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A Cypriot Buff-ware Amphora, circa 7th Century B.C.

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Description

  • A Cypriot Buff-ware Amphora
  • Height 20 1/2 in. 52.1 cm.
with slightly carinated ovoid body decorated in red and black on a cream slip with encircling lines and bands, concentric circles on the shoulder and neck.

Provenance

Christie's, London, July 12th, 1972, no. 170, pl. XXI
acquired in London in 1972

Literature

From Ancient to Modern Times. Important Exhibition of Western Antiques, at Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi (Tokyo), 6th floor, November 9th-26th, 1972, illus.

Condition

surface slightly worn and pitted with small areas of abrasion
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Catalogue Note

Cf. Luigi Palma di Cesnola, A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Boston, vol. 2, fig. 905.