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Lot 82

Lot 82

A Cypriot Terracotta Jug

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $200 - $500

Estimate$200 – $500

Status

Closed

A Cypriot Terracotta Jug

Bronze Age, Circa 1500 B.C.

Height 6 1/2 inches.

Provenance:

Walter Klein Collection, New Jersey, probably acquired in 1980-1990s; thence by decent where purchased by present owner.

The form of this vessel with round globular body and a tall neck with pinched spout is typical of middle Bronze Age jugs from Cyprus. However, the quality of the decoration composed of straight and curving lines and the five wide panels with crosshatched design make this jug exceptional. Its intimate size generally conforms to jugs of this type, and its condition, except for a tiny chip at the spout, is intact, complete, with no signs of restoration.

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Jacob Coley

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Antiquities and Ancient Art

jacobcoley@freemansauction.com 312 280 1212

Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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