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Lot 44

Two Cypriot bichrome ware terracotta horses
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28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,275 inc. premium

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Two Cypriot bichrome ware terracotta horses
Iron Age, Cypro-Archaic, circa 6th Century B.C.
Each with pronounced manes, pricked ears, tripod legs and traces of decoration in red and umber, 10cm and 12cm high (2)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, acquired prior to 1985.
The Desmond Morris Collection; Christie's, London, 14 May 2002, lot 67 (part).
G. Kyriacou collection, London, acquired from the above sale.

Published:
D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, p. 207, both pl. 237.

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