EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2300-1900 B.C.

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TWO CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE JUGS
EARLY BRONZE AGE, 2300-1900 B.C.
A spherical-bodied jug with cutaway-beak spout and long tubular side spout, small ring handle and diminutive pierced lug handle opposite at base of neck, decorated overall with white infilled incised linear decoration; and another jug, similar, with flaring cutaway spout, with four additional pierced lugs around the rim, the loop handle with moulded thumb-grip, the incised linear decoration includes small concentric circles, both repaired with restoration
9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.) and 11½ in. (29.3 cm.) high respectively (2)

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 57, pls. 67 (item one) and 68 (item two).

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