Cypro-Geometric Painted Whiteware Amphora
15th-7th century BC. A ceramic polychrome handled vessel with bulbous body and tall neck with everted rim, the body divided into chevron-shaped panels with a branch in each panel, three further branches below each handle and net-pattern to the triangular panels below the neck, the lower neck with simple line and S-scroll decoration, the top part in full colour, both handles with a band of pellets to the upper face. 2.5 kg, 31.5cm (12 1/2"). Ex Brettells Auction, Newport, Shropshire, UK, 26 April 2016; ex private collection, UK, acquired 1980s; accompanied by a copy of the Brettells catalogue page and original lot tag. [No Reserve]
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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15th-7th century BC. A ceramic polychrome handled vessel with bulbous body and tall neck with everted rim, the body divided into chevron-shaped panels with a branch in each panel, three further branches below each handle and net-pattern to the triangular panels below the neck, the lower neck with simple line and S-scroll decoration, the top part in full colour, both handles with a band of pellets to the upper face. 2.5 kg, 31.5cm (12 1/2"). Ex Brettells Auction, Newport, Shropshire, UK, 26 April 2016; ex private collection, UK, acquired 1980s; accompanied by a copy of the Brettells catalogue page and original lot tag. [No Reserve]
Condition Report: Fine condition.
