Cypriot Redware Trefoil Mouthed Oinochoe

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Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Iron Age, Cypro-Archaic I, Cypriot culture, ca. 750 to 600 BCE. A wheel-thrown redware pottery oinochoe with a squat foot, a spherical body with a tapered neck, a pinched trefoil pouring spout, and a bifurcated handle arching between rim and shoulder. The body is covered with tightly grouped concentric circles and bullseye motifs, the neck and rim with thick rings, and the handle with lengthy swaths of pigment. The circular motifs were a popular decorative style during this time period in ancient Cyprus. Size: 6" W x 8.2" H (15.2 cm x 20.8 cm)

For a stylistically similar example with an integral strainer in the mouth, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 74.51.607.

Provenance: ex-private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private prominent D.K. collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 2000s

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#154058
Condition Report: Minor nicks and abrasions to base, body, neck, spout, and handle, with very light fading to original pigment, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits and great remains of original pigment throughout.