29. Cypriot bichrome ware barrel flask, Iron Age, c.600-475 BC
Terracotta
Height: 23cm
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Barrel flask with trefoil lip with dot-and-circle 'bird's eye' motifs, the body decorated with concentric rings surrounding a central nipple-like protrusion on each side. Beneath the spout is a cross-hatched...
Barrel flask with trefoil lip with dot-and-circle "bird's eye" motifs, the body decorated with concentric rings surrounding a central nipple-like protrusion on each side. Beneath the spout is a cross-hatched double lozenge motif, possibly representing birds in flight. A curled tail motif appears beneath the handle, to which two lead export bullae remain attached. A section of the lip reattached.
Provenance
Exported from Cyprus under licence 8th January 1945Private collection, UK; acquired 1983
Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 5th October 2011, lot 469
Private collection, UK; acquired from the above
Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 23rd July 2020, lot 3
Peter and Mary White, UK; acquired from the above
Publications
Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 5th October 2011, lot 469Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 23rd July 2020, lot 3
Mary White, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol. 2, 2021, p.152
Country Life, Issue 36, 2nd September 2026, p.123
