine encircling lines around the body and everted rim, handle repaired, 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high; and a bowl, similar ware, with twin loop side handles, the lower body tapered to ring foot, each side with central swastika motif flanked by broad vertical band of parallel lines, encircling band above and below, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high, both Cypro-Geometric, 1050-750 B.C. (3)

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 77, pl. 147 (items one and two), p. 357, reference no. DM-WWP-120 (item three).

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