Cypriot White-Slip Ware Tankard
Circa 1600-1450 B.C. Globular body above a flared foot, tapering neck and flared rim, two lateral strap handles (one absent) and broad thumb-rest with scooped slot to upper edge; applied bands of painted hatching in strap and lozenges panels. Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.74.51.1030. 550 grams, 20.5 cm (8 in.).

with Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 26 May 1982, no.411.with Christies, New York, 11 June 2003, no.95 (part).From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christies catalogue pages and the original Christie's lot tag.

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