Bidspirit auction | Cypriot Painted Amphora with Double

Cypriot Painted Amphora with Double Strap Handles - Archaic Period, circa 750 B.C. With narrow trumpet-shaped foot, broad shoulder and ribbed lateral handles; painted circumferential bands to the inner neck, rim and body, hatched panels and symbols to the shoulder. Cf. Brown, A.C., Catling, H.W., Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1975, p.45, no.5, for the type. 1 kg, 18.3 cm (7 1/4 in.). with Phillips, 27 November 2001, lot 51.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]