Lot 161
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A MINOAN CHLORITE 'BIRD'S NEST' SPOUTED BOWL
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A MINOAN CHLORITE 'BIRD'S NEST' SPOUTED BOWL

MIDDLE MINOAN I, CIRCA 2160-1800 B.C.

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A MINOAN CHLORITE 'BIRD'S NEST' SPOUTED BOWL
MIDDLE MINOAN I, CIRCA 2160-1800 B.C.
With central protruding spout, two arched shoulder handles with incised detail, flattened base, border of incised alternately-hatched triangles on shoulder, thin band of incised vertical lines below, rays with hatched lines around base, interior smoothed with pierced hole leading to spout
2¾ in. (7 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, p. 128, no. 30.

For a similar bowl found at Koumasa, cf., P. Warren, Minoan Stone Vases, Cambridge, 1969, no. P546.

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