Sold for $1,638

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Lot Description

A Cypriot Bichrome-Ware Jug

Circa 7th-6th Century B.C.

Height 9 7/8 inches (25.08 cm).

Property from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, sold to benefit future acquisitions

Provenance:
Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, Arms and Armour, Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic Art, and Antiquities, 30 March 1976, Lot 220.
Frank Raysor (1943-2022), New York, 1976-1991.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1991. [Acc. no. NA.1991.200]

Condition Report

Inspected under UV light and 10x loupe. Intact with some dents/gouges not affecting overall stability. Heavily weathered in areas. Large spots of encrustation and varying surface patination. Overall in fine and stable condition. See additional images.

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