Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 39
Four Cypriot pottery vessels 4
28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,275 inc. premium
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Anna Marston
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Four Cypriot pottery vessels
Bronze Age, circa 2500-1050 B.C.
Comprising a red polished ware amphora with four small knops applied to the wide cylindrical neck and shoulder, with spurred handles and spherical body; a plain red polished ware bowl with spout and three pairs of short horned projections on the rim; a base ring ware bowl with 'wish-bone' handle, Late Bronze Age; and a red on black ware flask, with red wavy bands of decoration, 25cm high; 17cm diam.; 14.5cm diam. and 18cm high respectively (4)
Bronze Age, circa 2500-1050 B.C.
Comprising a red polished ware amphora with four small knops applied to the wide cylindrical neck and shoulder, with spurred handles and spherical body; a plain red polished ware bowl with spout and three pairs of short horned projections on the rim; a base ring ware bowl with 'wish-bone' handle, Late Bronze Age; and a red on black ware flask, with red wavy bands of decoration, 25cm high; 17cm diam.; 14.5cm diam. and 18cm high respectively (4)
Footnotes
Provenance
Amphora: Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 8 November 2001, lot 3 (part).
Bowl: The late E. Odell-Foster Esq., acquired in the late 1960s.
Christie's, London, 14 May 2002, lot 145 (part).
Bowl with wishbone handle: Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 7 November 2002, lot 508.
Flask: Baroness Lena Jeger (1915-2007) collection, London, acquired prior to 1982.
All: G. Kyriacou collection, London.