cypriot-early-bronze-age-polished-red-ware-flagon
Lot 2062
Cypriot Early Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Flagon
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
This lot from the Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, NC is accompanied by two documents demonstrating that the collection was acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government.

The first document, a one page official message dated January 1990 and signed by Cypriot President George Vassiliou, praises the North Carolina museum and endorses its cultural and historic mission.

The second document is a notarized affidavit signed by the museum's director. It declares that all of the museum's antiquities were acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government and that there were documented visits to the museum by Cypriot dignitaries.

Cypriot Early Bronze Age Polished Red Ware Flagon, circa 2000 B.C., round lip, a stylized bull is placed on the shoulder of the ovoid body; the whole being incised with white-filled zig-zag and linear decorations.

9.5 in.

A Single-Owner Collection of Cypriot History & Culture from The Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina

Minor finish losses; very good condition.