Bidspirit auction | Cypriot Bichrome Ware Askos

Cypriot Bichrome Ware Askos - Middle Bronze Age III, 1725-1600 B.C. With bulbous body and rounded foot, angled spout and filler to the shoulder, sturdy loop above, bands of painted geometric ornament. Cf. similar item with four stub feet in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, under accession no.74.51.835. 946 grams, 21 cm high (8 1/4 in.). From an old UK collection.Acquired from Hampstead Auctions, 17 June 2010, no.314.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by an old lot sticker affixed to one side. [No Reserve]