25. Cypriot White Painted Ware jug, Middle Bronze Age, c.1750-1600 BC
Terracotta
Height: 17.9cm
12206
£ 480
Terracotta jug with a pierced spur at the top of the strap handle and a pierced lug at the base of the neck. The decoration consists of cross-hatched panels, and...
Terracotta jug with a pierced spur at the top of the strap handle and a pierced lug at the base of the neck. The decoration consists of cross-hatched panels, and straight and wavy horizontal lines. Inscribed in ink 'FROM CESNOLA COLL/ LOT 650 [?] 88' to the underside. Intact.
Provenance
Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904), New York, USAHis sale; Sotheby's, London, March 1888, lot 650
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900); acquired from the above, thence by descentThe Property of Mrs Stella Pitt-Rivers from the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Dorset; Sotheby's, London, 17th May 1976, lot 335
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired from the above sale, ex 5228Rupert Wace, London, UK,
Charles Ede Ltd, London, UK; acquired from the above 17th June 1983, ex 1033
Dennis B. Jenkin, UK; acquired from the above 16th December 1983
Exhibitions
Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset, UKLiterature
Compare P. Åström, The Swedish Cyprus Expedition Vol. IV pt. 1a: The Middle Cypriote Bronze Age (Lund 1972), fig. XI/7Publications
Cypriot Antiques from the Lawrence-Cesnola Collection, Sotheby's, London, March 1888, lot 650Sotheby's, London, Antiquities, Islamic Art, Tibetan, Nepalese, indian and South-East Asian Art also tribal Art, 17th May 1976, lot 335
Charles Ede Ltd, Cypriot Pottery V (London, 1977), no.10Charles Ede Ltd, Cypriot Pottery IX (London, 1983), no.18
