Lot 34

ANCIENT CYPRIOT BICHROME WARE AMPHORA
CYPRUS, CYPRO-ARCHAIC PERIOD, C. 750 - 600 B.C.





Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
£2,268
Description
painted terracotta, standing on a disc foot, the rounded body decorated with a broad band of umber pigment below a series of concentric lines leading to the wide neck, which is in turn adorned with depictions of two painted flowers, parted by a triangular motif encasing a chevron pattern, the rim everted and met by dual handles which reach back down towards the shoulders
Dimensions
24.8cm tall
Provenance
Provenance:
Dr Takey Crist, Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA, acc.no.84
Exhibited:
Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA, 1988-2018
Published:
Takey Crist, The Cyprus Museum (Nicosia, 2005), p.35




