Lot 186
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A LARGE CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE SUBSIDIARY-UNIT JUG
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A LARGE CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE SUBSIDIARY-UNIT JUG

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

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A LARGE CYPRIOT MOTTLED RED POLISHED WARE SUBSIDIARY-UNIT JUG
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
The jug with pointed base and tall cylindrical neck, the vertical handles surmounted by a small bowl and bird-like jug on the angular shoulders, the bowl with twin lugs, the jug with cutaway-spout and beak-like lug, minor repair and restoration
19 in. (48.1 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. 111, pl. 172.

See lot 119 for note on subsidiary-unit vessels.

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