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THBGreek Cypriot Bi-chrome Amphora Bullseye Motifs
Lot 27
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Geometric II to III, ca. 900 to 750 BCE. A large example of a wheel-thrown pottery amphora with a flat, circular base, an inverted piriform body with a rounded shoulder, a cylindrical neck with a splayed155712 rim, and a pair of thick, arching handles. Decorating the body and neck are several bullseye motifs that enclose fineline bands, with those on the body enclosed with a pair of stripe-filled bars, and those on the neck enclosed with solid black bars. The bullseye or 'target' motif tastefully employed on this vessel was incredibly popular in ancient Cyprus. Size: 10" W x 12.75" H (25.4 cm x 32.4 cm)
For a similar example in the form of a hydria, please see The British Museum, museum number 1880,0710.3
For an example of the bullseye/target pattern on a juglet, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 74.51.924
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private prominent D.K. collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 2000s
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#155712Rim repaired from a few large pieces, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Abrasions and nicks to base, body, shoulder, handles, neck, and rim, with light fading to original pigment, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and remains of painted details.Condition
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