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Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, 950-850 B.C. Broad shallow body with disc base, thick rim with pierced lug handle; repaired. Cf. similar bowl in red clay in the University of Saint Andrews, id no.HC1994 3 (120). 635 grams, 24.5 cm wide (9 5/8 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.
Important Cypro-Geometric ceramic types include white-painted and bichrome wares, often decorated with geometric motifs and showing inventive shapes; slightly later, a distinctive black-on-red wares was developed on Cyprus, partly as a result of contact with the Levant. [No Reserve]
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.
Important Cypro-Geometric ceramic types include white-painted and bichrome wares, often decorated with geometric motifs and showing inventive shapes; slightly later, a distinctive black-on-red wares was developed on Cyprus, partly as a result of contact with the Levant. [No Reserve]
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Cypriot Grey Ware Pottery Bowl
Estimate £100 - £600
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