1900-1600 B.C. Of bulbous profile with loop handle and trumpet-shaped mouth, circumferential bands of red pigment. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, pl.49b, p.51, for identical. 213 grams, 13.5 cm (5 1/4 in.).

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

The jug is a rare example of red-on-red ware (variant of the red-on-black painted ware) of Middle Bronze Age. In this ware there is a polished slip of red-brown on pink, on which matt-finish lines have been painted in red-brown or purple. [No Reserve]