Cypriot free-field painted pottery jug

C44

£285.00

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A free-field type painted pottery jug with a white slip body and grey painted decoration. The spout is painted with a pair of eyes, the handle is decorated with a ladder pattern and the front of the body retains remnants of a painted design on the shoulder.

Culture
Cyprus, Early Iron Age, Archaic period I, c. 700-600 BC

Size
16.5 x 12 cms

Condition
Surface chipping, wear and areas of thick accretions as shown in the photographs

Provenance
Ex. collection: Barbara Milne, UK, acquired during the late 1960’s and exported from Cyprus no later than 26th October 1969; thence passed by family descent, Wales, UK.

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