A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE TWO-BODIED JUG
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A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE TWO-BODIED JUG

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

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A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE TWO-BODIED JUG
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
The rounded body with short neck surmounted by smaller vessel with broad cutaway-spout and single handle, with incised geometrical decoration including concentric circles and blocks of parallel lines, repaired with restoration
11¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high
Exhibited
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 99, pl. 158a.

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