Bidspirit auction | Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery

Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora - Iron Age, Cypro-Archaic I, 750-600 B.C. The body with encircling red and black bands, the shoulder and neck with concentric circles, two strap handles; repaired. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.42, pl.34, for the type of pottery; see a similar amphora in the RISD (Rhode Island) Museum, classified as a storage jar from Cyprus of 7th century B.C., Museum Appropriation Fund 39.124.1. 4.05 kg, 37.5 cm high (14 3/4 in.). From a collection acquired on the French art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by an original French cultural export licence no.129945. [No Reserve]