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.

Two Cypro-Geometric Dishes, circa 1050-750 B.C., both with handles and a shallow flat base, the interiors decorated with concentric circles; the undersides have additional bands around the base, which features latticed geometric shapes; the larger dish also sports four swastika patterns on the base.

The larger dish 12.25 in. with handles; the smaller dish is 8.75 in. with handles

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

Both pieces restored from four pieces; expected aging and wear to surfaces.