MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1900-1650 B.C.

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A GROUP OF CYPRIOT WHITE PAINTED WARE VESSELS
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1900-1650 B.C.
All with orange to dark brown painted linear decoration, comprising a hemispherical bowl with high arching horizontal handle; another similar, repaired, 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) and 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diam. respectively; another smaller, of ladle form with wide squat neck and extended vertical handle, 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high; nine jugs comprising two with large rounded bodies and beak spouts; another similar, smaller with twin pierced lugs on the neck; a wider necked jug with pinched spout; another similar, with squat neck; one with slender tall neck and handle; two juglets with small flattened bases, one with pinched spout; and a jug with body tapered to small ring foot, the narrow neck with pinched spout, decorated with wavy dotted lines and circles, 4 to 6¾ in. (10.2 to 17.1 cm.) high; four small spherical bottles with twin pierced lugs at base of short neck, 2¾ to 3 7/8 in. (7 to 9.8 cm.) high; a flask with flattened base and single pierced lug, 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high; and a Wheelmade White Painted Ware bowl, pierced twice below the narrow everted rim, Late Bronze Age, 4in. (10.2 cm.) diam., some with slight repair or restoration (18)

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of Ancient Cyprus, p. 31, pl. 24f (item one), p. 55, pl. 62a/b (items four and five), p. 58, pl. 70b (item seven), pl. 71a (item eight), p. 52, pl. 50b (item nine), p. 59, pl. 74a (item ten), p. 58, pl. 72a (item eleven), p. 63, pl. 84b (item twelve), p. 31, pl. 24e (item thirteen), p. 65, pl. 94a-c (items fourteen to sixteen) and p. 66, pl. 100d (item seventeen).

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