EARLY/MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 2300-1650 B.C.

Details

A LARGE CYPRIOT DRAB POLISHED WARE SUBSIDIARY-UNIT JUG
EARLY/MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 2300-1650 B.C.
With 'nipple' base and cutaway-beak spout, mounted on the shoulder are a pair of subsidiary bowls, one on either side of the neck on tall stems, the handle itself with a large zoomorphic thumb-grip in the form of a bull's head, on the shoulder of the jug opposite the handle is a modelled figure of a standing bull with stippled decoration over its body, incised dots around the base of the jug's neck, repaired, restoration to animal horns
17 3/8 in. (44.3 cm.) high

Exhibited

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.

Special notice

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.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 106, pl. 169.

See lot 119 for note on subsidiary-unit vessels.

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