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A LARGE CYPRO-PALESTINIAN BICHROME WARE JUG
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A LARGE CYPRO-PALESTINIAN BICHROME WARE JUG

LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1600 B.C.

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A LARGE CYPRO-PALESTINIAN BICHROME WARE JUG
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1600 B.C.
The round body with tall neck flaring towards the rim, single handle, decorated with three registers of elegant lotus stems, a stem with coiled petals below the handle, on ring foot, minor repair and restoration to rim
16 3/8 in. (41.7 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, pp. 238 and 240, pl. 268.

This vessel appears to illustrate the earliest known example of the lotus motif being used in Cyprus. Whether it was made in Cyprus by an immigrant potter or was imported from abroad is not yet known.