LARGE CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA AMPHORA WITH SPIRALS

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Ca. 900 - 700 BC. A large terracotta amphora with a rounded body tapering to a low foot and a broad neck with a thickened rim, with two vertical handles from shoulder to rim. Painted in bichrome on a buff ground, with two registers of concentric spiral roundels around the neck, a spiral band on the shoulder, and broad horizontal zones across the body divided by multiple fine lines, the handles with diagonal strokes. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 74.51.694. Size: 380mm x 320mm; Weight: 3.9kg Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the UK art market; formerly in an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent; previously in a collection acquired on the French art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

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