Cypriot Terracotta Jug, ex-Christies
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Greece, Cypriot, ca. 1800-1725 BCE. Middle Cypriot II white painted ware jug, the ovoid body on a flat offset base, the cylindrical neck with a bulge at its base, with a flat rim and a double reed loop handle, the body and neck decorated in brown with geometric bands of crosshatched triangles and lozenges. Â Simply exquisite! Â Size: 8-1/4"H (20.9 cm) .Â
For a jug of related shape with an identical pattern see no. 36 in V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art From Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Â
Provenance: Ex-Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Sale 2755, Antiquities, December 13, 2013. Ex-private Collection, acquired in Switzerland, 1980.
 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#101504
For a jug of related shape with an identical pattern see no. 36 in V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art From Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Â
Provenance: Ex-Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Sale 2755, Antiquities, December 13, 2013. Ex-private Collection, acquired in Switzerland, 1980.
 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#101504
Condition
It is intact, some abrasion and minor loss of pigment, more significant on the side without the handle. Overall near choice.
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Cypriot Terracotta Jug, ex-Christies
Estimate $2,500 - $3,500
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