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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A CYPRIOT BICHROME-WARE POTTERY AMPHORA AND PLATE
CYPRO-GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1050-750 B.C.
Details
A CYPRIOT BICHROME-WARE POTTERY AMPHORA AND PLATE
CYPRO-GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1050-750 B.C.
Amphora: 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; Plate: 8 5⁄8 in. (22 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
CYPRO-GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1050-750 B.C.
Amphora: 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; Plate: 8 5⁄8 in. (22 cm.) diameter, excluding handles
Provenance
Dr. Desmond Morris, Oxford, acquired by 1985.
The Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Desmond Morris Collection, Christie’s, London, 6 November 2001, lot 36.
The Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Desmond Morris Collection, Christie’s, London, 6 November 2001, lot 36.
Literature
D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p. 357, nos. DM-BI-44 (amphora) and DM-BI-67 (plate).
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