A rare Cypriot black polished ware pottery mouth-cover

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A rare Cypriot black polished ware pottery mouth-cover
of bowed leaf shape to fit mouth of corpse, exterior face with central groove running into pierced ends for tie-cord, both surfaces decorated with incised zigzag design, repaired -- 4½in. (11.4cm.) long; a black-topped red polished ware hemispherical bowl, with single pierced lug handle, decorated with incised chevron, hatched and linear design, repaired -- 6in. (15.2cm.) diam.; a four bowled red ware vessel, with tall 'wish-bone' handle rising from centre, repaired -- 5 7/8in. (15cm.) high; a stylized bone figure, with incised lines indicating facial features -- 6in. (15.2cm.) high, all Early Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C.; a white painted ware jug, the spherical body with beak spout and small loop handle above, decorated with vertical linear design in orange, repaired -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, Middle Bronze Age, circa 1800-1650 B.C.; and a bone turned finial, pierced through centre, ribbed decoration across the centre -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high (6)

Lot Essay

For item one cf. D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, pl. 288, p. 263, for only known previous example
See illustrations opposite and on page ?? for first four items

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