EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.

Details

TWO CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE COMPOSITE JUGS
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
Comprising a two-bodied jug, the ovoid body with short neck surmounted by smaller vessel with cutaway-spout, each body with handle and pierced lug opposite, with incised linear decoration, repaired with slight restoration; and a four-bodied jug of 'pyramid' type, similar ware, the three spherical conjoint bodies with necks fused into body of juglet above, the upper body with cutaway-spout and small loop handle, with incised linear and dotted decoration, restored
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) and 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high respectively (2)

Provenance

Item one: formerly in the Bomford collection.

Exhibited

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 99, pls. 158b (item one) and 159a (item two).

See illustration on page 67 for item two.

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