Antiquities - ancient Cypriot Early Iron Age pottery drinking cup

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Cypriot Early Iron Age pottery drinking cup

£170

A Cypriot Early Iron Age pottery drinking cup with wide flanged rim and single vertical handle on a small raised foot.

The body of the vessel is decorated both inside and out with concentric painted bands including an "eye" at the centre of the tondo. The handle is decorated with a stylised tail extending up to the rim on the right.

Early Iron Age, 1050-750 BC.

Repaired from four large pieces with one nibble from the rim mising.

Size: 5.5 x 13.7 cms

Ex. UK Private Collection.

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