A LARGE CYPRIOT BICHROME OINOCHOE
Iron Age, circa 750 - 600 BC A vessel with spherical body decorated with four painted linear lines, a single handle and trefoil mouth. For similar examples see Art of Ancient Cyprus, Desmond Morris, pl. 85. Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 707, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Size: L:260mm / W:150mm ; 1.2kgProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery; formerly with Eli Koenig, NYC, acquired OReillys Plaza Art Galleries, NYC, 12/8/1960, sale 4560, lot #206.
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Iron Age, circa 750 - 600 BC A vessel with spherical body decorated with four painted linear lines, a single handle and trefoil mouth. For similar examples see Art of Ancient Cyprus, Desmond Morris, pl. 85. Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 707, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Size: L:260mm / W:150mm ; 1.2kgProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery; formerly with Eli Koenig, NYC, acquired OReillys Plaza Art Galleries, NYC, 12/8/1960, sale 4560, lot #206.