A CYPRO-MYCENAEAN FLASK
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A CYPRO-MYCENAEAN FLASK

LATE BRONZE AGE, 1300-1200 B.C.

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A CYPRO-MYCENAEAN FLASK
LATE BRONZE AGE, 1300-1200 B.C.
With spherical body on ring base, the short neck with everted rim and twin loop handles, decorated on each side with orange concentric circles, groups of chevrons below the handles; and a Cypro-Mycenaean squat jar with three loop handles on the carinated shoulder, short concave neck with flaring rim, decorated with encircling pale brown bands and diagonal rays on the shoulder, the base with concentric circles, Late Bronze Age, 1450-1300 B.C
5½ in. (14 cm.) and 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high respectively (2)
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, pp. 33 and 35, pl. 26b and 26d.

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