TWO CYPRIOT WHITE SLIP WARE VESSELS

LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.

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TWO CYPRIOT WHITE SLIP WARE VESSELS
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
Comprising a milk bowl with wish bone handle and a trefoil-lipped oinochoe, both decorated with brown vertical cross-hatched lines
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam. and 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high respectively

Provenance

Private collection, Hamburg, acquired prior to 1977; and thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Kunst der Antike: Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, 21 January-6 March 1977.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
W. Hornbostel, Kunst der Antike - Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Mainz, 1977, cat. nos 185 & 186.

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