A CYPRIOT POTTERY AMPHORA
THE PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST COLLECTOR
A CYPRIOT POTTERY AMPHORA

CYPRO-ARCHAIC I, WHITE PAINTED IV WARE, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.

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A CYPRIOT POTTERY AMPHORA
CYPRO-ARCHAIC I, WHITE PAINTED IV WARE, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.
The large ovoid vessel with a cylindrical neck and collared rim, with two arching handles, and a disk foot, the neck and shoulders with bands framing panels with checkerboard lozenges, obtuse triangles, and vertical lines, the shoulder panels interspersed with swastika, wavy and straight bands on the body
27 in. (68.6 cm.) high
Provenance
American Private Collection, 1950s.

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