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A Cypriot white painted ware three-handled dish

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

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A Cypriot white painted ware three-handled dish
Iron Age, circa 1050-850 B.C.
The shallow bowl with concentric rings and a central star, the underside more elaborately decorated with concentric rings, hatched geometric motifs and a central cruciform motif, 27cm diam. (excl. handles)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired prior to 1985.

Published:
D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p.74, pl.136.

Three-handled dishes of this type are rare - such dishes are usually two-handled.

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