Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 9
Two Cypriot polished ware bottles 2
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,530 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
Senior Specialist
Two Cypriot polished ware bottles
Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C.
Comprising a red and black polished ware bottle with elongated neck and globular body, with incised zig-zag and diamond motifs interspersed with a pricked dot pattern arranged in groups of four; and a polished black ware bottle with chevron and dot decoration, 12.5cm and 16cm high respectively (2)
Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C.
Comprising a red and black polished ware bottle with elongated neck and globular body, with incised zig-zag and diamond motifs interspersed with a pricked dot pattern arranged in groups of four; and a polished black ware bottle with chevron and dot decoration, 12.5cm and 16cm high respectively (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired prior to 1985.