Lot 35
ANCIENT CYPRIOT BICHROME WARE AMPHORA
CYPRUS, CYPRO-ARCHAIC PERIOD, C. 600-475 B.C.
Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
Description
painted terracotta, standing on a disc base, the rounded body with vertical strap handles and decorated with bands of umber and red with a central cream chevron pattern, the neck adorned with a series of concentric circles in dark umber, at the shoulder and surrounding the neck are two narrow bands of dark umber, each enlivened with white dots
Dimensions
28.6cm tall
Provenance
Provenance:
Cesnola Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA; discovered in Cyprus by Cesnola and deaccessioned 1928
Witchita Art Museum, USA; acquired from the above by Mrs Navas in 1928 and gifted to Witchita
Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA, acc.no.23
For the type compare an example in the British Museum, London, registration no. 1894,1101.304
Published:
Takey Crist, The Cyprus Museum (Nicosia, 2005), p.36
Footnote
Note:
For similar please see The British Museum, London, accession number: 1894,1101.304