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Jar with one handle and concentric decoration
Polychrome ter…
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137
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Jar with one handle and concentric decoration
Polychrome ter…
See original version (French)
Estimate €700 - €900
Voluntary lot
Description
Jar
with one handle and concentric decoration
Polychrome terracotta.
Broken and glued, filling not exceeding 10% of the overall mass of the work, some minor repainting.
Cyprus, Bichrome style, 11th-7th century BC
20 x 15 cm
Provenance: old gallery label from 1900/1920, rue de la Paix, Paris. Inventory number partially legible.
Cypriot ceramics in the Bichrome style, which developed from the 11th century BC onwards, inherited Mycenaean and Minoan traditions while incorporating Levantine influences. It is characterised by a decoration painted in brown-black and red on a creamy-beige background, in which geometric motifs - concentric circles, medallions and radiating patterns - are organised with great compositional rigour. The shape of this jar, with its flattened spherical body, flared neck with painted rings and ribboned handle, is typical of this island production. The central medallion with a cross motif inscribed within concentric circles, surrounded by radiating motifs, testifies to the decorative mastery of Cypriot potters of this period.
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