Lot 185
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A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE FOUR-BOWL VESSEL
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A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE FOUR-BOWL VESSEL

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

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A CYPRIOT INCISED RED POLISHED WARE FOUR-BOWL VESSEL
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
With tall flattened handle rising from the centre of the four conjoined shallow bowls, the shouldered loop handle tapering towards the base, with two connecting struts across the centre, decorated with groups of incised parallel lines, strokes and lines around the bowls, repaired with minor restoration
12 5/8 in. (32.2 cm.) high
Exhibited
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1985.
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 102, pl. 166.

For a close parallel, cf. V. Karageorghis, The Civilization of Prehistoric Cyprus, Athens, 1976, p. 98, pl. 64.

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