Bidspirit auction | Cypriot Red Polished Ware Jar

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Jar Group - Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1600 B.C. Comprising: two with globular body, broad neck and flared rim, pierced lugs to the shoulders, bands of incised hatching; one with rounded underside, broad neck and everted rim, pierced lugs to the shoulder, horizontal broken lines and zigzags. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.67, pls.101-102, for similar. 1.27 kg total, 9.7-15 cm (3 3/4 - 5 7/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. In the Early Bronze Age, the most common form of Cypriot jars was the round-based, two-handled variety, with the handles attached on the vertical plane. [3, No Reserve]