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A CYPRIOT RED POLISHED WARE JUG<br />
Early Bronze Age, circa 2600-2300 B.C.<br />
With long cut-out spout and impressed decoration, 48cm high<br />
Provenance: German private collection, acquired between 1972 and<br />
1974.<br />
Literature: for a similar jug of the Cypriot Philia Culture now in the<br />
Cyprus Museum in Nicosia, cf. inv. no. 73.214.8.<br />
£700-£900<br />
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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE FRAGMENT OF HERAKLES AND THE<br />
NEMEAN LION<br />
Circa 6th Century B.C.<br />
Showing the nude torso of the hero in the act of wrestling the snarling<br />
lion, rearing up on its hind legs, 10cm high<br />
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Provenance: with Galerie Samarcande, Paris. Acquired on the German<br />
art market in 2000. Bonhams, London, 28 October 2009, lot 355.<br />
£600-£800<br />
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TWO CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA VESSELS<br />
Circa 1300-400 B.C.<br />
Including a Cypro-Myceanean jar decorated with bands of umber slip,<br />
10cm high; and another Cypro-Classical elongated jug, 17.5cm high (2)<br />
Provenance: English private collection of Mr Brian G. Pearson, acquired<br />
in the 1970s.<br />
£100-£200<br />
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